64 Bullet journal ideas to inspire, organize, and motivate.

Creative bullet journal ideas for every perfect page.

Bullet journals are so versatile and fun that, once people start, they look for ways to put nearly everything into their “bujos.” Bullet journals are filled with pages of faint dots in a grid pattern. The grid makes converting each page into a tracker, calendar, or schedule almost effortless. You can literally connect the dots as you draw everything from meal plans to gratitude logs.

Bullet journal ideas for beginners focus on the helpful tracking that leaves us feeling happier, more efficient, and more self-aware. Other cute bullet journal ideas combine doodles, stickers, and art. Why choose a bullet journal? Look through these bullet journal page ideas and you’ll see why.

Bullet journal ideas for beginners.

The bullet journal is so versatile that beginners can jump right in. There’s no “right” way to bullet journal, although the most popular bullet journal page ideas provide a good look at what the bullet journal can do.

When choosing your first bullet journal, look for one that lays flat when it’s open. That ensures you can write across both pages. Pick a size you like, too. Will you be carrying your bullet journal in your pocket or a pouch? Will you carry it in a handbag? Do you like writing in big, loopy letters or do you write in tiny, clean print?

Wish board.

Create a “wish board” page with a doodle collage of things you wish for. This is to get creative juices flowing and to provide a go-to page for motivation and inspiration later.

Daily overview.

The daily overview is the staple of bullet journaling. It includes everything you find helpful to track on a daily basis. For example, you can have one box for chores, one for social plans, and one to fill in what’s for lunch.

A mind map.

Start by listing out the top things on your mind on a blank page, each far from the next. Then, look at each and draw outward lines to add notes about what you plan to do about that thing. This is a planning session that helps you visualize what you already know how to handle and what needs more time to brew.

Task list.

Your task list can be daily or weekly. Consider a two-page spread where daily tasks are on one side and weekly ones are on the other.

Monthly and weekly calendars.

It's helpful to start your bullet journal with a big-picture monthly calendar and then to add weekly ones as you fill the pages. Monthly calendars can include birthdays, events, and goals. Weekly calendars can map out work or classes, social plans, and other in-the-moment announcements.

Reserve a space for personal reflections.

Consider leaving an empty box in your daily overview for miscellaneous reflections.

The weekly forecast.

If you do include a weekly planner, add a devoted column for the weather. Draw a little icon for what the forecast says. This single detail can help a lot with planning other activities during the week.

Mood tracker.

Imagine a great, big flower with a petal for every day of the month. Add a color code for different moods, then color each day’s petal in with your mood that morning. Have another flower for your evening mood and see if you notice any trends.

A line-a-day journal.

Fill in a journal entry with just one line a day. Start with what you have to say right now, then wait to continue until tomorrow.

Carry your journal everywhere so you can take notes.

Whether you’re planning with friends or thinking about life over lunch, leave whole pages open for note-taking.

Budgeting tables.

This page can include tables for monthly income, fixed bills, and variable bills, as well as “total in” and “total out”.

Packing checklist for a trip.

On one page, fill in what you plan to pack, organized by category or by which piece of luggage you’ll pack it in. Repeat the same list on the next page for your return trip so you don’t forget anything.

Class planner.

A double-page class planner is easy to draw with a row for each class and separate columns for each day of the week.

Trip planner.

In the first column, jot down each day of your trip. Then draw columns for the day’s booked activities, outfits planned, and meals scheduled.

Your bucket list.

Write your bucket list in boxes for different categories, like: places to go, things to do, goals to achieve.

An “about me” page.

Doodle a self-portrait and list out 20 “about me” facts.

Bullet journal tracker ideas.

The heart and soul of bullet journaling is to track things. Whether you’re tracking for work, for your personal life, or just for the pleasure of it, these bullet journal tracker ideas are fun and satisfying to sketch out.

A mini time-study.

Want to see how much time it really takes you to do something? Turn several rows of squares into 15, 30, or 60-minute increments. In each row, list something you want to track time on. Fill in the squares to represent how much time you spent on each as you do them.

Hydration tracking.

Write each day of the week in one column, then fill in a square next to it for each cup of fluid you drink that day. Create a color code for the types of fluids, like blue for water and orange for juice.

Habits page.

What habits do you want to stick to every day? Divide each day of the week into a pie chart with just as many slices as you have habits you want to keep. Give each habit a color, then fill in each slice every day when you keep the corresponding habit.

Whole home cleaning checklist.

This bullet journal page idea can have a box for your daily checklist, another one for your weekly checklist, and then “deep cleaning” checklists by each zone of your home.

Sleep tracker.

Turn each row of a page into columns for 7PM through 12PM. Each day of the week, color in the squares for which hours you were asleep and write the total hours in a different color over the filled in bar.

Travel diary.

Create a page template to track the hours of travel each day, the mode of travel, the time you went to bed, the day’s highlight, the sights seen, and the meals eaten. You can even include a box for notes of what to share in letters to loved ones.

Book review page.

Create a book review page with a big space for the title, a star-based rating system, a calendar to mark when you started and when you finished it, a box to list the main characters, another box for someone you could recommend it to, and another box to reflect on what you got out of it.

Biweekly meal planner.

A month-long meal planner isn’t as practical for grocery shopping, so play with meal planner calendars for either one or two weeks.

Birthday gift list.

You know when we see or think of the perfect birthday gift for people when it’s nowhere near their birthdays? Create a page listing everyone whose birthday you celebrate, and draw separate columns for “gift idea,” “bought/made,” and “wrapped/sent.” Write your ideas down whenever they come, even if it’s just a certificate.

Savings tracker.

Outline whatever it is you’re saving for and slowly fill it in as your savings balance gets closer to your goal. Don’t forget to sketch out an announcement to share with your best friends when you make your dream come true.

Athletic tracking.

Do you practice a sport and want to track progress? For example, if you run, draw a bullet journal page to track every run’s perceived effort, distance, pace, and other metrics you watch. Draw your running route as a watermark for fun.

Holiday shopping list.

Create a checklist for your holiday shopping to keep track of gifts you’ve found and gifts you still need to shop for. Include a column for “due by” since you might celebrate with some people sooner than with others.

Project-specific task list.

What do you manage at work or at home? Create a project task list and color code which tasks you can do now, which are contingent on other tasks, and which require help from someone else.

Physical activity tracker.

If you aren’t into just one sport but want to track activity in general, decide how much time a day you want to be active and color-code the things you like to do. Color in each day of the month based on what percent of your active time was spent doing one activity versus another.

Daily meal planner.

Making a daily meal planner can be as simple as drawing in columns for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. Create an extra box for “outside of plan” foods so you can track how often you add other stuff.

Gratitude tracker.

There’s nothing as constructive as practicing regular gratitude. Create a page to track things you’re grateful for, and don’t be shy to send a card of gratitude when someone merits it.

Cute bullet journal ideas.

Bullet journals are an organizational playground for creative souls. Many bullet journal pages become beautiful, imaginative, and even cute with rainbow-rich colors, doodles, and swoopy handwriting.

This list of cute bullet journal ideas take the benefits of bullet journaling and add a creative touch to make filling your journal even more delightful.

Dream clouds.

Fill a page with big, fluffy clouds. Whenever you wake up from interesting dreams, fill in clouds with the details.

Your “to be read” library.

This cute bullet journal idea is a classic. Draw a bookshelf and write the names of your “to be read” books on the spines of the many tomes. As you read them, color the books in.

A quote page.

Draw a quote that’s meaningful to you and highlight the words you find impactful with an extra colorful or swirly font.

Affirmations page.

Fill in a page with doodles of stickers that are each filled with affirmations that are meaningful to you.

To-dos with multiple steps.

Turn each of your more complex to-dos into a devoted page of your bullet journal. Write out the sub-steps. Include a key for sub-steps that you’ve started but aren’t done yet. This helps you visualize progress in an improved way.

Try an “undo list.”

Instead of a to-do list, list out things you want to stop doing or “undo.” Pick an icon or symbol and draw as many in each row as you’ll permit yourself to do of these “undo” tasks before kicking them to the curb forever. Cross the icons out as you spend your permitted freebies, then go cold turkey once you’re out.

Best moments polaroids.

Fill two pages with outlines of polaroid-style photos. When something wonderful happens, write about it or depict it in one of the frames. You’ll finish with a collage of wonderful moments.

Daily delights.

Create a bullet journal template for “daily delights,” or moments that make you especially happy. Draw little boxes for where, when, with whom, how happy you felt, and when it might happen again.

Distance tracker.

If you’re tracking your steps walked, for example, break your 3,000,000 annual goal into 10,000 chunks and draw footprints across two pages to represent them. Color in the footprints as you reach each new milestone. Don’t forget to doodle in some signage along the path to keep you motivated.

Have fun with a monthly theme to doodle across the pages.

Maybe one month, all your pages will have drawings of mountains. Next month, it might be old movie theaters. Pick themes each month to doodle across the pages.

Pac-Man self-care tracker.

Draw a Pac-Man map with its dots and some cherries or other bonuses along the way. Put in as many dots as you have self-care projects you plan to do, or the days you plan to do them. Color them in as you complete your self-care calendar.

A year-at-a-glance birthday calendar.

Draw all 12 months of the year in little calendars on a two-page spread. Mark each day that a birthday falls on with a color, then assign that color to a person in a key below each month.

Travel map.

Trace out the maps of the cities, states, or countries you want to travel to. Color them in as you make your trips a reality.

Recipe pages.

Include the shopping list, the ingredients with their measurements, the instructions, and even the nutrition information if you have it.

Giving back your gratitude.

Use simple gratitude tracking to use your appreciation in conversations. Come out and say “thank you” to someone when they make it into your log. Include an additional page in your bullet journal to write about what happens when you do.

The month’s playlist.

Draw out three columns for a monthly playlist. In one column, list the songs that define the previous month (under a “rewind” icon). In the next column, write a song that defines how you feel about everything right now (under a “play” icon). In the final column, list out the songs you hope will represent the coming month (under a “fast forward” icon).

Bullet journal cover ideas.

Bullet journal cover ideas and cover pages usually revolve around a specific month. Bullet journals are organizational tools, and a month is the perfect, bite-sized timeframe to keep the big-picture in focus while still making specific plans. Over a year, these cover pages share a theme or a style.

These bullet journal cover ideas provide inspiration for different themes to spread out over 12 months.

Give each month a seasonal theme.

What’s going on outside in January? How about in June? Use the seasons as your inspiration.

Mechanical antique watch.

Over the year, your drawings of the same antique watch can show the progress of time ticking by. You can add some steam punk doodles to each cover page for good measure.

Childhood memories.

See if you can come up with a childhood memory for each month. Draw out what you remember.

Worldwide inspiration.

Pick a different country or part of the world each month and draw out a scene that represents it.

World events.

Are the Olympics taking place this month? How about Earth Day? Pick world events and draw them out for each month.

Deep seawater theme.

Maybe one month has an octopus and the next one has a clown fish. If you aren’t a marine bio buff, you can invent your own deep seawater creatures.

“Goodbye/hello” two-page spread.

This cute bullet journal cover page is a two-page spread. On the left, it says “goodbye” to the old month. On the right, it says “hello” to the next.

Watercolors.

Choose a watercolor palette to devote to each month and paint the whole page.

Fruits or veggies theme.

What different fruit or vegetable can you doodle for each cover page?

Sweets theme.

Try your hand at drawing a dozen different pastries, chocolates, and other sweets.

Invent a new font each month.

Play with a totally new kind of calligraphy each month for each cover page.

Casino scenes.

One month can have playing cards and another can have a tuxedo. Think about classy casino scenes and draw a new sketch each month.

Constellations.

Draw a new constellation each month as a glittering backdrop for that month’s name.

Recent decades.

Start with 1900 and end with the 2020s.

Mythical creatures.

Can you name 12 mythical creatures? If you run out, invent your own.

Two-page flower spreads.

Pick a different flower every month and draw a big, two-page close-up of its petals.

Classic bullet journal page ideas.

Bullet journals are wonderfully versatile. There are pages that show up in nearly every journal, though, and it’s because they add both beauty and a sense of structure that everyone benefits from.

The standard bullet journal pages that nearly every “bujo” has are:

• One title page right inside*
• Cover pages**
• A monthly view
• A weekly view
• A daily view

*If you’re not sure what your bullet journal’s overall title should be, write out a list of your strengths. Next, write out a list of “roles” you occupy in your life that are somehow organized in your journal. Are you a manager? A friend? Someone’s child? Someone’s parent? You can create a title by combining any one of your “strengths” with one of your “roles.” It’s easy and it instantly hits home.

**Cover pages like the bullet journal cover ideas above.

Exercise: ask yourself why you bullet journal.

There are so many benefits to bullet journaling that it’s natural so many people like it.

Knowing what benefits to bullet journaling you like most, though, helps you focus on the bullet journal ideas that are most beneficial to you.

• Ask yourself which of these benefits you like most:
• Helps plan out life
• Helps stay productive
• Helps reflect on trends and tendencies
• Helps stay on track
• Encourages creativity
• Eliminates distractions
• Helps reach goals
• Makes tasks more satisfying
• Helps document experiences like trips
• Provides motivation
• Visualizes progress

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