Hello, woah I really needed that exercise! What about y'all?

ellia fabia's Studio Corner - image 1 - student project

I mostly organise myself with the help of my bulletjournal. However, since my bujo is where I keep my time management, appointments and free time schedules, I got an additional notebook for all the detailed project planning. It's softer, lighter and way messier than my journal:

ellia fabia's Studio Corner - image 2 - student project

ellia fabia's Studio Corner - image 4 - student project

One thing from this class, that really clicked with me was the Kanban Board and I tried it on a sheet of acrylic resin I had lying around ^.^

ellia fabia's Studio Corner - image 5 - student project

Now, the workplace situation:

I live with my partner in a 54 m² flat. Since I moved in I constantly converted the second half of our bedroom into a studio space for me. I have a huge corner desk, I built with my dad, some IKEA Alex cupboards and lots of inspirational knickknacks here and there:

ellia fabia's Studio Corner - image 6 - student project

ellia fabia's Studio Corner - image 7 - student project

I also redecorated it lately and made a whole video about it, so, if you like watching declutter and decoration videos click here:

Staying Motivated/Productivity Shortcuts:

What if it was easy? - this thought pattern is brilliant, I hope I can apply it

Ride the Wave of Trends - experienced that during Inktober

The Less Competition the Bigger My Chance to Win

80/20 Rule - I'm a "better done than perfect" person since Universitiy, but I struggle to apply that to my creative work

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Using my bulletjournal everyday, I'm really used to tracking my work as well as various habits of mine. So, it's nothing new BUT I'm really noticing some kind of progress I never had before in my Sketchbook and THAT is the best tracker in my opinion:

ellia fabia's Studio Corner - image 9 - student project

ellia fabia's Studio Corner - image 10 - student project

Distractions & Solutions:

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And lastly, quitting.

In the end of 2020 I reached a crossroads. For 2 years I had uploaded a bulletjournal video at the beginning of every month for a series called "join me journaling". These were my most elaborate and time consuming videos to produce. I put so much love and effort not only into the setups itself, but also into the storytelling of the videos.

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But as we all know, Social Media algorythms don't consider your effort, so my journal videos weren't clicked as often as I liked them to.

ellia fabia's Studio Corner - image 13 - student project In August I begun doubting this video format as well as these super artsy setups. However, I didn't want to end the series amidst 2020. I pushed through and even had some kind of creative growth with e.g. September and November.

ellia fabia's Studio Corner - image 14 - student project After I completed Inktober, I was sure that I wouldn't "waste" my time on those videos anymore when I could achieve so much stuff that would actually bring me forward.

ellia fabia's Studio Corner - image 15 - student project Finally, I uploaded my last "join me journaling" video in December 2020 and left the series behind. I was sad about it, but I also really enjoyed setting up my bulletjournal for the new year without filming the whole process. I still upload pictures of my setups on my Instagram, but it isn't a crucial part of my content anymore...

I'm still very proud that I made all these videos and they're still up:

Thank's for reading my story here! I hope y'all good and save out there! Meet me on my Social Media if you like:

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