It has all the features you'd want in your first bullet journal: a sturdy faux leather hardcover, inner pocket, attached elastic closure, and plenty of note-taking space.

Here you can get super creative and have pages in your journal to list or track family-related items. The benefit of this method is that I can create a doodle or nicely lettered header and use it again and again. But if you want to bullet journal the right way, you'll need, of course, a bullet journal (or any dot grid notebook) and a good set of journaling pens. I have been using this method for a little over six months in addition to my paper one, and my system is still very much in development.

Cookies collect information about your preferences and your devices and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. And if you’re not the most artistic person OR if this is your first bullet journal, some of the best tips for page layouts are simple things. I read your very first entry and had to stop before it was done (only 3-4 sentences) because the strain is far too hard on my eyes to see.

If there is one thing I’ve learned from bullet journaling over the past several years, it’s that there will ALWAYS be other amazing journals shared online.Where gratitude logs help you be positive in the face of your environment and circumstances, an affirmation log does something a little different. But it can be overwhelming to figure out what bullet journal supplies and notebooks you need before you can even start thinking about your weekly or monthly spread. The black hardcover bound notebook is well-constructed with excellent binding to hold the pages securely in place. When you find yourself terrified of making a mistake, say, “Done Not Perfect” and push through anyway.

I really like the idea of a personalized planner, and I'm glad that Ryder Carroll had finally come up with this system! Weeklies aren’t discussed in the original system, but they’re a natural step between monthlies and dailies.The bullet journal (or Bujo) consists of several key elements: the index, monthly log, daily log, collections, and a future log. I have written a post here about my all-time favorite washi tape for planners and bullet journal addicts, check it out! Leuchtturm1917 makes one of the most popular dotted paper journals available and is the company that actually prints the bullet journal notebook. As someone who suffers ADHD organisational planners have not helped as I hate being restricted in what I do, I have just started my first bullet journal and am loving it!

For example, creative goals could be signified with a star, work could be signified by a simple bullet point, hobbies could be signified by an arrow, bills could be signified by a small dollar sign, and personal topics could be signified by a heart. If you’re using a dotted notebook as a sketchpad or dotted bullet journal, it’s important to have good-quality paper (our 100gsm Munken Kristall, for example) to work on. Some people don’t particularly like keeping their collections right alongside their monthlies and dailies — they feel it can get messy and disorganized mixing the two categories. This article was so very helpful that once I am more comfortable with my bullet journal I can start to spread my wings and try new things. Sustainable yet high quality, the Lemome bullet journal is crafted with an eco-friendly soft natural cork cover.

Occasionally, I’ll need to make a spread with two pages and it will work out that an empty page will go before it, but usually, I end up going back and using that page for scratch notes or doodles.