How I stay Productive - Bullet Journal Process

[@growmyowneden]

Love this idea of grouping tasks into what can be done at the same time and then prioritising by group

[@missnurseeri]

A year's worth of video watching on the topic of bullet journaling, and yours is one of the top two most satisfying to watch. It really resonated with my soul.

[@mixedmedialife7916]

Batch tasking! I've never heard of this and need it for exactly all the reasons you listed. It's so helpful to see a bullet journal actually being used, so thank you so much for being willing to show that. If anyone watching your vid thinks "wow, who has that time?" (as I once might have thought), I can say from (new)experience that I now spend my days *much* more productively (trans: less guilt, more pride and more daily enjoyment). The 10-15 minutes I spend on my bullet journal each night has transformed my life. Like you, I'm adding in more and more sections as I think they will support me and now I absolutely love to open that book at the end of each day and fill in all the sections! I commented on an earlier video of yours that it impressed me to see how much care and attention you apply to your life and then PING the penny dropped and now I do the same. I cannot thank you enough - but I'm going to keep trying! As for an April drawing lesson, "dragonfly" popped into my head when you asked! I hope you have a good week Elyse. Love to you from ccccoooold Canada :)

[@michellestephenson1680]

I love this. Seeing everyone create layouts is nice, but to see it actually put to use is more interesting to me. Thank you for being willing to share this bit of your life with us.

[@talislyre]

I'm really glad you made this video. I have energy budgeting issues as well and it's always an encouragement to see someone else honest and heart-strong finding ways to cope and live better. Your videos are ones I'll watch on sad days and more than once have been the extra oomph of productivity encouragement I needed. I hope all the good things come your way and that you have the energy to enjoy them.

[@xxMrsHuntxx]

You are my go to lady for my new lovely hobby bullet journaling. I just love your style, your friendly way of explaining and your wonderful enthusiasm. You’ve also inspired me to start up my artwork again - I got an a level and left it there. But you e sparked something in me, so thank you. Actually can’t thank you enough. Xx

[@beckahcruz7463]

hi, I'm new to your channel and have to say how much I love your videos! I've been living with post concussive syndrome for other two years now and finding a way to record and plan my days has literally be life changing. I've been watching all your videos and am finding so many good tips that I know will help me. Most people don't understand how fatigue can control your life, but little by little I'm taking it back with tips like these! Thank you so much for sharing

[@escapeartist1258]

The batch-tasking idea is definitely something I'll have to incorporate into my own bullet journal. I too will bounce around from one thing to another without really considering which tasks can be knocked out at once. :)

[@Obsidian_Iris_]

Thank you for what you said starting at 12:25. Explaining to people that I can’t commit to events because I won’t know how I will feel on a future date, *until the day arrives* is one of the most frustrating aspects of living with fibromyalgia. It’s difficult trying to explain why I wake up exhausted on one of the few days that I slept well the previous day or explain that _everything_ hurts, except my hair. Thank you for sharing some of your coping methods. As for April, I keep thinking of the old saying that April showers bring.may flowers, so, a rain theme for April? Umbrellas, wellies, rain bonnets, rain showers, puddles, etc.

[@gabrielarodriguez413]

Dark Iris i used to struggle explaining to people. I realized now that those that required explanations weren’t that important. I also try to be more aware of how im feeling at the beginning of the week so i can contact friends and fam to make plans (once again those who don’t require explanations are more than happy to make plans in short notice).

[@AspienPadda]

You should look into the spoon theory. Its a fantastic way to explain that some days you just don't wake with enough energy to do all the things like normal humans do. I myself run on the second version of the fork theory which is more for the mentally ill than the physically exhausted. I really hope it helps

[@carolynmcmillan7083]

Dark Iris it is hard isn't it. I have fibromyalgia and CFS. Most days getting the kids to school exhausts me. So I try my best to do as much as I can in the morning whilst they eat breakfast / get dressed etc. I ne we used to then would crash out. Now if I fall asleep at least I've done something forst

[@Obsidian_Iris_]

Coreen Benadie thanks for the information!

[@Obsidian_Iris_]

Skating Mummy Emily-Kate Ice Skating Actually, mornings are my worst times. It takes a while for me to limber up and lose some of the stiffness. I may also need to wait until my second dose of meds before I m not too sore. It’s insane!

[@AndromedatheFated]

love the way you plan out our day my favorite is the productivity part. that would help me to find out my patterns/bad habits and fix them. thank you for giving me great ideas.

[@lauriedunn6198]

April theme--- there is April the giraffe from Animal Adventure Park-- we are watching the giraffe cam on youTube as she is due to give birth soon....so a giraffe theme would be fun!

[@rachvoulo]

I just found your channel and you are by far THE BEST inspiration I have seen thus far for bujo ideas. Love the icons for productivity, your signifiers and the setup in general. Great job!

[@jenniferk7067]

Your videos and energy are so delightful! I am always so happy to see when you’ve posted. Thank you for sharing how you use your different spreads and love the batch tasking! I too list things in random order and would bounce from one place to another because I felt I needed to just go down the list. This will help me to be much more efficient.

[@Joyce-qg7ub]

I like the batch tasking. A couple of times I've numbered stuff I need to do. I might not do this everyday, but definitely on days that I have a lot to do!

[@joannecresswell3448]

Ok I think you have just changed my life. I also have fibromyalgia and after watching a couple of bullet journal videos and yours fitted my life best, I got started. I watched this video as soon as it came online and it was like a lightening bolt, why had I never grouped my tasks before??? I have written down my tasks for the day and grouped them and all of a sudden my day is manageable. I have been chasing my tale all week and not made any progress but today I feel positive for the first time in over a week. Thank you soooo much xxx

[@dorotheawright2205]

Yes, I heard the rain.❤ absolutely love your content 😊found you today.

[@kellys1722]

Thank you for this video, this is the first channel I've come across that show how you fill in your journal. It may seem silly but I have always had trouble knowing how to start.❤

[@AspienPadda]

Its always good to be able to draw frogs, toadstools and tree stumps if you wanted to do an enchanted forest theme... I think you'd be the perfect one to make frogs easy to draw as I'd been stumped on them for a while.

[@betinaceciliafeld9854]

LOVED this video! Your productivity tracker is something I'd like to try, because most days I don't do anything but I'm still tired and with that "I don't have enough time" feeling at the end of the day. Really love your channel. Hugs from Argentina ❤😁

[@sarahdumontet5244]

Hello, I just found your channel by accident but I'm hooked ! Your way of presenting things is so helpful and easy. I love this video - at last somebody who shows how "to use" a bullet journal. I'm finding your way of planning out each of your days very interesting. It's not very easy for me to plan things in advance. (Even morning through to the afternoon plans can change so fast depending on how I feel ! - I suffer from fibromyalgia, chronic pain and depression) and if I can't do everything I feel soooooo bad, guilty etc .... However after watching this video, you have given me LOADS of GREAT ideas of how to move forward with my journal journey!!! Thank you so much and keep up the great advice/work 😀

[@heperez1029]

Your layouts are magnificently simple, beautiful and playful all art the same time! I’ve always journaled my entire life, and I’ve always had a few drawings in them. But then we’re just journals. Then I had my planner to carry around also. But a bullet journal is wonderful and your talent is amazing. I love your drawings and the simplicity of your bullet journal. I hope you don’t mind me incorporating some of your page ideas? I now subscribe to your channel.🐢

[@cristinafranco5435]

Clouds, rainy days and rainbows. :)

[@AlgerieHD]

We can clearly see u had so much fun to write in your Bullet Journal :) you spread so much positive energy out ^^ also u are very structured and organised even ur meals are noted that was very helpful for creating ideas for my own planner. thank you

[@sleepywitchcrafts]

I love the way you use your journal! I'm always looking for more ways to make my journal more productive, thank you for posting this video, definitely will be using some of your technique.

[@anne-mareesleigh8667]

That was really useful and interesting. It is sort of similar to a process I use, and I feel I can utilise the things you have suggested to stream line my processes. Thank you. Oh, and your personality comes across so delightfully in your videos! Don't ever change that.

[@emelieandersson2577]

I have had many setbacks lately, so my bullet journal has been left aside. I cannot motivate myself to write in it even though it is such phases that I should be better aware of, for the sake of health. Just as you do! So thank you for sharing, it is just the inspo I needed! 💕

[@hippified967]

April theme: Maybe some type rubber duck and bubbles or wellingtons and mud something really spring like.

[@gabrielarodriguez413]

I just started watching you over the weekend and i must say that i love your videos! Im a fellow fibro warrior so i can relate to most spreads. Thank you for sharing and making this available. Soon i will be starting my blog/youtube channel so i was wondering if you could create a spread for that?. I also dream really odd dreams and remember most of it, sometimes if i change my meds that affects my dreaming.

[@sarahfignutmum8235]

I am going to try batch tasking. I think it may work for me. As I usually write a long list and then flip from one random thing to another. And at the end of the day I don’t achieve as much as I should have. Thanks for sharing this idea

[@lilithpluto]

I love your voice and the way you explain things is really good. I like your batch tasking idea alot, especially as I have bad mobility and end up going back and forth all the time!

[@isabellepoynter5193]

Oh sssooooo simple! Mine is simple but I love your weekly layout so simple AND FUN!

[@christinewalsh7824]

Love everything you shared in this journal! I’m getting ready to start my first journal and have been watching a ton of videos. You are definitely my favorite and my inspiration. I definitely need to get things in better order and more manageable, and I love your system and how you do things. I have some health issues that sidetrack me sometimes and I love how some of your trackers incorporate health and wellness. You obviously don’t have to answer this, but you mention being in pain a lot. Is there something specific causing you pain? Looking forward to all your videos

[@TheYoungs2006]

I took your weekly layout for myself next week! I like how it looks.. And functionality.

[@andreagreen571]

I enjoyed your video. I am definitely finding your videos helpful. There was a term ‘batch task’ that I had not heard of before. Thank you for explaining and sharing.

[@juniaron0926]

I enjoyed this video so much! Great job as far as an April theme - rain? Rain drops? Umbrellas things like that would be nice to see and learn how to draw :)

[@louandrews5584]

Would love to see a Wicca theme one month xxxx

[@hannahgibson6266]

Thank you for your videos, I've watched a few different people, but I look forward to yours the most and I can relate to you. I'm just starting bullet journalling and trying to keep things simple until I get into the flow of it all anyway. I would like to do a feather theme or maybe feathers and dreamcatchers, I know its been done before and isn't a very original idea! The other idea is a simple animal theme, if that is at all possible. Anyway thanks again Miss McKenna!

[@lilycat84]

“Thank you past me!” 🤣🤣 ur too cute.... Love ur videos! You are such a sweetheart! I know ur not always feeling great so it might not be something you’re able to commit to but I’d love to see a month in my Bullet journal series of yours, I love seeing how you use your spreads. The April theme I’m going for is Cherry Blossoms if that’s something you’re interested in. Keep up the awesome content xx

[@MerelPlays]

I absolutely love your bujo videos! You are a huge inspiration! Thank you for the amazing content! ❤️

[@missmckennaslifeleverage6028]

Yay! SO glad you enjoy them!! Thank you xxxx

[@tjwatkins59]

First time watching your channel and really enjoyed it. Love your simple, yet elegant style - very beautiful! I have returned to bullet journaling just a few months ago after a very long absence and you have given me some great ideas to add to mine.

[@tjwatkins59]

I forgot to add a suggestion about your dreams! Dreams are very important to our lives: they help us process what goes on in our days and they also have messages for us much of the time. If you are interested in deciphering them, here are two books that I highly recommend: "The Dream Book" by Betty Bethards, and "20,000 Dreams" by Mary Summer Rain (don't you love her name?!) Sometimes what we view as "bad dreams" have symbols that are actually good. Just in case you are interested . . . :)

[@suzisaintjames]

For your pain tracking, set up a scale. For me... 10 is passed out cold, 9 is screaming hysterically, 8 is can't think of anything else, 7 is the pain is screaming, but I can carry on. 6 is the pain is nagging, but I'm ignoring it pretty well, 5 is pain is there but not worth acknowledging... 0 is pain free. I can't remember 1-4 because the last time I woke up from a procedure (pain free), I realized in my everyday life that I always have some level of pain, I'm just used to blocking it. This way you are not comparing from one day to the next, but to a standard. 💝☀🌵

[@keepinitsk8a516]

Love the accent. “It was lovely”

[@suzisaintjames]

When I migrate an entry from monthly to weekly I mark it with an arrow so I don't have to keep double checking. 💝☀🌵

[@sandywilkie1671]

Great and very helpful thanks for sharing. Hope you have a good week

[@lyndiegf]

First time I’ve watched your channel and loved it, it’s nice to have someone with a similar accent to my own 😁😉

[@emelieandersson2577]

Animalprints for April!! 😍

[@paulamiller6073]

Thank you so much for your videos. I love your productivity tracker. I'm so going to incorporate this in my bujo. I too deal with a health issue. I have lupus. I deal with not feeling well most days. It is difficult to future plan. With not knowing how. I will feel that day. I also need to watch my sugar intake. Truly hard too do. When you have a sweet tooth. Could you make a video of your icons for your productivity tracker. So would love to do this in my bujo. Instead of dots. Would love to see how pretty this look in my bujo. Would make me happier. To see something so cute. To see it at a glance. It would keep me inspired to keep going. I try to take it easy. When I have a busy day coming up. Such as eat super healthy. Take a nap. Go to bed early.

[@AspienPadda]

As far as I know she'd already made a full video on this productivity tracker if you look on her channel

[@talislyre]

One thing I did when adapting the productivity tracker was to write down everything I wanted to track, then did a google image search for simple doodles that matched and practiced until I could make them quick and small. It didn't take very long and made it mine. :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4umnayHhd-kg9k is where she got the idea from and I think hers is prettier. But it's a great way to see the huge contrast in style too. Good luck. :)

[@LauraReyes-yo5nz]

Hi. That pen you use erases so well! What brand is it?

[@xxMrsHuntxx]

I meant to leave a request for April - frogs! X

[@AspienPadda]

Strange, I also left a suggestion for frogs! I'm sure she'll be able to make them so simple and easy to draw

[@leefaux7656]

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[@suzisaintjames]

You've been tracking your food for a while now and if one of your goals is to reduce snacking... And you notice you've been snacking 4 times a day, give yourself 3 boxes to write your snacks. Once your 3 boxes are filled, no more snacking. Also, figure out why you're snacking. Are you hungry? Eat more at meal time. Are you craving, but not hungry? Work on reducing craving foods. Bored? Find a 15 minute task, you'll probably forget about snacking and it will be time to fix the next meal. Investigate intermittent to reduce inflammation that's causing your pain. It helped my fibro. I used to hover between 7 and 8, now days I'm right at a 5. Also look into vitamins and minerals. 💝☀🌵 p.s. I also experienced extreme depression whilst taking birth control pills.

[@AussieDemonFurBaby]

chocolate cake is always worth it

[@silrancwander]

April theme: cats?

[@autumn3499]

Are you still planning a video on the budget spread? Edit: u mentioned in another video its still coming... looking forward to it. 🙂

[@letsgowithplanb]

So what gray marker are you using. I love how it looks. All the tombow ones I’ve found are way too dark to do that.

[@gamingcounselor]

N95 is perfect for this

[@loiscassels8966]

Or mild liners

[@mrs.purity2887]

Greetings & Salutations, I Love your accent, & very soft way of speaking. You are Extremely talented even on an artistic level! I’m New to KZbin, & I normally don’t do the whole commenting thing. But I felt so inclined to answer your question Even though I just started following you, and haven’t quite gotten through All of you other videos. 😊 So I’m not sure if you’ve done this theme before... But I would Love to see you do some Butterflies! Warm Regards, 🗝 𝑀𝓇𝓈. 𝒫𝓊𝓇𝒾𝓉𝓎 🗝

[@sharrongranger]

I’ve just mucked up a few pages trying to replicate your productivity tracker lol do you have a video on this please?

[@talislyre]

She shows her version in the March Plan with Me video, but shared the link The Boosted Journal, where she got it from. It's based on the one at this link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4umnayHhd-kg9k I think hers is prettier, but most of the time when others take an idea and make it theirs, it can become quite a bit more than the creator expected. I have used this spread the past few months and love it. Hope this helps.

[@unknownfancy]

Why is your frixin pen soooo black?? Amazing

[@melissab9949]

I would love to know what pen that is too! Especially seeing the ability to erase mistakes. Tried the Artiza link but couldn't find it.

[@lauriedunn6198]

I thought you were using a pen/marker but then you erased! what are you using? (and thank you for the batching idea and evening planning idea-I have fibro so I get the energy level/pain level)

[@carolynmcmillan7083]

Laurie Dunn they are the pilot frixion pens. I've noticed bic have brought out some called Gel-ocoity illusion pens too. If you search for erasable pens you will find a few. The pilot ones are fab though

[@lauriedunn6198]

@@carolynmcmillan7083hank you I bought my first bullet journal a month ago and have yet to write anything in it...just watching videos so far

[@carolynmcmillan7083]

Laurie Dunn I'm new too I started in January. Amandarachlee is another lovely one to watch x

[@CouchToBarkley]

I work on my bujo in bed too lol.

[@knittinghands23]

What classes are you taking? Or degree are you working toward?

[@jessyskehan1696]

That pen! I need one that writes in black AND erases! Name please!

[@gabrielarodriguez413]

Jessy Skehan im not sure which ones she uses but if you search frixion pilot pens on amazon you can get a set with 7 colors. I love mine! We actually use them for homeschooling my daughter and i hadnt thought of using them for planning lol

[@jessyskehan1696]

Gabriela rodriguez I haven’t been able to find Frixions!

[@gabrielarodriguez413]

Jessy Skehan www.amazon.com/dp/B004DOMK2U/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_OYxFCbCNJ5K4D

[@ലോഫിഷ്]

Nice nails

[@yahairapelaez9164]

Pardon me if this is rude but are you a fibromyalgia sufferer? A lot of your comments sound like a day out of my life!

[@homegirlshy]

I wonder if British and Aussie people know what the other meaning for Rub one Out is??..?.lol oh dear