March Spreads

My #OneMonthChallenge is swiftly coming to a close. I’m not sure if I’m going to keep posting here very much or not. This month I’m going to be traveling a lot, and my spreads are going to be even messier and worse quality than they already are. Maybe I’ll pull my life together in the spring.

I’m going to start with my Month Ahead and Month Title spread.

The title a copy of AmandaRachLee because I’m basic. Okay not just that.

I had already decided I wanted to do space. I am on a whole space kick with robotics and the loss of Oppy. It’s the center of my universe right now.

I want to learn how to do decent doodling. I’m never gonna be an artist. I won’t pretend that I am. That was never my goal with the journal. The main reason for not just doing a minimalist approach is because I enjoy doodling and I feel like I care more about filling in my trackers when they’re pretty.

I’m only minorly ashamed.

I did the month ahead without any outside influence. I quickly learned that my SuperTips bleed badly on this paper, which is why this is the only spread this month that has them. I swatched them but I wasn’t pressing down very hard. I’m learning I guess.

I don’t really like that page, but I don’t hate it. It’s just kinda messy.

My next set of spreads are Gratitude and Mood trackers. I put them next to each other so hopefully my gratitude will help my mood.

The gratitude log is pretty simple. The constellations are all made up on this one because I was hurried. I spent longer on the mood tracker than I meant to, so I didn’t have time.

The colors don’t photograph well, but they’re both light blue and purple. I like them in real life.

I spent so much time on the mood tracker. I didn’t put the dates because I figured I’ll pick which one I want on the day, except for the days that I have big plans. I intentionally made those stand out so I could find them looking back.

I’ve taken to putting more quotes in my spreads. They add appeal. I think so at least.

Lastly, I did something a little weird. I put my Week One before my Habit Tracker in the same two page spread. I’m hoping it’ll help me my goals the first week.

For goals, I kept the ones from last month at the top and added more in the second round.

March is not gonna be a level 10 month in a lot of regards. I’m gonna be away from people and out of my routine and overworked, and my mental health is already slipping just thinking about that, but I’m controlling what I can control the best I can. This journal is largely an exercise in control.

For anyone curious, those are real constellations. They’re the 12 star signs and Cassiopeia and Draco, my 2 favorites that aren’t star signs.

My week one is pretty basic. It’s more colorful, because I felt like I needed to spice it up. I wanted drop shadows but it didn’t work out well.

The layout is very different and I’m gonna see if it suits my needs. I took out like a day in favor of the gratitude log, so I think I’ll have plenty of space.