End of the month is approaching so time to start thinking about your spread for the next month. Here are 12 layout ideas – try a different one each month for the next year!

12 Bullet Journal Monthly Calendar Spreads

1. Traditional 2 page format

… But with a more creative spin on it. Instead of just one pen color, use dot markers or highlighters to make it less boring.

2. Larger weekend or sidebar

If you allocate Saturday to running errands and need more space, then make that day’s column bigger, each day of the week doesn’t have to been the same size.

3. List format

1 page with all of the dates listed from top to bottom
1 page with the dates in 2 columns
2 pages with different categories e.g. work, family goals
2 pages with different categories and a sidebar overview of what is happening that month

If you don’t need an entire page for monthly planning, combine 2 months into one:

This is a Happy Note with MAMBI journaling boxes, handwritten stickers and Ink by Jeng monthly calendar washi tape

4. Habit tracker and notes

5. Habit tracker only

Use for cleaning schedules, reminders, work schedule etc.

6. Goals

7. Portrait 1 page

Use the bottom for:

Notes
Checklists
Birthdays, anniversaries and other special events
Goals
Seasonal cleaning tasks
Projects

8. Negative Space

This works better for larger page sizes or if you don’t like writing much in the boxes for each day.

This is one of the easiest layouts to incorporate color – use a colored pen for the borders of the boxes for each day or each row.

If you want to keep track of 2 things e.g. bills that are due and appointments, draw a line to divide the box in half.

The stickers in this spread are from Kmart. Heidi Swapp has similar transparent date stickers.

9. Landscape 1 Page

Heidi Swapp clear gold date stickers

10. Use the helix circle maker

This circle format can be left as if it’s for a dates at a glance calendar, with to do’s on the right page. Or draw lines coming out of each box for dates with important events.

11. Color coded weeks

Highlighters can quickly add some color without wasting space on the page

12. Use a printable

If there’s a monthly calendar you like using but don’t want to rule it up every month, resize a printable to fit whatever notebook you’re using and then just re-print, cut and stick it in with either washi tape or a glue stick.

This monthly calendar is available in my shop. Tutorial on how to resize to any page size is in this post: How to resize any printable for any size bullet journal