Bullet Journal Ideas: 48 Creative Pages for Your Bullet Journal

A bullet journal is a wonderful productivity tool. It can help you track progress on goals, stay organized, remember important dates, and plan your meals for the week.  There’s so much this versatile journal can do!

To help you get started with your own bullet journal, we’ve compiled an epic list of bullet journal ideas meant to inspire you. Get creative and get more done with these amazing options. 

What is a Bullet Journal?

A bullet journal is a specific type of journal that has a grid of little light grey bullets. These bullets are designed to help you draw specific spreads, calendars, and other tools that meet your specific journaling needs. 

How Do I Start a Bullet Journal?

Starting a bullet journal can be overwhelming. There are so many different spreads to choose from that it’s hard to decide which you should use!

Since you are here, you are probably ready to get started. Here are a ton of bullet journal ideas that will help you decide how to organize yours!

What Should I Put in My Bullet Journal?

Before you begin your bullet journal, you should decide what your main goals will be. Here are some common things that people use their bullet journals to track:

• To-Do Lists
  • Tasks, assignments, deadlines, chores, homework, etc. 
• Calendars
  • Schedules, appointments, meetings, important dates, etc. 
• Health & Wellness
  • Calories, meals, allergies, symptoms, exercise, etc. 
• Finances
  • Budgets, bills, debts, accounts, etc. 
• Dreams
  • Symbols, meanings, astrology, etc. 
• Lists
  • Grocery, household, school, etc. 
• Planning
  • Vacation, moving, events, etc. 
• Goals
  • Achievements, progress, etc. 
• Anything that needs to be tracked, organized, or stored

Each bullet journal will be unique because each person has unique needs and unique things to track. There are also varying time frames for bullet journals. Many users prefer weekly bullet journal spreads, and make a new week for each page. Others prefer full-month trackers and those with a lot going on like to make a new spread for each day. 

The great thing about a bullet journal is the versatility that it provides. There are thousands of different ways to organize a bullet journal!

Bullet Journal Ideas

Now that you have a better idea of some of the things people track with their bullet journals, let’s dive into some inspirational bullet journal ideas to help you create the perfect journal for you! 

Bullet Journal Spread Ideas

First, you should decide upon your spread. You can find gorgeous spreads for daily, weekly, and monthly tracking. You can also opt to not have a spread, and use your bullet journal for something else. 

Bullet Journal Daily Spread

A daily spread helps you keep track of specific tasks, goals, and ideas for any given day. 

Here’s an example of a daily spread that has space for events, tasks, and a time tracker. 

Some users may want more versatility, so here is a daily spread that has a to-do list and important times, but also leaves room for gratitude and a health checker. 

 

Bullet Journal Weekly Spread

Weekly spreads are great ways to keep track of everything that you need for the week. There are so many varieties of weekly spreads for bullet journals that we have an entire post dedicated to them. 

Here are a few of our favorites:

The minimalist weekly spread is a simple, elegant spread that’s made to help you get through your week. Use this type of spread to keep track of the most important things you have to do each day of the week. The minimalist design keeps out any clutter so you can focus on only the most important tasks. 

The planner spread is similar to the minimalist spread but has more details and design elements. This is ideal for people who want to use their bullet journal as a planner, but want to add more flair and creativity. 

You can also use weekly spreads to plan your meals for the week. This meal planning spread has a list of each day’s meal. It also includes available snacks, a grocery list, and a budget. 

Bullet Journal Monthly Spread

A bullet journal monthly spread has less information on it but helps you plan out your entire month. Most folks use these to remember important dates, appointments, or meetings. 

Here are some of our favorite monthly spreads for bullet journals:

This spread is simple and elegant. It lists your monthly goals, your most important tasks for the months, and even has space for the affirmation that you will set for the month. A fun part of this spread is that it is only a one-page spread, leaving the other page for any other details you might want. 

This month at a glance bullet journal spread is a quick guide to your month. It shows a simple calendar, has room for you to list important tasks of the month and has space for you to record important dates. 

Monthly spreads can also be great tools to review your month and explore your creativity. 

More Bullet Journal Ideas

Bullet journals aren’t just for scheduling or tracking important things by date. There are numerous things you can do with a bullet journal. Spreads are great for those who want to use a bullet journal to keep track of their life in a structured way by day, week, or month, but there are plenty of other ways you can use a bullet journal. 

Habit Trackers

Tracking our habits is important, and there are numerous ways to do this with a bullet journal. You can use your journal to track your workouts, eating habits, sleeping habits, reading, and any other habit you’d like to develop. 

This habit tracker tracks the books you want to read for each month. You can replace books with nearly any other habit you want to build. 

You can also use your bullet journal to track a variety of habits. This one shows cooking at home, journaling, reading, practicing music, and eating vegetables, but you can tweak the fields to fit the habits you want to build. 

You can also opt for a more organized habit tracker. Use colored pencils to easily see how you are doing at a glance. 

There are hundreds of things you can track with a bullet journal. Here’s a short list:

• Media Consumed
• Journaling
• Words written
• Steps
• Reading
• Wake up Time
• Chores
• Productivity
• Water Intake

Tracking Your Goals with a Bullet Journal

Bullet journals are also great tools for tracking your goals. You can use them to track progress in ways similar to a habit tracker or to lay out your plans for achieving your goals. 

I love this bullet journal goal spread because it lists the overall goal in addition to big picture tasks that are needed to accomplish the goal. What a great way to track your SMART goals!

You don’t have to get too detailed with your goals if you don’t want to. Bullet journals are also amazing tools for visualizing your goals. This bullet journal idea has space for you to write down your goals in various aspects of your life. 

Bullet journals are great for tracking yearly goals as well. This example from 2018 lists the creator’s professional and personal goals for the upcoming year and includes a short action plan as to how to achieve each goal. 

There are many different types of goals you can track with your bullet journal:

• Financial Goals
• Career Goals
• Side Hustle Goals
• Homework Goals
• Project Goals
• Family Goals

Organize Your Life With a Bullet Journal

Bullet journals are great tools for productivity and organization. You can use it to organize every aspect of your life, from cleaning activities to decluttering, home improvement projects to day to day tasks. 

This journal idea seeks to help organize cleaning around the house. 

This simple bullet journal idea outlines your daily schedule in an easy-to-use way. 

Bullet journals are great tools to help you remember the tasks on your to-do list. 

There are hundreds of daily things and important projects you can keep organized with your bullet journal. Use it to keep accountability of:

• Grocery lists
• Home improvement projects
• Decluttering
• To-do lists

Health & Wellness Bullet Journal Ideas

Do you need to keep better track of your health? This bullet journal idea helps you track your weight, doctor’s appointments, and general insurance information for the year. 

A top reason for bullet journaling is to track your meals. This simple meal tracker helps you remember what you’ve eaten each day. 

You can also track your workouts with your bullet journal. This example is a yearly workout tracker that’s color-coded by activity. Did you think you could fit a whole year of workouts on one bullet journal page? What a fantastic way to showcase the versatility of bullet journals. 

Those of us with health issues may find this symptom tracker appealing. There is room for a variety of different symptoms that might be experienced on any given day. 

You can use your bullet journal for a wide variety of tasks related to health and wellness:

•  Meal Planning
• Meal Prepping
• Vegetable Servings
• Exercise Tracker
• Weight Loss Charts
• Food Journal
• Allergy Tracker
• Symptom Tracker
• Sleep Tracker

Bullet Journal Ideas for Event Planning

A bullet journal is one of the best planning tools there is. Not only can you use it for planning your day, week, or month, but you can also use it for planning specific events. Using a bullet journal can make wedding planning, event planning, and even vacation planning much easier!

Check out this bullet journal spread that’s being used to plan a birthday. 

This holiday planning spread helps you keep track of your budget, tasks, and ideas for special events. 

There are also a wide range of bullet journal ideas to help you plan your next vacation. Some spreads include planning guides like what to pack and things to see, while others give room for flight, hotel, and other logistical information. 

A bullet journal doesn’t just have to be for planning your trip. There are numerous ways to use your bullet journal to memorialize your trip as well. 

Wedding planning is an enormous undertaking. Having a bullet journal specifically for all of your wedding planning needs is a must. You can use some pages as an overview of what needs to be done, and others for in-depth progress tracking of specific tasks and goals. 

Here are three examples from Pinterest for how you can use your bullet journal to plan your dream wedding. 

You can use a bullet journal to plan any event or project it. Use it to plan

• Weddings
• Vacations
• Birthday Parties
• Retirement Parties
• Anniversaries
• Work Projects
• Charity Events

Using Your Bullet Journal for Finances

A bullet journal can be a great tool for keeping track of your finances. You can track your weekly or monthly budget, track your discretionary spending, and track all of your financial goals all from the convenience of one journal. 

Here are some ideas of how to use your bullet journal to keep your financial life in order. 

This first example is just a page dedicated to various savings goals. It’s a simple, elegant way to keep your savings on track. 

This bullet journal page is a monthly expense tracker. 

Bullet journals are also amazing budgeting tools. Here’s a spread that showcases how to use a bullet journal to keep your budget in check. 

You can use your bullet journal to track a wide variety of things in your financial life, from savings to loan repayment, budgets to grocery spending, and anything else you need to keep track of. 

There are many different ways you can use your bullet journal to keep your finances in check:

• Savings Goals
• Debt Repayment
• Budgets
• Retirement Planning
• Snowball/avalanche method tracking
• Stock Charting
• Financial Goals

Gratitude and Thankfulness

Bullet journals aren’t just for tracking things. They are also amazing tools to help you with gratitude, thankfulness, and self-development. You can use bullet journal spreads to remember affirmations, express gratitude, and showcase your love for yourself. 

The simplest way to express gratitude in your bullet journal is with a list. Use the surrounding area to give it some creative flair. 

You can also get more creative with it and use your bullet journal to track your moods and the things you are grateful for. 

I love this spread because it forces you to log the things you are grateful for every day. 

Meditation or Spirituality

Other bullet journal ideas that are related to gratitude include journaling about meditation and spirituality. You can use your bullet journal to track meditations, record any thoughts you are having about your spiritual journey, and help yourself learn to listen to your inner voice. 

This spread is a simple circle that helps you track your mood after each meditation session. 

You can also use your journal as a guide for meditation, as this user has. 

There are hundreds of other ways to use your bullet journal to embrace your spirituality, such as astrology trackers, spiritual guides, holiday planners, church event planners, prayer organizers, and more. 

You can even use your bullet journal as a bible study guide. 

 Journaling is one of the best ways to explore your spirituality. Use your journal to:

• Set intentions
• Track astrology
• Record Prayers
• Record Affirmations
• Remember and inspect your dreams
• Use introspection for self-discovery (journal prompts are great for this!)
• Track daily meditations
• Take spiritual notes

Creative Ideas for your Bullet Journal

A lot of people journal to embrace their creativity. Bullet journals can be used for the same things. Use your bullet journal as an art journal, as a way to experiment with perspective, or even to log your creative writing ideas. 

One thing I love about bullet journals is that you can mix your creative side with your practical side. Add in seasonal flair to your planner, like this autumn-themed spread. 

The grid in a bullet journal makes it a perfect tool for learning how to draw. Use your journal to learn the art of drawing, or just doodle for fun when you are bored. 

Bullet journals can also be used to help you with creative writing. Use it as a traditional journal to craft your story, or make guide sheets in your bullet journal for any aspect of storytelling. 

Creativity comes in many forms. There are tons of ways to use your bullet journal to express your own creativity:

• Creative writing (prompts are great ways to get started!)
• Doodles
• Learn to Draw
• Learn perspective
• Plan your next project
• Design characters
• Map plots
• Brainstorm ideas

Unique Bullet Journal Ideas

My favorite thing about bullet journaling is that the possibilities are endless. Your only limit is your own imagination. It’s possible to combine an art journal with a habit tracker. Plan your month with one spread and use the next to design your novel. Incorporate your favorite themes into your planning with an artistic flair. 

Here are some of my favorite unique bullet journal ideas that I’ve found on Pinterest:

I love that this page uses kittens and yarn to track moods!

This user calls their page a “worry tree” and uses their bullet journal to help them overcome anxiety. I love it!

Incorporate your favorite fictional universe into your bullet journal! I love this Harry Potter-themed journal 

Let your creativity run wild with cover pages for each monthly spread. 

What Will You Do With Your Bullet Journal?

The possibilities are endless! How will you use your bullet journal?