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May Book Review: Wonder My Reasons For Reading This Book After reading Columbine last month, I was looking for a more lighthearted and fun read. I also wanted to read Wonder by R.J. Palacio before I watched the movie since the movie is based off of the book. I had seen the trailer for the movie and found the story to be very interesting and knew that the book had to one of the books I read this year. Wonder is a lot more lighthearted compared to the books I have been reading the past few months. I felt as though I chose to read this book at just the right time in my life. Content of the Book August Pullman is a extraordinary boy who was born with a facial difference. The books begins with him starting middle school at a private preparatory school after being homeschooled since kindergarten. The book tells the story of Auggie's adjustment to school life and the lessons and experiences he had during 5th grade. The other parts of the book are told from the perspective of A...

What to Track in Your Habit Tracker Since I started using a bullet journal, I found it really helpful to track certain habits or tasks. This blog post includes a list of habits you could include in your habit tracker and different layouts for habit trackers. I created these spreads on an iPad using the GoodNotes app and the PILOT G2 Pen Stylus . After having the stylus part of my Pilot G2 Pen Stylus tear, I purchased the  Bargain Depot Stylus 2 Pack  from Amazon. I highly recommend both. Ideas For Habit Tracker Layouts This first tracker is functional for tracker a specific task or habit. If you are tracking something like water intake, you could also add the what time of day you finished each increment. This is a tracker that can easily be incorporated into a weekly spread. Using different colors or icons to mark when the task is completed makes it so it can include the theme of a weekly spread. These next two tracker are great to break up your different ha...

Student Bullet Journal Spread Ideas  Just like I have done for my past bullet journal blog posts ( Ideas for Digital Bullet Journal Spreads , Bullet Journal Fitness and Workout Spread Ideas  and Six Weekly Bullet Journal Spreads ) I used the GoodNotes app and the PILOT G2 Pen Stylus to create these spreads. The other type of stylus that I use is the Bargain Depot Stylus 2 Pack  from Amazon. I like that this stylus comes with extra tips to replace the ones that rip. These spreads can be used for high school or college students Even though I created them in my digital bullet journal, you can recreate them in a paper bullet journal. Semester Schedule Being able to visualize your semester schedule in this formate can be very helpful. Make this spread your own. You can even add in what time you are going to get up, when you want to leave for class, when you are going to go to the gym and when you are going to eat meals. Get creative and add as m...

March Book Review: Gone Girl I am well aware of the fact that I am about four years late on reading this book. In my defense when this book was released I was too young to read it. I feel as if this was the right time and age for me to read this book. So, no regrets on not reading it sooner.  My Reasons For Reading This Book My mother is aware of the type of books that I enjoy reading and suggested I read  Gone Girl . She read the book around the time it was released and knew that the book fit the genre and books I prefer to read. My roommate also encouraged me to read it as well since she has also read it and knew I would not be able to put it down. Content of the Book  On Nick and Amy's five year wedding anniversary Amy goes missing from their Missouri home. The questions begin. Is she dead? Was she kidnapped? Who could do this? Was her husband involved? Amy was born and raised in New York and ended up reluctantly moving to Nick's Missouri hometown afte...

Six Weekly Bullet Journal Spreads I have created six different weekly bullet journal spreads. I made and use the spreads in my digital bullet journal. The app used to make these spreads is GoodNotes . The stylus I use and highly recommend is the PILOT G2 Pen Stylus . Another option for a stylus that I think does the job just as well as the Pilot G2 Pen Stylus is the Bargain Depot Stylus 2 Pack  from Amazon.  In this post I provide a variety of different spreads (horizontal and vertical) along with different themes for each spread. 1 Page for 1 Week This first spread is a simple spread that can be used to track daily tasks, appointments and a food log for each day. I would recommend this spread for those who have just started using a bullet journal. The spread is not too complicated to recreate and is perfect for beginners for for a week when you do not have the time to make an intricate spread. To make this spread your own you could swi...

If you want to purchase some of these spreads you can buy the digital bundle from my Etsy shop: Simply Paperless .  I had created six different bullet journal fitness and workout trackers/spreads. These spreads were made in my digital bullet journal using the GoodNotes App.   I highly recommend to use a stylus when using GoodNotes as a digital bullet journal. For this project I used the Adonit Dash 3 Stylus , which I highly recommend. I also recommend the Bargain Depot Stylus 2 Pack  from Amazon. Daily Workout Plan This first spread can be used to plan out what exercises you plan to workout each day of the week. I would recommend this spread for those who are just starting to workout. I did not created the workout that is used as the example for the content of this spread. The workout is from Pintrest Workout Plan .  Workout Tracker This next tracker is in the format of a monthly calendar. In order to track the different workouts...

Reasonable Dorm Room Cleaning Schedule After my first semester of college I have developed a cleaning routine that I have been able to keep up with. You can read my previous blog post about What I Learned In My First Semester of College . Over the past few months I have experimented and I am confident in the routine that I have created.  Personalize When it comes to personalizing the schedule you could add or take out the different chores. For example I also wash my retainers weekly and monthly my roommate and I decorate the marker board on the outside of our door. We also only clean our mirrors when needed since we have found that they do not seem to become too dirty regularly. Something that I would make sure you sanitize every week would be the surfaces that you are constantly touching. That means light switches, door handles, and your desk. By doing this I managed to avoid getting sick when my roommate and other floor mates go sick. Another task that you could add ...