Drawing Away Stress

This month’s theme for my bullet journal is board games! Thank you for the inspiration! ❤️

One of my favorite things to do is create swatch pages for my markers. I used to create them in my bullet journal but found I had to recreate them every time I started a new journal. Now these swatch pages are available for whenever I need them and they aren’t bulky to carry around. Plus they are laminated so they last longer!

To create them I used 8.5x11 dot grid paper (Amazon) and Avery’s laminating sheets. for markers that don’t have numbers or names, I use a thin pen to label them and make sure the labels match with the swatch.

I have also labeled them and put a small piece of scotch tape over it (crayola super tip picture) so the number doesn’t rub off, but have found that this isn’t totally necessary because my WELL loved mildliners still have the label after a year of use and you can still clearly read the label!

It can be a lengthy project but it’s definitely worth it!

Last set of challenges that I’ve included in my reading journal for 2023!

- Uncorked Book Challenge- hosted by
- Alphabet Challenge- last year I did it by book title, this year I’m going by author’s name!
- Read the Rainbow- reading books that are each color of the rainbow or have the color in the title
- HPOOTP- Flourish and Blotts Harry Potter Book Challenge- FB group.
- Genre Challenge- This one helps me try out other genres that I don’t usually read
- Beyond the Bookends
- Read Around the World
- This or That- pic one each month and do that prompt
- Goodreads Award winning Book club- group on Goodreads
- Pop Sugar
- Keyword- find a book that fits the keywords or includes any of the words in the title hosted be
- Monthly Motif- find a book that fits the theme hosted by
- Around the Year in 52 Books
- book challenge- probably my favorite of all!

Next up are the challenges I’m following. There are A LOT but I’m excited about the variety! Again, thank you for posting the challenges when they pop up! It made it super easy to look for them!

- Challenge Progress Page- a quick view to see how far along I am on each challenge
- Friends Challenge from Kat’s Booknerds on FB
- Ready, Set, Read hosted by Cleo kick in StoryGraph
- Fully Booked
- Read Around the Clock- Read a book with the number somewhere in the title.

Here are the next set of pages for my reading bullet journal!

- Book Shelfie: I’ll fill in the titles on the book spines as I complete books
- 2023 Reads: another way to track the books I have read in list form
- Did Not Finish- I try to finish every book but I did have a few this year I just couldn’t do so I can keep track of them here
- 5- Star Reads: a list of all the books I give 5 stars
- Battle of the Books: each month I’ll pick my favorite book I read and narrow it down to my favorite of the year

Pixel Trackers- I saw do a bunch of these in her journal and just loves the idea of having a colorful visual that shows a variety of different things. When complete, the “data” will help me determine goals for next year!
- Read everyday Pixels: keeping tracking of number of pages/minutes of read/listen each day
- 12 Months of Reading- when I finish a book I’ll color a box with the color for the month I finished it in
- Medium Pixels- keeping track of the medium (ebook, physical or audiobook) each time I finish a biok
- Days to read pixels- each time I finish a book keeping track of the number of days it took to read
- Genre Pixels- keeping track by genre
- Rating Pixels- keeping track by the rating I give it

The past month and a half I have been working on prepping my 2023 reading journal and will be sharing the pages with you each day this week!

- Cover page & quote page
- 2023 At-A-Glance: each month I will write the books I read in the Colombian under that month. I may also color code it to show how long it took to read.
- Book Clubs: I decided to follow 4 online book clubs this year: , choice awards book club, Addicted to YA Goodreads book club, and Let’s Peanut Butter Taco. I’ll keep track of the books each month.
- 2023 Goals Tracker: 150 books, 40,000 pages, 30 audiobooks, Read 320 days & complete 4 series
- Goodreads Goal: color in a square each time I complete a book. Goal is 150 for the year (I’m currently at 125 this year) and then room for more!

Can’t wait to share more the next several days! Currently taking book suggestions! 😂

A good friend of mine’s daughter’s 14th birthday is this weekend and for her party she bought a bullet journal pack for each guest and they will put the journals together and decorate them during the party! Such a fun idea!! ❤️

HELLO November!

The last week of my Dia de Los Meurtos theme for my . November theme coming soon!!

October reading recap. I loved using the bohemian set of dual brush markers. The colors are so bright!

Photo dump of my comic book theme from all the way back in September!

The past two weeks spreads for my Dia de Los meurtos theme!

My TwinTone pastel pens have made this month’s spread just pop! The colors are so vibrant and have made this theme come to life! ❤️

Some more spreads from this month and this week’s summer activity: a lemonade stand!

This month’s theme is called “Sayonara Summer”. While summer isn’t technically over until the end of September, August is the end of summer for teachers 😩. Each week will have a summery vibe to it as this teacher starts preparing for the school year!

Recently organized my desk and am loving how easy it is to find what I need! 🤩😍

In May, I found out the science facilitator position in my district was being eliminated. My Bullet Journal theme for that month was science themed in honor of our amazing science facilitator. Shortly after, I found out she decided to retire early 🥺😭. As a retirement gift, I designed a bullet journal for her to keep track of her amazing adventures. The first half included pages completely designed for her so all she has to do is fill in (pictured), the next several pages were my science themed bullet journal stickers that she will need to color and fill in, the rest of it is blank. I can’t wait to see how she uses it! ❤️

The rest of my July music theme pages are inspired by my 3 nephews. ❤️

This month’s theme is music! This week’s spread is in honor of my favorite song from Vivo! ❤️

A friend of mine reached out a couple of months ago to design an invitation for a 🌮 themed baby shower 🤩 Let’s TACO ‘bout how cute it turned out!

Dropping this reading bullet journal pack off in the mail today! Are you the lucky recipient?

While this may seem like a lot of work, it has been totally worth it. I have tried many spreads to help making spacing and designing a faster process and this page right here is the one! I highly recommend including something like this in your journal to make sectioning and designing faster!

Here are all of my Pride Month spreads! ♥️🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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I’m excited at the potential to be teaching 2 classes through the this summer! Create Your Own Bullet Journal & Become a Sketchnoter. My little helper was helping me advertise tonight!

This month’s theme is dedicated to the amazing science facilitator at my school. We just found out a month ago that they are eliminating the science facilitator position entirely. I can honestly say, she has been the FIRST person I have ever met that has gotten me excited about science. It’s such a loss for our school and for our students, so this month’s theme is for her! ❤️

Drawing Away Stress added a Shop on website button to their Page.

I started a Bullet Journal club at school and today was our first day!! 😍 We learned a new font and started setting up their first calendar spread! The stickers were a HUGE hit!

Week 2 full of kitty cuteness! 😻😻

This month’s theme was inspired by a new addition to our family! ❤️😺 (swipe to see pictures!) Her name is Cosette “Cosi” and it’s a purrfect name because she loves to cuddle! 😻