When it comes time to set up a Bullet Journal minimalist, it is great to look over the shoulder of others and see what you can add to your journal.

You do not have to be an artist or love color to have a Bullet Journal. Minimalist design will help to start your journal. You can still add different bullet journal fonts that make the layouts unique. 

Let’s gather our essential supplies and get started!

Let’s gather our supplies:

  1. Fineliner pen:
    My favorite are: SakuraPentel and Faber Castell
  2. Highlighters:
    My favorite are: Zebra Midliner, Stabilo Boss Highlighters.
  3. Brush Pens:
    My favorite are: TomBow Colored and Black Brush pens.
  4. Bullet Journal: 
    My favorite are: Leuchtturm1917, Dingbats and Moleskine.  

Did you manage to start your Bullet Journal? If not, then look no further.

There’s a LOT of information on the internet about bullet journaling, but Brainbook breaks down the core elements of what you need to know in a way that’s easy to understand and relevant to your life…all in one convenient place.

With this comprehensive bullet journaling roadmap by your side, you’ll know exactly how to set up your journal for success from start to finish!

“Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.” ― Fitzhugh Dodson

 
 
 
 
 
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“Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.” ― Robert H. Schuller

 
 
 
 
 
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“The trouble with many plans is that they are based on the way things are now. To be successful, your personal plan must focus on what you want, not what you have.” ― Nido Qubein

 
 
 
 
 
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“I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.” ― Benjamin Disraeli

 
 
 
 
 
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“If plan A doesn’t work, the alphabet has 25 more letters – 204 if you’re in Japan.” ― Claire Cook

 
 
 
 
 
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“Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.” ― Jim Rohn

 
 
 
 
 
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“I ain’t Martin Luther King. I don’t need a dream. I have a plan.” ― Spike Lee

 
 
 
 
 
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“Clutter is nothing more than postponed decisions.” – Barbara Hemphill

 
 
 
 
 
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“Organizing is a journey, not a destination.”

 
 
 
 
 
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“Once you have a clear picture of your priorities – that is your values, goals and high leverage activities, organize around them. ” -Stephen Covey

 
 
 
 
 
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“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” -Arthur Ashe

 
 
 
 
 
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“For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned. ” – Benjamin Franklin

 
 
 
 
 
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“A year from now you may wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb

 
 
 
 
 
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“All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination. ” -Earl Nightingale

 
 
 
 
 
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“It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

 
 
 
 
 
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“Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.” ― Napoleon Hill

 
 
 
 
 
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“Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.” ― Margaret Thatcher

 
 
 
 
 
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“To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.” ― Leonard Bernstein

 
 
 
 
 
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” Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” ― Alexander Graham 

 
 
 
 
 
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“Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.” ― Thomas Edison

 
 
 
 
 
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“Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.” ― Tom Landry

 
 
 
 
 
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“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.” ― Pablo Picasso

 
 
 
 
 
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“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” — Warren Buffett

 
 
 
 
 
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“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” – ananymous

 
 
 
 
 
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“Gonna love myself, no, I don’t need anybody else”

 
 
 
 
 
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“The more time you spend contemplating what you should have done… you lose valuable time planning what you can and will do.” ― Lil Wayne

 
 
 
 
 
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“Plans are nothing; planning is everything.” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower

 
 
 
 
 
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“Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.” ― Alan Lakein

 
 
 
 
 
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“Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.” ― Winston Churchill

 
 
 
 
 
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“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, writer and pioneering aviator

 
 
 
 
 
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“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” ― Benjamin Franklin

 
 
 
 
 
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“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” ― Yogi Berra

“Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.” ― Peter F. Drucker

 
 
 
 
 
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Did you manage to start your Bullet Journal? If not, then look no further.

There’s a LOT of information on the internet about bullet journaling, but Brainbook breaks down the core elements of what you need to know in a way that’s easy to understand and relevant to your life…all in one convenient place.

With this comprehensive bullet journaling roadmap by your side, you’ll know exactly how to set up your journal for success from start to finish!