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January 4, 2018

Review of the Point Journal (similar to the bullet journal)

While perusing the stationery section of my local Big W store here in Australia, I came across the Point Journal which is eerily similar to the traditional bullet journal.

Let’s take a closer look!

  • Size:  139 x 204 mm (approx A5 size)
  • 180 Pages
  • Various cover options
  • Grid dot inside pages
  • Pages are numbered

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The Cover

The cover feels soft and bendy – an usual cover material not normally found on planners. I don’t like it very much.

There are a few cover options to choose from including the teal one in the image below that I chose, as well as a green leaf pattern cover and a brown cover

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Inside pages are grid dot

The grid dot on the pages is very feint – if you like you to rule up spreads  using grid dots as a guide but don’t want the dots to be visible after the page is set up, this notebook would be a good option for you.

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The pages are numbered too:

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The notebook comes with a mini ‘instruction manual’ which gives you ideas on how to use the notebook – basically in the same format as the traditional bullet journal system

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Small pocket folder at the back. it feels rather flimsy – it’s just paper glued onto the back page. Not sure how well this will hold up over time.

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They also had a gift pack with cute rainbow stickers – but I didn’t like the brown notebook (ugly!) – so got the teal cover version instead. It also came in a leafy green cover version as well.

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Would I use the Point Journal?

No. This might be a good journal to use printables with as I’ve owned it for a year and the ink of the dots has almost completely faded (i.e. it’s like a notebook with blank paper now).

I’m not really a fan of bullet journaling. I like the idea of the bullet journal and how custom it is to a person’s individual planning needs, but it takes too long to set up pages and create things from scratch. I prefer to use the ARC discbound system (from Staples) so I can add, remove and re-arrange pages as often as I need. With bullet journaling you record the page number and reference it in an index, but you might have things scattered throughout the notebook rather than neatly organized in sequential order.

Related: Planner Organization: Why I use the Arc Planner instead of binders 

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