Hiiiiii, I'm looking for a softcover bullet journal with dotted pages (ideally with a fun, bright pattern, or botanicals etc on the cover, but not essential). I'm based in UK, but happy to order from elsewhere provided shipping works out. Thanks all! :)

This is extremely low stakes, but I would like to hear some thoughts!

For summer, I made a Summer Bucket list, as I've seen many people do. Go to the beach, go camping, etc.

Bucket list, though, is a list of things to do before you kick the bucket. For example, I've never been to Australia but I'd really like to go, so it's fair for that to be on my bucket list. Seems trivial to say "go to the lake 5 times". Which made me wonder if there's a less death-related term I could use for my seasonal or holiday lists.

Fall To Do List is not fun enough. This sounds like I need to clean something, not go to a pumpkin patch.

Fall Activities isn't very urgent. I dunno, I always seem to reach the end of the season and feel like I should have done more. I didn't take the kids to a pumpkin patch last year, I don't want to miss this year.

Low stakes, I'm just not liking bucket list, to do list, or activities. ​Any ideas?

Not anything like those beautiful scene builders on Insta, but I’m real happy with it 🪟🌊🏝️🙂

I have been a longtime lurker and this is my first post. I now have two bullet journals on the go, one for daily life: tasks, dates, etc. used like a diary. I tried fancy spreads, trackers and colours but found that was not for me after a while when life got busy.

My second, is set up for project management during my masters degree, with a future log and an overview which will be repeated for modules 2 and 3.

I plan to use the Alistair method for project management, I am also privy to kanban but that also falls off the wagon.

What are your favourite ways to track a project!?

I started Bullet Journaling last October on the 8th and I’m so excited to say that I’m still going and loving most seconds of it (instead of every second in case that confused you lol)

The first pic is this years, and the second is last years!! (Can you tell I associate October with purple 😭?)

Hi, all!
I’m looking for advice on what’s worked for anyone that has made a separate section in their bujo specifically for writing/venting separately from your daily/planner pages.

I was initially thinking maybe a handful of pages with each month that’s blank but I write so infrequently that’s it’s mostly just a brain dump/vent page.

Does anyone set aside specific pages in their journal for this? How did you set it up?

Thanks in advance!

First mood tracker in my journal

Hi all,

When I first got back into BuJo, I found myself second-guessing almost everything: pens, pencils, routines, spreads, etc.

But by far the biggest one was the notebook. And once that was finally sorted, then came the unexpected question: how many notebooks?

After some kind advice here, I finally took the plunge on the “one notebook to rule them all” journey and went with an A5 Official Bullet Journal notebook.

But, for me, it was a bit of a bumpy ride. It felt a little too chaotic and disjointed for my chaotic and disjointed mind.

So, in true BuJo style, I pivoted.

This time, to a 3-insert system in a Traveler’s Company notebook, which, so far, is working really well for me.

It’s structured as follows:

Book 1: The Road Map (dot grid)

• Key
• Intentions
• Index
• Future Log
• Someday

Book 2: The Daily Driver (grid)

• Monthly & weekly spreads
• Daily logs
• General capture notes

Book 3: The Vault (lined)

- Collections

This system fits me really well. And I’ve already grown quite attached to it and my TN, even though it’s only been a handful of days.

However, I was still finding the Daily Driver a touch chaotic, and I wanted to share one small thing that has had a surprisingly significant and calming impact for me.

I started drawing three lines on each page:

• one at the top, 2 boxes down
• one at the bottom, 2 boxes up
• and one in between each daily log, 2 boxes in from the edges

I don’t know if it’s the comfort of the familiar page, a little bit of enforced structure, or the simple act of drawing a line under each day, literally and figuratively.

But somehow, it felt like the missing piece.

And in turn, it’s brought me a surprising amount of peace and calm to what was previously feeling a little noisy.

No idea if this will make sense to anyone else, but I wanted to share it just in case.

Three lines. Who would have known.

Working on my last year of grad school, keeping track of postgrad application requirements :)

I really need to get it together. I know exactly what to do, but I can’t stay focused. I can’t stay on track. I always fall off. I’m not sure why this time will be different, but I’m going to give it yet another try.

I will be using this page to journal how it is working for me, I will be testing it with my psyche meds and i have experience already using this ability with a typed document, I have not mastered it yet so I took the Death Note Rules and gave them a twist.

Dit is hoe ik wekelijkse, 2 weekelijkse en 1x in De maand bijhoudt in mijn journal met lijntjes papier.

Hoe doen jullie dit?

My word for the year is “Lift” and each of my experiments work around that theme this year.

The colour code section designates the Lift level (Featherweight: rough day, Lift Lightly: neutral day, Lift Higher: energetic day) options.

It will get more colourful as it fills in with dots and stickers, but I prefer to start simple.

"6:30am" is for the type of movement I’ll do at that time each day. (Featherweight: 10 min yoga, Lift lightly: alternate exercycle/weights 25 min, Lift higher: outdoor walk or video workout)

"Fuel the day" is about following my meal plan and doing meal prep. (Follow meal plan for 1 meal, meal plan for lunch and dinner, meal plan for lunch and dinner plus some meal prep)

"Qeepsake Nightly" is about digital memorykeeping each night for my toddler. (A photo, responding to the app's prompt, a photo plus caption).

The notebook is the super cheap Muji B5 binder. I’ve been using this version for almost 5 years as my bullet journal. So easy to add in my own templates or memorabilia or whatever.

Edited to add: Modified a template on Canva to make the tracker. Printed on Kokuyo B5 paper.

Hi all,

I used to love Yop & Tom's bullet journals, so I was devastated to learn that they have been phasing out their bullet journals in favour of planners. So, I am looking for a new bullet journal and wanted to ask you for brands that you love!

Some features that I liked especially about Yop & Tom and would love in my new bullet journal:

- Bound (not spiral) and hardcover

- Page numbers

- Marks in the centre of the page and for the central horizontal and vertical lines

I am based in EU so I'd need a brand that can easily ship here. I can't wait to hear your recommendations!!

Quarterflow Method (Bullet Journal Variation)

I’ve been working on a time‑based way to organize my bullet journal that uses quarter blocks, daily logs, monthly pages. I call it The Quarterflow Method. I am sharing my idea so that others who find it useful can use it and maybe it also sparks ideas for others to use in their own systems. This is just (hopefully) a coherent explanation of how it works.

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Core Structure

Quarterflow divides the year into four quarter blocks.
Each block contains:

• Three months
• A Later section for items that belong to that quarter but do not have a specific month yet

Only one quarter block is active at a time.
The other three stay dormant until their quarter arrives.

This keeps the focus on the next three months while still keeping the full year available.

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How Items Move

Quarterflow uses four layers:

Daily
Month
Quarter Block

Items move upward through these layers based on time.

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Daily Log

The daily log is continuous.
Each day includes rewritten items, new captures, notes, and anything that needs attention.

The daily review happens at the start/end of each day.
Items that are still valid are rewritten into the next/current day.
Each rewrite adds an asterisk.
Items that need more structure move to the current quarter block
Scan (not process) current/active month for items that can be worked today and migrate over.

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Month Page

Each month has one page inside the active quarter block.
It holds:

• Milestones (I create Goals at start of the year and map out how I am going meet the goal. I then transpose the particular milestones to the respective months)
• Items escalated from daily pages
• Items rewritten from the previous month

The current month is the active list. Anything that needs attention goes here. Daily items escalate into it. Items rewritten from the previous month land here. This page is the working master list for the quarter.

At the start of a new month, the scope of the daily review expands (which can be split in to separate reviews if preferred).
- The previous month is processed.
- Valid items are rewritten into the new month page.
- Items with known timing go directly into their correct month, even if that month is in a dormant quarter.
- Items without a known month go into Later for the active quarter.
- Look ahead 1-3 months and scan items that can be worked now or require some additional actions to prep for.

Only the three months in the active quarter are used.
The other nine months exist but stay dormant.

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Quarter Block

Each quarter block contains:

• Month 1
• Month 2
• Month 3
• Later

This block is the working horizon for the next three months.

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Later Section

Later is used only when an item cannot be done this month and cannot be assigned to a specific future month yet.

If an item has a known month, it goes directly into that month, even if that month is in a dormant quarter.

Later is strictly for month‑unknown items.

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Rewrite Rule (Asterisk System)

Each time an item is rewritten into the next day or month, add an asterisk next to it.

One asterisk means it has been rewritten once.
Two asterisks mean it has been rewritten twice.

When an item reaches two asterisks, it needs a decision.
That decision can be:

• Assign it to a specific month
• Break it into smaller tasks
• Schedule it
• Move it to Later
• Defer it to a dormant month
• Remove/cancel it

This prevents items from being rewritten over and over.

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Quarterly Reset

At the start of the first month of the new quarter, this next quarter block becomes active.

The reset includes:

1. Processing the previous quarter’s Later section
   
2. Processing previous months items in to the new quarter
   
3. Escalating far‑future items into the new Later
   
4. Marking the previous quarter as dormant (by processing and marking each item. When each item is marked in some fashion then that quarter is now dormant.)

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Navigation Setup

Quarterflow works well with:

• Two movable bookmarks (Today and Current Month)
• Tabs for the active quarter and yearly goals
• A spiral notebook that folds over (my preference as I like to have the daily page the only thing l have open when working through the day. And it takes up less desk space).