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How to Start a Bullet Journal: A Step-by-Step Guide

Learn how to start a bullet journal and avoid setup pitfalls. Learn to cultivate positive journaling habits and create a powerful tool for self reflection.

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Created By : Emilio Jose Garcia & Samantha Kristoferson
1h 39m
Appropriate for all
English
Last updated : 12/2025

What you'll learn

  1. Explain clearly what Bullet Journaling is and who created it.
  2. Create a Bullet Journal.
  3. Positive Journaling Habits.
  4. Creative ways to design your journal.

Overview

In this comprehensive course, you will discover the benefits and drawbacks of embracing the art of Bullet Journaling. Contrary to popular belief, not everyone needs technology to enhance their productivity. In fact, many individuals thrive in an environment with minimal distractions, preferring the simplicity of pen and paper.

Course Overview

This course, curated by Samantha Kristoferson, a seasoned "journaler" with over a decade of experience at KW Professional Organizers, is designed to steer you away from common bullet journal setup pitfalls. Throughout the program, you will be systematically led through the process of identifying your journaling necessities and crafting a personalized journal.

Course Content

The curriculum encompasses the following key areas:

  • Step-by-Step Journal Setup: Learn the systematic approach to selecting and establishing your journal.
  • Exploration of Styles and Uses: Delve into various journal styles, page counts, and potential applications.
  • Page Spreads and Layouts: Master the art of creating impactful page spreads and layouts for your personalized planner.
  • Developing Positive Journaling Habits: Discover how to cultivate constructive journaling habits tracking that align with your lifestyle.

The Benefits of Journaling

Embarking on your journaling journey offers numerous advantages. By creating a powerful tool for self reflection, you will cultivate enduring habits that reinforce this practice, making it a worthwhile lifelong investment of your time. Embracing an open-minded approach and altering your current behaviors will have a positive ripple effect across various facets of your life, including work, relationships, and overall mental wellbeing.

Course Overview

This course offers more than 1.5 hours of content and is suitable for individuals of all experience levels who want to begin using a Bullet Journal or any type of customizable journal. Throughout the course, you will gain insight into the optimal practices for establishing your journal and explore various example journals. Upon completion, you will possess a fundamental understanding of journal setup and be able to develop a journaling routine tailored to your lifestyle.

Who this course is for

  1. Anyone who has a million little to-do lists laying around.
  2. Anyone looking to create a positive habit.
  3. People who like stationary, journaling, scrapbooking, planners, etc.
  4. People who are easily distracted on smart phones.
  5. People who want to be more organized.
  6. Anyone who is into goal-setting and habit tracking.

Requirements

  1. No previous knowledge of keeping a journal is required.
  2. Writing instrument (Example: pen / pencil / marker)
  3. Journal / Paper (Do not purchase a journal until you finish the course)

Testimonials

  1. I really loved this course. I had taken an overview course and this gave me more details & lots of great examples. I enjoyed the craftsy bits for organization & have used some already. I use a Hobonichi Techo yearly planner, but was not great on having a system that works for me. This course provided many useful ideas & I have a system I will try. I also appreciated the simpler gratitude journal suggestion from Samantha - so easy & something I think I can stick to. So - I had some good tools but they were kind of a mess - now I can see how to put them to use in a creative way that works for me. Thank you! ~ Deborah K
  2. Its a little fast for me but I intend to go back over it again. I really like the material and resources so far. I like the course presenter very much ~ J Lindner
  3. Thank you! Full of good info and resources; now I'm going to view the full 1 hour 30 mins Live Bullet Journaling Workshop that you've included the link to. This course comes in perfect time for the New Year! Thanks again :) ~ M C
  4. I have a great deal of study courses and books which are from different sites. So much so I was swamped, until I came across bullet journal. But the more I found, the less I understood. So I used your video - thank you!!!. I now have my direction, thank you so much for your help!! ~ M C Andrews
  5. I had no idea what this was but I had been getting overwhelmed with all the notes and lists and to-do’s I had all over the place and asked for guidance organizing all of it and this course popped up! Now I’m really excited to try this method. I’ve already ordered everything and will probably go back through the course while I’m setting up my journal. I appreciate that the course is setup with short videos describing each step making it easy to find a topic. I also liked getting two points of view on journaling, one using all the possibilities and the other more simplistic. I think there is something for everyone in this course. Thanks for a great course! ~ T Schultz
  6. I appreciated the approachable manner in which you covered the options in and around the concepts of bullet journaling and organization in general. :) ~ J Carter
  7. Good course on giving information about starting a bullet journal. Gave me ideas on how to start my journal. Would recommend this course to anybody that wanted to start bullet journaling but didn't know where to start ~ H Daniel
  8. The host is taking care of a lot of questions I probably would have come to on my own after ruining several journals, so this course is already worth the time and money :-) ~ Jeremy K
  9. Finally someone to show the practicalities of bullet journaling ~ B Smith-Morrison
  10. Fantastic course, packed with useful info and ideas, thank you ~ S Shannon
  11. This course is very thorough and explains everything about how to bullet journal in a simplistic way that is very easy to follow. I've briefly looked into this before and haven't understood most of the Youtube videos I've found. Those seem to pile on too much too fast-- and spend too much time on how to make it pretty, rather than how to set it up for your own specific needs! This course helps me to understand how the system works so I can customize it myself! ~ Tammy H
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