how i set up my bullet journal spreads :]

Hello everyone!! Catherine here with another blog since forever! This blog post is about how I set up and structure my bullet journal spreads, specifically what spreads I include and how I set them out each month! It also includes some opinions on “aesthetic” spreads in general which you are free to disagree or agree with! (politely)

I hope you enjoy these spread and can give you some inspiration :]

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I prefer to make my monthly cover pages more artistic and detailed, so I usually take more time on them. The important thing to is that the whole purpose of a bullet journal is to help you track the past, order the present, and design the future, so doing extravagant and “aesthetic” spreads isn’t necessary at all! You have to find what works for you, and if going completely minimalist works the best for you, that’s great! If going completely artistic and planning out each page with care and time is what works for you, that’s great too! Don’t feel pressured to make the most pretty spreads, because the point is to help you reach your goals and keep track of things, the artistic aspect is just a plus for some people. I love the artistic aspect as I’m a creative person, but I don’t have time nowadays to make really thought out spreads each week like I used to do (as you can see from my previous blog posts). So For me, right now I like to plan out a theme and make my monthly covers more detailed, but my weeklies more minimal and productive!

As you can see for this month, I decided to go for a purple and green floral collage theme!

My next pages after my monthly cover is my monthly calendar, which helps me to keep track of main events that are happening that month as well as my overall long term goals for that month!

My weeklies are more simplistic compared to my monthly covers. I find that mood trackers and habit trackers etc. don’t work for me, so unlike “typical bullet journalists bullet journals” I skip over that and go directly to my weeklies. I use this horizontal 2 page system (most of the time. Sometimes I try new layouts but I find I stick to this one the most) where the left side is where I have my to do list, important events, tasks, and weekly goals, whilst the right side is for memories, brain dumps, pictures, and my weekly habit tracker! For me having a small habit tracker at the bottom of my weekly page is more convenient and makes me use it more than if I had to flip to a separate page each day. I don’t do anything too extravagant, just a simple “tick box” thing.

Some weeks, I like to try new things and make my weeklies more creative, like the one below for example where I made a waterfall card!

Others, I have lots to do and so don’t always finish the right side, or its more simple and isn’t decorated much! I focus on neatness rather than creativity.

This weekly layout is inspired by @rxenrie on instagram. I find that it works really well for me!!

At the end of the month, I always save a spread for my monthly highlights to reflect on the good things that happened that month, as well as some things that I could improve on and some goals I want to carry on or start in the next month. I find it very rewarding and interesting (????) (can’t find the word I’m thinking of SKHDSJGHDBS) to flick through all my weeklies and see on my “right-side pages” the thoughts and headspace I was in that week/day and the achievements or events that happened.

Have a lovely day/afternoon/ night!

i just realised i forgot to add watermarks to all the pictures but i already finished the entire post so :smiley: :joy_cat: :sob: :sob: :sob:

- catherine g off~