BULLET JOURNAL SETUP – THE ULTIMATE STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO SET UP A BULLET JOURNAL

HOW TO SET UP A BULLET JOURNAL

After you purchase your notebook it is good to have some bujo supplies for your journal setup.

If you already have your supplies then gather everything you need and let’s start. Some essential tools are:

• Pens
• Rulers
• Washi and stickers
• Stencils

There may be some other tools you like to use or need but these are the basics to grab for now.

When you start working on different pages, you will decide then if more needs to be used.

The general steps to set up bullet journal are:

1. Key and index
2. Future planning
3. Monthly, weekly, daily spreads
4. Customs collection whenever you feel the need

• Bullet Journal First Page

You may start your bullet journal with a theme or a personal page, perhaps the year or even a quote.

There is really no hard rule here.

You can be as creative as you wish or go straight to the bullet journal keys.

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• Bullet Journal Index, Key And Future Log Setup

Next, it is time to set your bullet journal keys and index.

1. Bullet Journal Index: This will help you find your content over time, some notebooks already come with this page pre-printed. Here is my in-depth post about the bujo index.
2. Bullet Journal Key: Bujo keys are essential for rapid logging, check this guide for bullet journal keys here.
3. Future Log: This is where your mid and long term tasks are logged for now. I teach how to set up a future log here!

• Bullet Journal Monthly Setup

Now that you are ready with the standard set up bullet journal pages we will follow the monthly calendar for the current month you are in.

In this part you will be able to log birthdays and anniversaries or other appointments and events for the near future that you already know about but don’t have your weekly spread to add them yet.

After the initial pages I normally follow to setup my next month layouts.

You can read more about monthly layouts in this post here but I basically use the following spreads:

1. Bullet Journal Monthly Cover Page: You don’t necessarily need one but I love the feeling of a new start and I also change monthly themes.
2. Monthly calendar spread: for the most important tasks and appointments of the month.
3. Goals for the month and to do list
4. Custom bulllet journal collections: basically anything you want to track this month such as book to read, gratitude log, doodles page, budget tracker, habit tracker etc. I have a comprehensive list of collection ideas here!