Inspiration for your bullet journal

Loads of individual lists, an agenda, a creative outlet: A Bullet Journal (BuJo) is something that you create yourself. Flow’s intern Suzanne starts 2020 with a whole load of empty pages and looks at how she can fill them.

On the Internet I always saw beautiful creations with colors and themes, and always wondered where everyone got their creativity from. ‘I am not artistic enough to make a Bullet Journal in a creative way’: Like so many others, I believed this misconception. It even prevented me from starting.

Fortunately, I now know that I don’t have to be able to draw that well, and that everyone can do it. What’s more, the book is mine, so I can make it as fun or crazy as I want. I have experimented a lot with different styles—sleek with black and white or with a lot of color. Now I mainly work with kraft paper, I use pastel colors and I make the spread a bit messy with doodles, washi tape and pictures.

It’s also okay to cheat with other Bullet Journalers. When I’m looking for inspiration, I always look at Pinterest. If you search for ‘bullet journal’, hundreds of creations come up—in all shapes and sizes. I use these spreads as a basis and give them my own twist by changing the theme. In this way I don’t exactly copy the page but manage to make it my own style.

I follow some journalers on Instagram. I love getting inspiration from @boho.berry. We don’t have the same style, but she makes lovely spreads that I use as a basis. I also follow @bujobeauties, an account that shares BuJo’s by others and is a timeline full of different styles and inspiration.

My top recommendation is that you just start. Make mistakes, erase them, start again, search the Internet for inspiration and discover your own style. Because at the end of the day, you too are creative and can make a Bullet Journal.