Beginner

How To Set Up

Start any time, any place, or anywhere

pink calendar layout
The start of a pink-themed monthly spread.

To set up it is best to think about what is most important to you, and what you want your bullet journal to be to you. Here is a list of ideas of things that you could possibly include:

  • Personal diary
  • Food log
  • Savings Tracker
  • Bucket List
  • Mood Tracker
  • Words of affirmation
  • And so much more
  • To start, I would suggest you think about how often you would like to track your different pages. I like to put anything that I keep track of all year long in the front of my bullet journal, then breaking it down month by month beginning with a 2–page calendar, then within each month leave room for about four 2–page weekly spread to plan out all 7 days, and if need be keep extra room for anything that might need daily attention.

    After careful planning and consideration, it is time to decorate and set up your bullet journal however you would like. Please look to our intermediate and advanced pages for more guidance and inspiration to set up your pages.

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