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SO now that Final Fantasy 12 is done and dusted, it's time for the next thing on my list. Which has bumped a few others down, but there's a reason for it.

I've been trying to work my way through Wanikani more seriously this year and getting to the point where I remembered about Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee. It even has a kanji mode! It's not the first time I've tried to play something entirely in Japanese (hello, Tales of Hearts) but it felt like it would be a good way to:

Reinforce the kanji and vocab I've already learned or continue to learn (... once I get my revisions under control so I'm not being slaughtered by 200 words a day so I can start doing lessons again)

Learn some extra vocab and kanji along the way

For this spread I'm starting with the segments in white and english, then filling it in with black ink when a segment is done, and putting the Japanese location name in place of the English.

Because it's a nice little "fuck you, read the kana" to my brain, and also a satisfying way to see how far I've made it visually.

My one observation though at this (early) stage in the game is that playing it with one Joycon like this makes me feel like I'm giving some sort of Keynote presentation with a Clicker.

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Been meaning to do this for a few days because somebody (it's me) filled out the last entry on the initial headache tracker for the year. The neurologist loved it when I rocked up with the original one last year, so thought I'd share it in case it's helpful for anyone else.

Finally remembered to add in a pain scale this time, too!

Basic breakdown:

Locations: where the pain is located (Mine's super simple, you could branch out even further as needed)

Symptoms: what kind of pain it is, other symptoms accompanying it (still annoyed I ran out of space for 'neck and shoulder bullshit' but oh well). I kind of split mine into two sections, pain symptoms (throbbing, dull, sharp, etc) and other symptoms (light sensitivity, sound sensitivity, dizziness, nausea, etc)

Medication: what you've taken to try and relieve symptoms. Again, I try to list different painkillers at the top and then other relief measures underneath them. Also a special colour system to indicate whether it worked (green), took the edge off (yellow), or didn't work at all (red). Makes it easier to see what didn't work and what's left to try.

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Productivity Crawl - Kanto Edition

Got reminded about this little productivity crawl I threw together in the back of a journal last year to try and get out of a bit of a slump:

I never finished my trial run, but I got a reasonable start.

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Bullet Journal 2023 - Collections Setup (continued)

Ironically starting the year with a brain dump spread because I panicked about what was staying, what was going, and where to even start for 2023.

SPREADS THAT ARE OUT:

Events - this wasn't used, and 90% of the time I forgot it was there. Whoops.

Computer Backup - YES I KNOW the irony of 'save ur work' shitposting hasn't actually listened to her own words of advice. It's out for now, but watch this space.

Art Events calendar/list - Not used, not really added to.

Haemochromatosis tracker - I actually started a medical journal during the year so somebody has a nice new shiny home to move to!

SPREADS THAT REMAIN - WITH CHANGES

Game Tracker A - This is the overview of the backlog, which is handy to see overall.

Game Tracker B - I'll probably add as the occasion arises, varies from game to game.

Monthly Project Progress Trackers - These worked really well at the start of 2022 and then they didn't. Wanna see if I can get them to work for me again, somehow. (Maybe this needs to be less "how many hours" and more "did u do work on The Thing today? Yes? Cool". It'd mean less set up and less brain power to operate.)

SPREADS THAT ARE NEW:

Future Log (Quarterly) - this is kind of a fusion idea between the old, unused Events spread and Art Events. Also features a little backup tracker from the Computer Backup because obviously having a dedicated Backup spread did NOT work last year. This year. Whatever it was.

Art Goals (Public / Private) - Trying to split out goals for my art from just being "do all the portfolio things" so that I actually direct some time and energy to getting it out there. Applying for zines, competitions, exhibitions, etc etc. And making a dedicated space for it, too.

WIP Graveyard - This was cute from 2022's December spread, so I thought that would be a good way to keep track of what leftover projects are haunting me into 2023! (Note: Not filling that in until Jan 1, because you never know what might get knocked over in the last hours of 2022)

Selfcare Rainbow - This is more a reminder page than anything else. Adding things to it as I think of alternative things I can add that aren't just 'art' that help with overthinking/anxiety/etc. (Inspired by this tumblr post: https://chooseselflove-againandagain.tumblr.com/post/673960022756278272)

As it is I'm still trying to cross off things on my list from my "holiday tasks" spread at the tail end of my 2022 collections journal. But at least 2023 is pretty much ready to go, except for setting up monthly spreads for Project Tracking, Habits/chores, Albums and Quotes. But that should be pretty easy.

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Bullet Journal - December Spreads

First weekend means time to sit down and start churning out the monthly spreads and collections! 

1.) The Project Tracker

Pretty empty for now - mainly a tracker for ongoing or new projects, with a time key to see how much time spent on it per day.

2. Habit trackers - Cleaning tasks and TV shows

Already populated, but just a simple tracker. Been messing with this one a bit, since keeping the 4 or 5 week checklist for some tasks was a bit daunting. (I mean, this hasn’t quite taken off either but it’s less “oh my god I haven’t done the thing all month”)

[The TV Shows works as “strike out = watched this month”, and “black out = already seen (aka: watched last month)”. 

3. WIP Graveyard **NEW**

This is a new one because it dawned on me that it’s almost the end of the year and I have some outstanding projects never finished, so. (A couple of these are up on here - like the Animal Emoji Series  and the Spotify GUI concepts )

Hopefully I’ll be able to knock some of these off the list before the end of the year!

5. Music Tracking Spreads

Artists to Follow Up This one is actually new! I’ve been doing an album challenge inspired by a friend and keeping track (or trying to) of what I’ve listened to, what stuck, what didn’t, etc etc. Although since I finished my big list from 2017, I’ve been struggling working out how to keep going with the challenge. So I’ve introduced a page so I can put artists down to check out albums for, instead of letting them get lost in my daily journals!

Album Challenge Just a simple tracker with date, artist, album title, and liked songs*. *liked songs - works on the premise of what catches my eye or attention on a first listen. If more than 50% of the songs on an album achieves a like, it gets added to a month-based playlist and we see where we go from there. Pale green indicates a first pass, a darker green indicates a physical copy has been obtained. (None to show here, for now)

6. Big Bads™

My overarching Big Heckin Concerns spread. Drawn up so that it can track how the big anxiety-inducing things in my head are going and if we’re making any progress from week to week. Oooooor if it’s barely treading water.

I don’t have an example there, but this is also where I use my highlighter system to indicate progress status!