Well, the dots are small enough to give an impression of a blank page so you can create whatever you want without seeing other lines in places where you don’t want them seen.Īlso, since the dots are evenly spaced, they serve as handy markers when creating boxes and calculating distances when you want to create a layout for your page. I find this one to be the most flexible format that fits well with anything you might want out of your bullet journal. Here are some other tips regarding notebooks.Īlthough you can choose any type you want – blank, lined, or squared, the one I like the most is a dotted notebook.
The moral of the story – whatever notebook you choose, use any other than glued one! ( and once you start with your bullet journal you’ll better understand the emotions attached to it 😀 )Īlthough I’ve tried to glue the pages back together, it just didn’t work and so I abandoned that notebook – without even getting to the middle of it. This sad event happened to me and I was really bummed by it. Not a thing you’ll be happy about, believe me. Do not.Īs you’ll see, bullet journaling involves many writing, drawing, and page-flipping, and if you get a notebook with pages glued to the spine, you’ll soon discover that pages will tear and start to fall out of your beloved bujo. With one exception that I learned along the way!ĭO NOT use notebooks that have glued pages. Truth be told, any notebook can be good to start with. In the next paragraphs, you’ll see some of the possibilities that are available and you can freely mix and choose whatever you desire to create your own version of a bullet journal. You can freely grab the bits and pieces you like from all the different sources available, add some of your own on top of it, and in the end, you’ll be still able to proudly say “This is my bullet journal!”ĭon’t let anybody else tell you differently – as long as it works for you, no matter how you’ve set it up, it’s PERFECT! Or neither one of them, as a matter of fact. You can find many bullet journal guides ( including this one you’re reading now), but you don’t have to follow through to the letter each one of them.
The most important thing worth mentioning here is that there are no strict rules. Since there is no “right way” to make and keep a bullet journal, you can fully customize it to your wants and needs and use it any way you like. In short – a bullet journal method is absolutely for everyone! Who can use the bullet journaling method? ( probably with an additional planner or two, because I just can’t ignore all those amazing planner opportunities out there… 🙂 )Īnyhow, after using a bullet journal for a few years now, I’ve decided it’s time to share its basics with you, and maybe inspire you to start your own bullet journaling adventure.Īs you will see, this method of writing things down is fully customizable and very flexible, and it’s maybe the best way to keep all the things you want and need from a planner in one place.
I’ll be honest with you – there are pros and cons, let there be no doubt, but overall it grew on me and I believe I’ll continue to use it in the future. Having everything in mind, it was destined that sooner or later bullet journaling would come to my planner list where I could test its possibilities. (because let’s be honest, there are a lot of needs and it’s hard to place them all together without the clutter and mess… 😀 however, I’m still not quitting! 😉 ) I even created some printable planners for myself so I could test out how they work for me ( now they’re all available in my shop), but my quest for the “perfect” planner that will meet all of my needs did not end there. It’s no secret I love to make plans ( for almost everything in my life! 😀 ) and also to try out different planners and planning systems – these things go hand in hand with my planning obsession. You see, for a long time I wanted to write a post about one big creative adventure in my life and that is bullet journaling.
Step into the amazing world of bullet journaling with this ultimate, no-fluff, bullet journal for beginners guide.
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