complex layouts that I probably wouldn’t be able to keep up with during busier weeks.

So for each month I have an overall view spread. On the left side, on the top half of the page

I have finance and tax information and under that section I have a task or bucket list

only dedicated to that month, as well as a list of items that I need to buy during that

specific month. I feel that sectioning my bullet journal in months instead of weeks

gives me a broader view of everything I have to do and it also lets me use a theme for

each month, that is, concentrating on a topic of my life once at a time instead of having

this huge list of things I feel like I need to accomplish permanentely.

On the right side I have a monthly overview in list form where I can quickly write some

major things that are coming up. It it’s a particularly task-free month, this view

is enough for me to organize my days. However, if I feel like I will have a busy

month, a classic monthly spreads with wide boxes is better to plan out your days with

more detail. This is one of the spreads I used last year for the month of November and

I will keep up with this layout as soon as I start my classes.

Moving on, I also decided to use a habit tracker for the first time. I was very sceptical about

this concept at first, since I thought that I would never remember to color the boxes

each day but during the month of January I actually got used to doing this as a routine

and I am really enjoying the results so far. I am currently keeping track of very basic

things which I tend to forget lots of time, like moisturizing, uploading posts on tumblr

and Instagram, practicing my german on Duolingo, no spending days, etc. You can really customize

your habit tracker as it better suits you and I think it’s a must have in any bullet

journal. On the right side of the page, nothing too

exciting – just plain task lists for different days of the month, where I still use the classic

bullet journal key with a dot for uncompleted tasks, a cross for completed tasks and an

arrow for migrated tasks. On the next page we have a permanent spread.

On the top left corner I have a list of books that I want to read throughout the year and

I will mark them as I finish reading. It still has enough space on the right side

, if I need to add anything else. Below that I have a quarterly overview, and this

is something that I wanted to try out after reading one of Boho Berry’s posts about it.

Basically, it’s an overview of specific goals you want to achieve during the four

quarters of the year, which is more flexible than adopting a monthly system.

On the right side I have two main columns. The first is just a youtube brainstorm list,

with video topics and themes that I would like to work on during the year. It’s something

that I can refer to whenever I can’t come up with ideas for a future video or if I want

to overlap different themed videos throughout time. I also have a still very short list

of movies that I have watched this year and I am really hoping I can reach the bottom

of the page in December. Fingers crossed! Then on the next page I start the bullet journal

task in itself. From this point on I haven’t draw any specific spreads or layouts and I

just write dawn task lists assigned to a specific day or a weekend, which you can mainly see

on the left page. I highly encourage everyone who is starting out a bullet journal or who

thinks that bullet journaling is a tiresome routine, to start with task lists with the

most simple, minimal style you can think of. On the right, I have a few tasks I need to

work on for specific projects, like redesigning my students union website. That means that,

besides daily specific tasks I also bullet journal to prepare for specific projects and

when every task under that project is complete, the project itself is also done. That makes

me understand my progress, what I still have to do, and it gives me a sense of accomplishment

when I finish all the tasks under that list. Next week I will be uploading a Bullet Journal

Hacks video with 10 tips on how to customize and make your bullet journal your own, so

stay tuned for that and I will see you next Friday. Bye!