2024 Bullet Journal Set Up🌼 | Plan With Me Starting a New Journal! | Easy Bujo

Hey friends, I’m SO excited for you to join me while I create my 2024 bullet journal set up! This features a neutral flower theme with simple spreads and art that experts or beginners could create! Let me know which spread is your favorite - I’d love to hear your thoughts! Thank you so much for being here, and I wish you all a beautiful start to the new year🤍
📔Resources mentioned:
“Dopamenu” article: thenutritionjunky.com/dopamen...
Ryder Carroll’s goal setting series: • Series: Setting Meanin...
Brene Brown’s Living Our Values worksheet: brenebrown.com/resources/livi...
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Thank you so much for watching!🥰

[@zjenci]

If I remember correctly, Plant Based Bride heard about the "dopamenu" from the YT channel HowToADHD. :)

[@anabruns]

Oh good to know, thanks for the info!

[@Aviplotbunny]

I love how you used the stems with leaves as your section dividers on the dopamenu!

[@anabruns]

Aw thank you!! Yeah I love looking at that page :)

[@corylcreates]

I'm voraciously watching people's 2024 setups in preparation of getting back to bullet journalling! I took a break during 2020 because I got burnt out from a job, and then 2021 and 2022 have been burnout recovery and playing around with other planner systems/styles. Well... Nothing stuck, so I'll be going back to a bujo! Love all the spreads you included, especially the grid bookmark. I usually have a grid spacing guide, but making it a bookmark to remove and place near the page/spread I'm working on seems much more functional. The simple designs here are also very inspiring. :)

[@anabruns]

I also took a little journaling break around that same time as you!! It works best for certain periods of life over others but I’ve been so happy to be back into BuJo :) and yes I love the grid bookmark! I used to have it directly on the page as well but the I use it way more as a bookmark

[@spirithea1er360]

I like year at a glance with Dutch doors the best🥰

[@anabruns]

Yes I love that spread!! My tried and true year a glance format, it’s served me well :)

[@wilhelmina8843]

Your setup is a perfect example of a pretty but minimal journal setup. Came here from your “shorts“ video. Thanks.

[@anabruns]

Yes that’s what I’m going for!! Glad you liked it, thanks for watching :)

[@LapisWalker]

This is ridiculously pretty, even with the minimalist aesthetic. 💜

[@anabruns]

Aww thank you!! 🥰

[@kChandler10]

Your pages are lovely! Great ideas and easy to understand examples.

[@anabruns]

Thank you so much!! That was my aim so I’m happy to hear that☺️

[@mewl17]

I love that you included a space for a title on your grid spacing sheet. Genius!

[@anabruns]

Yess Im hoping that will make the bookmark so much more helpful!!☺️

[@frederiquelong785]

Hi from France, Ana ! Your channel definitely deserves much more many subscribers ! I happened to discover it this morning as watching bullet journal set up videos is part of my morning routine with a cup of tea when I am off work !! I think I don’t realize exactly how much time it takes to post a video in terms of getting organized before the final result and that's the main reason I don’t share my bullet journal (feeling a little bit selfish to get some ideas from others... !) Being a MD, I think I just enjoy being... lazy when I am not working !! Anyway, congratulations on your 2024 set up, which I find to be very poetic.

[@anabruns]

Hello from the US!! Merci beaucoup for all your kind words, they’re greatly appreciated🥰 Sounds like a lovely morning routine☕️ The videos definitely take more time than I was originally expecting with all the planning/filming/editing so I feel lucky that I do have the extra time to do this! But being an MD is such important work - you definitely deserve some rest and relaxation with your hobbies! I actually used to work in healthcare too but I’m currently going after some more artistic pursuits☺️ I’m so glad you enjoyed the set up!

[@kristinmcclary7194]

I have been a planner person for more years than I can count and have a calendar obsession. This year is my first bullet journal and I really like the year at a glance pages as well as the someday task page. The grid spacing ruler is a game changer.

[@anabruns]

So awesome that you’re trying out a bullet journal!! Glad you saw some spreads that you liked☺️ I’ve also always been a planner/type A person, so I fell in love with BuJo when I discovered it a few years back! Hope you have a similar experience❤️

[@nelesnotes]

I love how beautiful and simple your set up is and how you clearly put a lot of thought into it's functionality! 😊✨

[@anabruns]

Aw thank you so much!!🥰 I love combining art with something I think will be truly useful☺️

[@ms.mustlovecats1556]

@ana bruns Your method of the " grid spacing cheat sheet " is my *favorite* method, so far. Thank you, so much for creating it in this video ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 👍

[@anabruns]

Wonderful so glad that method was helpful! :)

[@SewSupportive]

There are small cutting mats for quilting that you could use for cutting the pages.

[@anabruns]

Ooh okay, thanks for the tip! I’ll definitely be looking into those

[@debbiereynolds5317]

Absolutely Gorgeous!!!! Love it!

[@anabruns]

Thank you!!🥰🥰

[@xdkankaxd5427]

i watched 5 bullet journal set up videos and i think this is the style i want to do :3 Just bought my first bullet journal thanks for the inspiration ♥

[@anabruns]

Oh yay!!! So glad you liked the style and found inspiration for your first journal :) welcome to BuJo, I hope you love it!

[@lenoreriley4871]

I love the goals/actions page! I think I will be incorporating a version in mine this year! Love your setup!

[@anabruns]

Oh wonderful, glad you liked it and found some inspiration for your own journal!!❤️

[@wilhelmina8843]

I forgot to mention previously: you’ve linked two great resources (Ryder and Brown) that I hope other people will check out. And I’m so glad you’re going to run a 5K! I don’t really like running but that was one of my goals last year and it was one of my favorite things I did. It was hard for me but I took it slow and it was super rewarding. Good luck.

[@anabruns]

That’s awesome to hear you had a great 5k experience! Yeah it seems like races are actually really fun events (especially since they’re so many themed 5ks) so I hope I have a similar experience :)

[@kalenamitchell150]

So beautiful!! That dopamenu is such a cute idea haha

[@anabruns]

Yes I love it!! One the spreads I’m most excited about :)

[@BudgetsWithELMA]

You are BLESSED with a TALENT 🩷

[@anabruns]

Thank you!! That’s so sweet🥰❤️

[@BrandiJanei]

Very lovely

[@anabruns]

Thank you!! :)

[@julielavers3394]

So happy I stumbled across your channel!

[@anabruns]

Aw yay, me too!! :)

[@lena_hwang]

Omg I ordered same bullet journal 😮😮😮😮

[@anabruns]

Aw that’s awesome!!🥰

[@seithrderash]

a piece of cardboard, like the back of a notepad or a piece of box works well also

[@anabruns]

Oh good idea! I definitely have some old spiral notebooks I could use the cardboard from!

[@user-vk5ye3or4g]

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[@anabruns]

Thank you! And for sharing your thoughts🧡

[@KarensLiteraryExcursions]

I really love your videos Ana! I have a question about the SeQues Bullet Journal. What are your thoughts on how it handles watercolor painting? I like to do watercolor paintings in my journals and would love to find a more economically priced journal that would work for that. Thanks!

[@anabruns]

Aw thank you! I haven’t actually used watercolor in a SeQues journal so I can’t answer for sure, but I will say the pages have held up to some pretty thick layers of coloring with markers. If the pages are like the other 160 gsm pages I’ve worked with, it will hold watercolor if you’re careful not to get to much water on the page. Hope that helps!!☺️

[@KarensLiteraryExcursions]

@@anabruns Thanks! I may go ahead and get one for my next bujo and see how it does. 🙂

[@brunothegreat9182]

Where do you get your dotted-paper scraps like the one you used to write your name at the beginning?

[@anabruns]

I cut them out from the back of my current journal :)

[@belajanum2008]

What kind of glue stick are you using? I see that it is coloured, does it work well as an adhesive.

[@anabruns]

Just some regular Elmer’s glue sticks from the grocery store! It sticks really well and is definitely the cheapest option. The only downside is that you have to work fast before it dries and it can be hard to get the corners without getting glue all over the surface below. So sometimes I’ll use a tape roller (like this one XUXU 8 Pack Double Sided Tape Roller, Scrapbooking Tape, Permanent Adhesive Dots Tape Dispenser Runner for Crafts and Arts Projects, Photo-Safe a.co/d/aB4yRq4). But either option is good as far as how well it sticks!

[@sheenaandersonblog]

I have a cutting mat from Dollar Tree. That may be thin enough.

[@anabruns]

Okay good to know!!

[@Asthetic_Ana1]

Hay pretty lady❤ You know, I'm also Ana 😅

[@anabruns]

Aw that’s so fun! Hello my fellow Ana, welcome!!🥰

[@larinhaa_booksandgospel]

can you explain the grid spacing chart in detail?

[@anabruns]

Yes of course! I divide the page into sections both vertically and horizontally using the dot grids. So for example the page is 26 squares wide. So I drew a line down the page between squares 13 and 14 to divide it in half. Then I drew lines to divide it into quarters and thirds (dividing 26 by 4 and 3 to figure out where to draw those lines). I did the same thing vertically so I could get vertical sections as well. That way if I’m creating a spread that requires me to divide the page into, for example, four vertical sections, I can just place the bookmark and the page and see where to draw the lines to split it into 4. Hope that makes sense! I know some KZbinrs have also made whole videos on how to do a grid spacing guide, so you could always search it in KZbin as well for a full video :)

[@larinhaa_booksandgospel]

@@anabruns thank you so much! 🫶🏼

[@ms.mustlovecats1556]

" Dopamenu? ! ? ! " 🤔 I've *NEVER* heard of it.

[@anabruns]

Yep I only heard of it for the first time last year but I’ve already enjoyed having it in my journal so far!

[@ms.mustlovecats1556]

@@anabruns Oh . . . . . . . Ok. 😁

[@paperwrld]

Hi Ana 🤎 would you like to collaborate with us ?

[@anabruns]

Hi, I would definitely be interested in a collab! My business email is listed on my channel if you want to send me a message there❤️