Bullet journals organize your life and boost productivity.
Bullet journal spreads help you accomplish that.
We’ve scoured the web for the best bullet journal weekly spread ideas to help you create your perfect journal.
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What is a Bullet Journal?
A bullet journal is a specific type of journal with laser-printed dots, or bullets, arranged in a grid on each page. The dot grid allows you to personalize your journal to fit your needs.
You can use the grid to draw charts, lists, planners, habit trackers, etc., laying each component out in a way that makes sense.
The versatile tool boosts productivity, keeps you organized, and leaves room for all your general-purpose journaling needs.
What is a Bullet Journal Spread?
Bullet journal spreads are the layouts you use to organize your journal. They come in all shapes and sizes and are personalized for individual use.
Many people use daily, weekly, or monthly spreads to organize their lives. Here, we’re honing in on the weekly spreads to showcase how they can help you keep track of your busy life.
What is a Weekly Spread?
Bullet journal weekly spreads are templates that you can use to keep track of your week. It’s a layout with a week-at-a-glance, from Sunday through Saturday, all laid out in front of you.
Most weekly spreads showcase the days in a calendar or planner layout, with space to write down crucial tasks for each day.
However, there are thousands of ways to lay out your bullet journal weekly spread.
The Best Bullet Journal Weekly Spread Ideas
We’ve gathered the best bullet journal weekly spread ideas from around the web, providing the inspiration you need to get started!
Remember, everyone is different. You may like a layout but want to track different things. You can take ideas from various spreads to make something that works better for you.
That’s okay!
Use these ideas for inspiration to make a bullet journal that’s uniquely you!
Minimalists Spreads
The minimalist spread makes bullet journaling simple. They’re easy to draw, making them an excellent option for those lacking artistic abilities (Like me!).
Minimalist spreads offer straight-to-the-point simplicity. They include the most essential information, like a calendar or task list. Usually, these spreads are in black and white, so you don’t need fancy pens to recreate them and get the basic job of weekly planning done (unless you want to).
Our first example showcases how easy it is to make a minimalist spread. You can just draw seven boxes for the seven days of the week if you want!
Our second example offers a little elegance, but it’s just as simple. It features a section for each day and a small to-do list at the bottom.
Planner Spreads
Planner spreads layout the days of the week as you would find them in a typical planner. They offer space to plan your essential tasks and daily goals, but most also provide extra space to let your creativity shine through.
The example below has leaf doodles on the margins, which brighten the calendar, and a space for planning the coming week at the bottom.
Planner spreads can offer far more. The example below provides lots of room to write anything you need to remember for your week. You can fill the space with daily priorities, task lists, reminders, or notes.
The Meal Plan
The weekly meal plan spread is the way to go if you need to keep track of meals. It revolves around breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
This spread example features the meals for each day of the week, a categorized grocery list, and a food budget.
The Planner + Meal Prep
Why limit yourself to just a planner or just a meal spread when you can combine them?
Our first example showcases a minimalist approach to weekly planning, with a simple planner layout that leaves space for meal planning.
The second example is a little more complex, offering room for note-taking along with a water tracker. I love that the “note” in the sample is “no eating out,” which ties into the meal planning theme.
The Schedule Spread
A schedule spread breaks your week down into hours, showcasing all the appointments and activities you have planned. It’s perfect for those using the time-blocking technique to manage their days.
Students can use a bullet journal weekly spread, as in the example below, to track their class schedule and homework assignments.
The Calendar Spread
If you prefer to glance at your week in calendar form, this spread is for you! It offers you space to record essential tasks for each day and makes reviewing the week ahead a breeze.
I love that this first example also includes a sketch of Hokusai’s Wave, one of the most famous works of art of all time.
Calendar spreads don’t have to be so complex. A minimalist calendar spread only shows the days of the week like this:
For a balance between the two, check out this vertical calendar spread, which offers a simple elegance that’s easy to replicate:
Planning and Habits Spread
If you need to plan your week while tracking crucial habits, explore the planning/habit tracker spread combos.
The first example features a schedule at the top and habit and meal trackers below. It also includes a weather tracker, which is useful if you need good weather to build habits (like running outdoors).
For a more minimalist approach, consider planning your week on one side of the page and making a habit tracker with a to-do list on the opposite side.
The Tracking Spread
Tracking spreads keep track of everything and everything.
I love this first example because there’s plenty of space for daily task lists, but most of it’s dedicated to tracking healthy habits. Though only a tiny section is labeled “tracker,” there’s also a water intake, sleep, and fruit and vegetable tracker. With this bullet journal weekly spread, you can keep tabs on anything you deem necessary.
Opt for this second example if you need to track housework and daily tasks. One page has a weekly task list (and you can see the M-S at the top, showing that many of these tasks need to be accomplished daily), and the other page has space for daily plans and a habit tracker.
Finally, you can use your weekly tracker spread to follow routines. Here, we see a morning and evening weekly routine tracker.
The To-Do list Spread
To-do list spreads highlight your priority tasks for the week.
The first example is completely dedicated to your to-do list:
However, you can leave space for your weekly plan as well. The second example showcases crucial tasks, priorities, and events but also has room to jot down notes and track habits.
The minimalist to-do list spread features one page split in half. On one side, you find your essential task list; on the other, you have room to record events and priorities for each day.
Our next example showcases the versatility of a bullet journal. It’s not exactly a to-do list spread, but you can easily turn it into one by using the “shopping list” space for more tasks and renaming the “goals” to “priorities.”
Weekly Review Spread
One of the best parts of bullet journaling is the ability to look back and reflect. This weekly review spread features your weekly plan on one page and a full blank page for you to record your thoughts and ideas from the week.
It’s an ideal weekly spread for organizing your journal entries with your weekly schedule.
The second example features a page for reviewing your weekly accomplishments. It helps keep you accountable for achieving your goals.
The Everything Spread
Our favorite “everything” bullet journal weekly spread shoves nearly everything you need into a two-page layout. You’ll find a weekly planner with a daily task list, notes for the week ahead, a weather and goal tracker, and space to write notes.
Another example features a full page dedicated to your weekly planner, with the opposite page filled with chore lists, meal planning, priorities, and habit trackers.
For a unique layout, consider the third “everything” example, which has the calendar dates listed in little hexagons, leaving ample room for daily tasks on one page and anything else you need on the other. This one has space for gratitude, kids’ schedules, and a to-do list. The creator used a tiny bit of empty space to create a habit tracker and used the rest to embrace their creativity.
Vacation Spread
Bullet journals make perfect vacation planning tools. Decide what you will do each day while you’re away, keep track of the weather, and schedule in some you time!
Our first example showcases the daily weather, essential things you want to see on your trip and even highlights what you’ll wear each day to help you pack.
The second example includes your travel itinerary with pre-scheduled activities but also space for what you want to do, see, and eat while on your trip.
We’re cheating a bit with our third example, as it’s a two-week trip and not a “weekly” spread, but the same ideas apply.
The creator made an entire page dedicated to essential travel plans like flights and accommodations. The second page features a calendar of scheduled events.
Themed Bullet Journal Weekly Spread Ideas
Bullet journals make excellent productivity tools, but they also provide a creative outlet.
Themed bullet journal weekly spreads offer the best of both worlds. Here, you’ll find a variety of productivity spreads like the above, but showcase fun ways to inject your creative spark into the planning process.
Let these examples inspire you to make your own themed spreads!
Space Theme
The stars and planets align in an out-of-this-world theme featuring cute astrological decorations.
I love the simplicity – it’s a minimalist theme that showcases something the creator clearly loves, but it’s easy for anyone to replicate, even those without much artistic ability.
Seasonal Themes
Let your journal pages change with the seasons.
The lovely April theme uses a spring color scheme, and the flower decorations remind us of a season in full bloom. The little Easter eggs on the bottom highlight the season’s biggest holiday.
When you move into fall, replace the bright greens and pinks with subdued oranges and browns. You still have your weekly planner, but the flowers have changed to falling leaves, and Easter eggs are now pumpkins.
Every season has a unique color palette, holidays, activities, and feelings. Change your bullet journal theme as you move through the year to match the changing seasonal aesthetics.
Plant Themes
Decorate your bullet journal with botany!
These two examples are both simple spreads but highlight a little artistic flair with succulents and sunflowers. Some folks draw vines or flowers along the margins to add that little burst of color.
Moon Theme
I love the mystical feeling the moon injects into this spread. The space in the margin for memories makes it even more appealing.
For those into astrology, this spread showcases the phases of the moon.
Holiday Theme
If you’re feeling festive, decorate your bullet journal with a holiday theme!
This colorful Christmas theme works well for those busy December weeks leading up to the holidays.
In October, decorate your journal with haunted houses and bat doodles – perfect decorations for the approaching holiday!
Although not technically a weekly spread because there is no weekly schedule, this Thanksgiving break spread showcases ways to change your spreads based on what is happening each week. This spread is clearly for Thanksgiving, and the creator opted to swap out the schedule in favor of a Thanksgiving recipe and her main goals for the week.
Pretty Spreads
The following few examples could easily fall into one of the categories above, but there’s something oddly satisfying about the color schemes and layouts.
They’re just so pretty they need to shine on their own.
Our first example offers a wonderful simplicity. The straight edges and single-line highlights draw your eye to the important parts of the page. I’d never be able to draw such straight lines for my boxes, and I marvel at those who can.
The second example draws me in. The separating lines with their bright, pastel colors make me want my own just like it.
Creative Spreads
These next few spread ideas lean more into creativity than productivity, and I love them for it.
The first creator used watercolor to spice up her planner. It brings the pages to life in a way that pens just can’t replicate.
If you use mixed media for your bullet journal, be sure to get one with the right paper. Watercolor paper is designed to hold water better than regular paper.
Our second example is an “everything” spread bursting with color and creativity. It has stickers, doodles, and what appears to be scrapbook paper, all working together to bring the week to life.
Why do we insist on straight lines and boxes to plan our week? These creative spreads use circles instead.
A busy mind creates a busy week and a busy spread. I love how this spread uses stickers and doodles to bring color and activity to their journal.
Is Bullet Journaling a Waste of Time?
Bullet journaling has numerous benefits for productivity and wellness. Even if it didn’t, nothing you enjoy doing is a waste of time.
Starting a bullet journal may not be for everyone. But for many, drawing the spreads is relaxing, and having everything in one place provides peace of mind.
Everyone is different, and it’s okay if it doesn’t work for you. But it’s not a waste of time if you enjoy it.
Bullet Journal Supplies
If you’re inspired to start your own bullet journal, you need a few supplies. You need a journal, and if you want to use a minimalist weekly spread, you don’t need anything other than a pen.
But you’ll need a few more things to bring your bullet journal to life. I love using colored pens in my journal, as it makes my ideas pop better than a single color. I also use stickers, sticky notes, and other small things that add artistic flair.
Check out all our favorite bullet journal supplies.
Alternatives to Bullet Journaling
Journaling is great for those who love pen and paper. However, in this day and age, many people want to automate their to-do lists.
There’s always an app for that.
Todoist is one of the best apps for list-making, while Trello is awesome for managing tasks.
You could also head to Etsy to get some scheduling and planning printables if you don’t feel like designing your own.
Start Bullet Journaling Now!
If you’re inspired to start your own bullet journal, what are you waiting for? Head to your favorite bookstore to grab your perfect journal, and start organizing your life with these fantastic bullet journal weekly spread ideas now!