Despite my best efforts, and using my bullet journal, I still haven’t quite caught up on life since being back from our holiday and then being away for work. But… One of the things I was working on is to transition to a new bullet journal for the month of April. I started the process in March (and also started writing this post then), but just like most things in my life lately, I sort of only half completed the job… I did, however, take some photos of the process, so I thought I’d share them with you.
Lucky for me, Kara over at Boho Berry just recently did a post about her transition to a new bullet journal, so I had something to reference, this being my first real transition. (Yes, I did transition from my original notebook to my first Leuchtturm1917 in May of last year, but it wasn’t quite the same…)
The first step I did was to go through my current bullet journal and review what I used regularly, and what I would want to use in the next 6-8 months that I will probably use this new journal…
Oh, wait… That’s not actually the first thing I did… The real first thing I did was unwrap my new Leuchtturm1917… A bright orange one!
And decide on a sticker to put on the cover. (Remember that time I got rid of a shoebox full of stickers? Well, I kept one just for this purpose…)
Then, I went through my current bullet journal and made a spread to take some notes on what I wanted to transition over, and what I wanted to update or change, and what I didn’t think I even needed to bring over.
So, now that I knew what I want to move over, I had to start actually putting pen to paper in my new notebook. And the act of writing the first thing in a new book is always the hardest part for me… So, I did a little planning using the table of contents first…
I really liked how my first page mandala turned out in my first book, so I have saved the first page of my new book to do a repeat of that.
My birthday calendar was super useful in my last bullet journal, but I ran out of space on some months, so I’ve switched it up from the 2 page spread with 6 months on each page, to a 3 page spread with 4 months on each page. This should hopefully give me some space to add some new birthdays in as I discover them.
To Be Continued… (I will go over the rest of my transition in another post since this one is getting a little long and heavy with photos.)
I just switched over to my new bujo at the beginning of April. I used printer paper to plan out my spreads and penciled in everything before I started inking! I’m a bit of a perfectionist 😉 I love your mandala!
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I was tempted to do planning on separate paper, but I’m pretty happy with most parts of my journal that I’ve been using, so I didn’t really change up much. I should probably do some things in pencil first… it would prevent a bunch of errors, but oh well!
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Never too many photos!!
I still haven’t even put anything in my pretty, new, purple, bujo! And I’ve had it 4 months.
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Noted. I will not be concerned about the number of photos in my next post! 🙂
And you should really get working on the purple bujo! I know from experience it is really hard to start, but once you do, you’ll be amazed at how much it can be helpful!
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I will. Hopefully soon!
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I see the journal titles are in English and I’m guessing French. What is the other language? (Ex: Inhalt and Thema)
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My guess is German because the Leuchtturm notebook brand is from Germany, I believe…
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Wow the Mandela is so cool I don’t know if I could ever do something like that.
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It’s not that difficult. I followed a tutorial that I found online: https://youtu.be/QcHDIK0E5KY
I have no doubt that you’ll be able to do your own mandala, probably much cooler than mine! 🙂
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