The top 5 pages you should include in your bullet journal
1. Key
Your key page is the first page in your bullet journal. This is where you note the symbols you use and their meaning. For example, a point stands for an item on your to-do list and a crossed-through point stands for a completed task. You could also define different colours here. Blue could be used for work tasks and green for jobs to do at home. Here too, you can design your key page according to your own requirements and use symbols that make sense to you.
Examples of symbols to use
- Filled in circle • = Task
- Empty circle ○ = Appointment
- Dash – = Note
- Exclamation mark! = Important note or appointment
2. Index
The Indexcomes at the start of your journal. It helps you to find your notes, diary pages and other pages you use more easily. Add the Index page after your key page. To start with, just leave it empty and complete it later on when you add new pages to your journal.
3. The Future Log
The Future Log helps you to keep track of important dates throughout the year. This could be birthdays, for example, or important trade fairs or regular telephone calls with clients, for which the dates are already set. You could use the pages following your Index for your Future Log. Before drawing up your Future Log, you should work out how much space you will need for it. This will help you to design the pages as you require. For example, one month per page or three months on one page. This will depend on how many and which dates you want to enter.
4. The Monthly Log
After the Future Log, you will have an overview of the individual months. Write down the dates and days of the relevant month on the left-hand side of the double page. The opposite page is for your notes, where you can enter your important tasks and notes for the month.
5. The Daily Log
The Daily Log is inspired by pocket diaries. Here too, you can adapt the overview to suit you best. If you know that you always have a lot of tasks in your day, you should leave more space for the individual days in your weekly overview so that there's enough room for your appointments and tasks. If you only use your bullet journal for work, you can simply leave out Saturdays and Sundays. A combination of work and everyday life planning is also possible of course. For example, you could start by planning your working week and then use the following pages for planning your everyday tasks.