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May 23, 2019

10 Quick and Simple Bullet Journal Daily Layouts

I don’t often do daily planning in detail (I tend to just work off a giant list for the week). However when I do, I like to keep it quick and simple. Rather than buying an entire day to a page planner which I’ll only use a few pages from, I typically turn to bullet journaling. That way I get the exact layout I need.

1. The plan bar

Map out your time blocks and then it’s up to you.

  • 15, 30 or 60 min blocks
  • Color code tasks by category
  • Use different patterns to code different tasks (e.g. by urgency) diagonal lines, chevron etc.
  • Shade in the bar when the task is done (then you can see what didn’t get done i.e. unshaded)

This is the Plum Paper Planner. In addition to custom & personalised planners you can make a custom dot grid notebook for bullet journaling – see my review in this post.

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More photos / details of this layout in this post.

2. Clock

So this one isn’t technically bullet journaling (it’s the Slice Planner). However you can make your own clock face using a protractor, compass, the We R Memory Keepers Journal guide, the base of a mug or just freehand draw a circle.

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Read more: Using the Slice Planner (daily planner + app)

3. Meal plan & do to

Don’t need a schedule section? Then ditch it and use a layout like this instead!

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4. 2 Page Daily

Sometimes simple is best! But with this layout you could also divide up the bottom of the page into a checklist, meal plan, gratitude, reflection etc.

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Or just add another page for to do’s

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5. Priorities and Plan Bar

You could switch out the plan bar for more checklist space (or add a second checklist page).

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If you want to meal plan and more space for to do’s, you could add a second page:

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6. Detailed Meal Planning

I personally don’t do detailed meal planning but if you want to, this is a compact layout that has space for meal planning without losing list space.

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7. Work and Personal Plan Bar

Or instead of a plan bar just use 2 lists instead.

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8. Goal Versus Actual Time Bar

This is probably the most time consuming to rule up on this list but is a good mix of everything:

  • Top 3
  • That 1 thing to do today that you really don’t want to do
  • Schedule / task list
  • Little things (i.e. not worth scheduling a time to do them, these are things I do in between the bigger tasks that I do add to my schedule)

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If you want to save time you could skip all the color coding… but all the color does make it look pretty!

Read more in this post: Daily planning bullet journal style (using a Plum Paper grid dot notebook)

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9. MAMBI Half Sheet

My new favorite notebook from MAMBI is the half sheet – just the right size for lists and daily planning!

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Read more: Happy Notes Half Sheet Review + DIY Half Sheet Printable Inserts

10. Checklists

Can’t go wrong with lists but rather than a disorganized brain dump, organize your lists by:

  • Time the tasks should take – lists broken down by 15 minutes, 30 minute tasks, 1 hr tasks etc
  • Must do should do
  • AM / PM
  • Category – me, kids, errands, phone calls etc.

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