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September Monthly Recap | Review of my 1st Bullet Journal

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What!? Another month GONE!? Already!?

I don’t know if that’s how you’re feeling, but it’s definitely how I’m feeling. So, I hope you understand why this post is so late…

I’ll make up for it with the full post I have planned for today. I’ll be doing my September Monthly Recap and giving you an overview of what my first bullet journal looked like.

Books

So, this month I finished reading the series that I started in August. The title of the series is The Golden Filly Series, and it’s a set of ten books about a teenage girl who rides horses. Tricia Evanston, the main character in the book, hopes to become a jockey after high school, but she also has to deal with the fact that her father just found out he has cancer. Tricia struggles with anger at both God and her father. The series follows her horse-riding journey, and she attempts to win the Triple Crown. Tricia learns that she should trust and praise God in everything, and she and her family learn to deal with her father’s cancer.

These books are really good, and they give a good lesson for those willing to listen.

Since I knew October was the next month, I decided to reread the Harry Potter series. I got Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first book in the series, read before the end of September, and I plan to continue the series throughout this month.

Writing

Unfortunately, I didn’t get much writing done last month, and I probably won’t get much done in October as well. I’ve had tons of tests and studying to do in school, and this month, I won’t have much time because I’ll be packing boxes! My family is getting ready to move to a different house before the end of October!

But… I actually did get one big achievement done in my writing during September. My school has a writing prompt each month, and you can submit what you wrote in response to the prompt to the school. If they like your story or poem, then they will work with you for the next few weeks to revise it, and then publish it on their blog! Well, guess what! I submitted a story based on September’s prompt, and I got chosen!

Here it is if you want to read it: https://enlightiumacademy.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/48000952365-the-final-letter.

The prompt was to write a story of poem about a letter.

Bullet Journaling

I feel like I did pretty well in my bullet journal last month. I filled it out almost every day, and I am proud of the hard work I’ve done to get my new bullet journal ready.

I’ve been working really hard on my new journal for the last couple of weeks, getting it ready for this month. You’ll be seeing pictures soon!

Blogging

So, I definitely didn’t get as many posts out as I wanted to… I only did one… oops… Please, forgive me. I’ve been super busy recently. This month I’ll try to do better.

Goals

My goals last month were:

  1. Fill out bullet journal every day. I did pretty good on this area.
  2. Write every day. Here, I did the opposite of ok…
  3. Be more productive. I feel like I was. I did lots of planning for my new bullet journal, and spent a lot of time studying.
  4. Get A’s and B’s. 95% of my school work was probably an A or B.
  5. Do 3 blog posts. Oops…

My goals for this month are:

  1. Get to where you’re drinking three cups of water every day.
  2. Bullet journal every day.
  3. Pre-plan posts and get them out on time.
  4. Be better about logging exercise.
  5. Read Bible every day.

Review of my 1st Bullet Journal

This is how much time was done in my bullet journal:

  1. 1 year
  2. months
  3. weeks

The following is a list of the pages I used in my bullet journal:

  • 8 habit trackers
  • 8 sleep logs
  • 6 mood trackers
  • 8 different weekly layouts
  • 3 dream logs
  • 2 gratitude logs
  • 4 pages for school: grade trackers
  • A list of birthdays
  • A page for books to read: a list of books I wanted to read
  • A water tracker
  • 3 quotes pages: pages dedicated to quotes or Bible verses
  • A weather tracker (which turned out to be beautiful)
  • A page for books of the Bible: a checklist where I could check off the books I read
  • A packing list: a list of things I always pack on a trip
  • A page for my ideal day: a schedule for a perfect day
  • A cleaning list: a list for cleaning my room
  • A fitness tracker: a place to track the exercise I did
  • A page for New Year’s resolutions: a list of my New Year’s resolutions and a tracker for them
  • A stress tracker
  • A page for Keeper of the Lost Cities: a page where I listed out my Would You Rather questions I had created

And that’s all the pages I did in my bullet journal. A few of them I probably won’t do again, but that’s ok. At least I know what pages work and what pages don’t.

Well, that’s it for this post!

How long have you been bullet journaling? Do you like bullet journaling? Have you tried it? How did your September go? Talk to me in the comments! I love hearing what you all think about what I post!

My next post will probably be next week, and it’ll be all about starting a bullet journal, so stay tuned!

Thanks for reading! Happy writing!

For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. Psalm 30:5 ESV