I’ve used bullet journals for the past few years, and after school, I found it’s the best system for me because of my ever-changing schedule. Because lots of people look to bullet journals to organize, I thought I’d invite you along to take a peek into my bullet journal this month.
I’ll show you my collections (the stuff that’s not monthly, weekly, or daily spreads) for the month and my monthly spreads (one or two pages used for a collection). The rest of my journal consists of daily task lists. I may show that another time if you are interested how that works for me. Leave a comment if you are interested in seeing that!
So, let’s dive in!
March Review
Starting off, each month I like to review the previous month. I reflect on significant events, goals reached, and progress I’m making. After determining what I could change to improve even more the next month, I make a plan to accomplish those changes.
This is super helpful for me to keep looking back at how far I’ve come. I tend to get blinders on, and my sense of time gets so skewed it feels like I haven’t accomplished anything. This helps me reflect on the good things I’ve got going.
April Overview
I love this spread! I’ve changed it up a little bit this month by adding Polaroids around the month to highlight my favorite music that month, books I’m reading, and other fun things.
Last month, I only kept track of the month’s highlights by writing a sentence or two about something memorable that happened and drawing a line to the day it occurred. We’ll have to see how this one turns out. I’ll keep you updated!
Habit Tracker
Man, my hand hurt after writing all the days of the month nine times. I really love this layout for a habit tracker, though. It feels more satisfying for me to tick off the days this way. Also, I like having such a clear visual of which habits are doing well and which aren’t.
Go and Do
I’ve been trying out this layout for goal setting the past few months. I typically use this for very simple goals, really habits, that I want to get better at. It’s the system the children and youth in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints use, and since I’m over the children’s activities in my church, I wanted to try out what they were doing. I’ve found it’s really great for keeping goal setting simple when we tend to over-complicate things.
This month, I haven’t decided yet if I’ll carry over last month’s goal or move on to another. Luckily, I still have a few more days to figure that out.
Couch to 5K
I’ve kept this spread also from the past month as I’m working up toward a 5K my husband and I will be running in September. It’s super far away still, but I want to be a runner, so I’m starting early. I’d love to run it in under 30 minutes, but right now a snail could beat my pace. Good thing I’ve got time!
I definitely recommend spreads like this for goals that are time-sensitive or that you want to really break down into a nice visual.
Camp Nanowrimo
I love writing, and even though I’ve never won a full 50K month yet, I love having the goal of writing every day. I know it looks like I’m working on a ton of goals this month (and I am), but while in quarantine, I’ve got all the time in the world to work on them, and it doesn’t seem to be changing anytime soon.
April’s Monthly Spread
At the beginning of the daily’s each month, I set up this overview to look back on. At the beginning of each week, I determine what I want to focus on completing that week, fill in the major events that week, and add any to-do’s. This makes it easy to plan ahead for a month at a time. Other things I could have included like meal plans or shopping lists, get added to the daily log.
And that wraps up April!
How similar does your month look to mine? Do you see any ideas here you’d like to incorporate? Let me know in the comments below!
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