Bullet journal ideas, layouts and techniques
30 tutorials published
Original theme ideas for each season: three easy motifs built from basic shapes, a three-color palette, and the three places to use them so your regular layouts stay exactly as they are.
The order to set up a fresh notebook for a new year: index, key, year at a glance, future log, yearly goals and the first month, plus what to migrate from the old notebook and what to skip.
How migration works in a bullet journal: the monthly review step by step, the four decisions for every open task, why rewriting acts as a filter, and how to move into a new notebook.
A guide to pen types for bullet journaling, not brands: what fineliners, gel pens, brush pens and highlighters each do well, which tip sizes to pick, and how to test every pen on your own paper.
Ruler technique for dot-grid pages: count squares instead of measuring, divide a page into equal columns, keep ink from smearing along the edge and draw rows of boxes quickly.
Pick a small bullet journal color palette that works: one neutral, one main color and one accent, with four example palettes, a swatch page and clear rules for keeping color coding apart from decoration.
Eight divider lines and four corner decorations made from repeated dashes, dots, waves and leaves, with dot-grid spacing tips and a plain rule for when a divider actually helps a layout.
Six header styles that rely on shapes instead of handwriting skill, a ribbon banner drawn in four steps, a counting trick for centering and a three-level hierarchy for consistent pages.
Nine small doodles built from circles, rectangles and curves, a potted plant drawn in four steps and a set of tiny icons you can use as category markers in your notebook.
Plan a whole trip on four notebook pages: a packing checklist by category, day-by-day itinerary boxes, a bookings table and a simple budget, plus a master packing list you can reuse for every trip.
Four study layouts you can draw on a dot grid: a weekly timetable, an assignment tracker table, an exam countdown with a topic checklist and a one-page semester overview, with square counts for each.
Collections are the topic pages that sit outside your dated logs. Here are four structures that fit any topic, 20 ideas grouped by area and the indexing and threading habits that keep them easy to find.
