January has rolled around sooner than expected and I was quick to realise I was well behind on my bujo setup 😂. This year is my 2nd year of doing a Bullet Journal which means I have experimented slightly with some new layouts to try and find something that works better for me.
Again, I am using a Leuchtturm 1917 Journal because I love how many pages it has. Giving me more room to document memories around my daily/monthly spreads.
The first page after the already printed index pages is my key page. I have kept my key the same as last year. It’s simple and concise and worked really well for me last year.
Similar to last year I created a ‘Hello 2019’ page. I chose this loading bar image because I thought it was creative yet not over complicated and didn’t take long to create.
Each year I like to make a few goals to try and stick to through the year. I have used the same layout as last year to display my 8 goals for 2019.
A Future Log in a bullet Journal, I think, is rather important. It keeps all your important dates for the year ahead in one place. I like to make sure that mine includes a birthdays section so I don’t miss anyone throughout the year.
Every year myself and Claire set ourselves a reading goal. The last two years we’ve set the target at 50 and neither of us have managed it for one reason or another. But, the main one being that by the end of the year our motivation for reading almost disappears.
In order to avoid the struggle of choosing books we’ve both decided to select 10 books each that we both have to read within 2019 and the rest of the target can be made up of our own choices. Hopefully this will prevent us from getting into our annual rut. We have also chosen 5 mini challenges to try and achieve.
My next two pages are copies of ones I used last year. They’re both simple and easy to use which is why I’ve chosen to use them again for 2019. On the left we have a bookshelf where I can add all the books I read this year. And the same for the right page which is for new movies I have seen.
This year I decided to simplify my tv tracker. Simple seems to be a reoccurring theme this year. I just want to make this year’s bujo as easy to use as possible. So, my tracker will consist of very simple graphs so I can keep track of series/episodes I have watched.
My monthly setup will be similar to last year, however, I have adapted some elements to be more convenient. Each month will have a colour theme, the same as last year, which I will correlate with my washi tapes and pen choices.
My next two pages are my monthly calendar and my weekly spread. Both have changed in ways to make sure I’m fulfilling every potential that my bullet Journal has to offer.
So, that is my bujo setup for 2019. I’m am really looking forward to journaling my way through this year and always documenting it along the way.
