Look back through your 2021 bullet journal and take a look at the layouts that worked for you. Make a note of the layouts with lots of scribbles and check marks. The most used layouts are usually the messiest ones. Did you live in your weeklies? Are those dailies where you nailed your time blocking? Did your tracker keep you honest with yourself? Whatever worked in the past will most likely work in the future, so plan to do that again.
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Now flip through those 2021 pages again. Which spreads did you use? Did you set up that "Books to Read" layout and never use it? Did you consistently fill out that tracker or did it stress you out and you left it blank? Nix all of those layouts that you didn't use, the ones that made you feel bad, the ones that felt like a chore with little return and move forward. No guilt.

If you are Productive Patricia or Artsy Ann or someone in between, attempt something new in your 2022 bujo. Life is ever evolving and sometimes a different layout will work for you when it didn't before. Bullet journaling can be a great productivity tool and a creative outlet. Navigating the continuum is a bit like pushing the gas and then pumping the breaks. You'll never know until you try. ​

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Join us in getting our 2022 bullet journal all set up and ready for success. Let's start off with the Future Log, which is an extended view of the year where you can write down future important events, birthdays, holidays, appointments, deadlines, etc.

Divide your page horizontally or vertically (your choice)into three equal sections. I prefer a horizontal layout and only make my future logs 6 months in advance. You do you. The Rows and Columns Card makes this super fast and easy.

Decide if you would like to have a Sunday or a Monday start. Label the month and the days of the week. Figure out which day of the week the 1st falls on. Continue down that column with 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 (except February when it is not a leap year.) ​I used the Mini Calendar Stencil in the 4 Piece Essential Set and Distress Inks to add color under the month name, days and numbers. 

Next write the final numbers for the month - the 30 and 31. I find that writing the dates in this way creates the fewest mistakes. Finally, fill in the remaining dates. 

Log birthdays, deadlines, appointments, holidays, etc to be referenced when you make your monthly layouts. All of your necessary information all in one place. Feels good, doesn't it?

Want more support setting up your bullet journal? Hop over here to Setting Up Your Bujo for 2022 for a step by step set up for next year's bujo.