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What dot grid size is best for bullet journaling?

November 7, 2023 by Rachael Leave a Comment

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Most bullet journal notebooks have a dot grid that is a square 5mm x 5mm (0.5cm x 0.5cm). But as the popularity of bullet journaling has grown, there’s now many more notebooks to choose from, including some that have a different dot grid spacing. So should you stick with the classic 5mm x 5mm grid, […]

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The best budgeting sticker books for your planner or bullet journal

October 31, 2023 by Rachael Leave a Comment

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Your planner is a very useful tool for keeping track of your money and one of the easiest ways to do that (and add some color to your planner), is by using stickers! This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase this planner using my affiliate link I’ll receive a small commission at no extra […]

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Archer and Olive versus Notebook Therapy: Which Dot Grid Notebook is better?

October 24, 2023 by Rachael Leave a Comment

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These days there’s multiple dot grid notebooks with 160 GSM paper (thick paper that isn’t prone to ghosting or bleed through). Two notebooks with this paper that really stand out are Archer and Olive and Notebook Therapy. So which notebook is better? Read my reviews of each notebook by clicking the links below Archer and […]

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How to create a DIY dot grid spacing template for any bullet journal notebook

October 17, 2023 by Rachael 7 Comments

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Bullet journaling can be time consuming if you like to use a variety of layouts, and often switch between different dot grid notebooks (or is that just me?). So to save time, I really recommend using a dot grid spacing template. If you don’t want to pay for one of the dot grid spacing guides […]

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A tour of the spreadsheets I use to organize my life

October 4, 2023 by Rachael 1 Comment

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I like to use paper for planning my weekly spreads and checklists, but have made the switch from printables to spreadsheets over the years for planning many things including: 1. Budget income and expenses I used paper for budgeting during my university days when I didn’t have many responsibilities. But once I reached proper ‘adulthood’ […]

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Colorful time blocked weekly spread using Happy Planner Stickers

September 27, 2023 by Rachael Leave a Comment

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This week I need to get stuff done and didn’t have a lot of time to do it, so decided to try time-blocking. But I didn’t want to do an ordinary time-blocking weekly spread (e.g. vertical hourly layout then color code / assign task to every single timeslot). Instead, I took the usable hours I […]

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