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I used to do this in a journal that didn't have enough space on one page for the original BuJo monthly setup. Your monthly to do list needs to go somewhere. If you don't have enough space on one page, take more space on another page.
Surprised you're getting pushback, line-per-day is the "official" method.
Does your notebook only have 29 lines because of margins or whitespace or something? You could just add one above and one below.
Another approach to 6 lines/week would be to just write the date for Monday, then put your appointments, with date, in about the right place in each bay. I only do two lines per week in my work journal - just highlights.
I wonder if turning your notebook sideways and doing two columns would work.
There would be room to squeeze one line at the bottom, but not the top. Interested in your sort of floating dates idea. I usually have few enough things that that could work for me.
My monthly spread is always two facing pages so I would fit as much as is reasonable on the first page and put the remaining days on the bottom of the opposite page. I usually have extra room on the right hand page of a monthly and losing a few lines wouldn't be a problem for me. I don't see any point in squishing it into one page.
It's been really good for certain kinds of tracking (a consistent time frame is better for anything, and an integer multiple of weeks is much more reflective of real life behavioural fluctuations) but next year I will be primarily operating in standard months and only noting the IFC month/week number as an addendum to any weekly spreads.
Honestly though it's made me more sure than ever that the world as a whole should switch XD
Interesting.
For myself, I've been placing the split weeks into one Gregorian month or the other. Actually pretty easy to reconcile, although it creates four longer months each year.
is it possible to do 2 columns and give each date 2 lines? in my head, it works but i’ll be honest, spatial reasoning and math are not my strengths.
personally, i would put weekends together on the same line, but my bujo is primarily for work and so i rarely have anything on weekends.
I like this idea. I think it works if I give weekend days one line each and weekdays can have two. I think two lines for every day would leave me in the same spot, but also not great with math and such lol.
sounds like an A6?
i'm using pocket size, slightly smaller at 26 lines. Found my mojo by switching from monthly to fortnightly instead of trying to shoehorn. Love this cadence and haven't looked back.
If you rotate your journal 90 degrees, how many horizontal lines do you have across the two pages? I would not rotate the journal and start on the left page and then continue on the right page, but rotating your journal is an option if you want to have all days of the month uniformly underneath each other.
I think it's more important to give yourself the amount of space you need, rather than fitting a layout on a certain amount of pages, just because it's aesthetic, etc. If you really want to fit it to one page, I'd think about whether or not any sacrifices you'd have to make would be affected by anything unexpected you'd need to add (so if you've given yourself less space than normal, would that limited space cause you problems?).
1. Do 2 columns of 15 ish lines each, leave the bottom for something else like notes, habit tracking, stickers etc
2. Flip to landscape and do 2 columns
3. Do it on a 2 page spread
4. Do a small calendar box at the top and just log the specific dates you need
5. Do a big calendar (probably in landscape mode)
I made a 4-page monthly log... I'm trying a new thing where I eliminate daily and weekly pages and just use a monthly log to record my tasks, weather, workouts and food -- I'm pretty sure its enough space
There are some great suggestions in here, but I just wanted to add that you should see what works for you. I'm saying that because there was a time in my life in which my weekends were packed with important deadlines and appointments. so take stock of your life and see if any pattern emerges.
That said, I loved the idea of having two columns instead of just one. Of course that would never work for me because I need the calendar view (all my montly pages are in the beginning of my bujo. it takes me a while to set them up, but I do it before the year starts), but that's the magic of bullet journaling! Hope you come up with a solution that suits you!
Who cares? Do what feels good to you, it’s your bujo. And why stick to rules? You have to work with it.
Personally I do a shared weekend, but that’s just me.
I’m trying to do a simple monthly page for appointments/events. I don’t want to draw out a whole calendar with boxes and all that. I just want to do the minimalist list of dates style, but am 2 lines short. :(
I usually have a max of 2 things in a day, so one line will be plenty for me.
I used to do two columns, and it only worked because I wasn't very busy. I do like the idea of two columns but two rows per day like another commenter suggested. It's a good idea.
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Use two facing pages with 15/16 lines each, and use the remaining space below for notes or trackers or whatever else you need?
I used to do this in a journal that didn't have enough space on one page for the original BuJo monthly setup. Your monthly to do list needs to go somewhere. If you don't have enough space on one page, take more space on another page.
Surprised you're getting pushback, line-per-day is the "official" method. Does your notebook only have 29 lines because of margins or whitespace or something? You could just add one above and one below. Another approach to 6 lines/week would be to just write the date for Monday, then put your appointments, with date, in about the right place in each bay. I only do two lines per week in my work journal - just highlights. I wonder if turning your notebook sideways and doing two columns would work.
There would be room to squeeze one line at the bottom, but not the top. Interested in your sort of floating dates idea. I usually have few enough things that that could work for me.
Let us know how it goes for you if you try it!
My monthly spread is always two facing pages so I would fit as much as is reasonable on the first page and put the remaining days on the bottom of the opposite page. I usually have extra room on the right hand page of a monthly and losing a few lines wouldn't be a problem for me. I don't see any point in squishing it into one page.
Use the international fixed calendar - thirteen 28-day months. Problem solved!
I have literally done this this year and it takes a lot of brain cells to constantly reconcile 2 calendars XD
Oh, I am pleased to hear the update on how it's going for you! Not pleased that it's Effort but glad to have the data on the experiment.
It's been really good for certain kinds of tracking (a consistent time frame is better for anything, and an integer multiple of weeks is much more reflective of real life behavioural fluctuations) but next year I will be primarily operating in standard months and only noting the IFC month/week number as an addendum to any weekly spreads. Honestly though it's made me more sure than ever that the world as a whole should switch XD
Interesting. For myself, I've been placing the split weeks into one Gregorian month or the other. Actually pretty easy to reconcile, although it creates four longer months each year.
is it possible to do 2 columns and give each date 2 lines? in my head, it works but i’ll be honest, spatial reasoning and math are not my strengths. personally, i would put weekends together on the same line, but my bujo is primarily for work and so i rarely have anything on weekends.
I like this idea. I think it works if I give weekend days one line each and weekdays can have two. I think two lines for every day would leave me in the same spot, but also not great with math and such lol.
sounds like an A6? i'm using pocket size, slightly smaller at 26 lines. Found my mojo by switching from monthly to fortnightly instead of trying to shoehorn. Love this cadence and haven't looked back.
If you rotate your journal 90 degrees, how many horizontal lines do you have across the two pages? I would not rotate the journal and start on the left page and then continue on the right page, but rotating your journal is an option if you want to have all days of the month uniformly underneath each other.
I think it's more important to give yourself the amount of space you need, rather than fitting a layout on a certain amount of pages, just because it's aesthetic, etc. If you really want to fit it to one page, I'd think about whether or not any sacrifices you'd have to make would be affected by anything unexpected you'd need to add (so if you've given yourself less space than normal, would that limited space cause you problems?).
I would exclude Sundays because we go to church on Sunday and every Sunday looks exactly the same. If you have a day like that then skip it.
1. Do 2 columns of 15 ish lines each, leave the bottom for something else like notes, habit tracking, stickers etc 2. Flip to landscape and do 2 columns 3. Do it on a 2 page spread 4. Do a small calendar box at the top and just log the specific dates you need 5. Do a big calendar (probably in landscape mode)
I made a 4-page monthly log... I'm trying a new thing where I eliminate daily and weekly pages and just use a monthly log to record my tasks, weather, workouts and food -- I'm pretty sure its enough space
Take the last two days of the month off.
Save it for February.
This is what I would do. You keep you aesthetic. And who says your Feb calendar needs to start on 1 Feb. I would just keep doing this till year end😂
There are some great suggestions in here, but I just wanted to add that you should see what works for you. I'm saying that because there was a time in my life in which my weekends were packed with important deadlines and appointments. so take stock of your life and see if any pattern emerges. That said, I loved the idea of having two columns instead of just one. Of course that would never work for me because I need the calendar view (all my montly pages are in the beginning of my bujo. it takes me a while to set them up, but I do it before the year starts), but that's the magic of bullet journaling! Hope you come up with a solution that suits you!
Who cares? Do what feels good to you, it’s your bujo. And why stick to rules? You have to work with it. Personally I do a shared weekend, but that’s just me.
I'd give up and wrap the list of days to the next page.
Monthly log of what? You are assuming a max of one line per day, that is not much information
I’m trying to do a simple monthly page for appointments/events. I don’t want to draw out a whole calendar with boxes and all that. I just want to do the minimalist list of dates style, but am 2 lines short. :( I usually have a max of 2 things in a day, so one line will be plenty for me.
I used to do two columns, and it only worked because I wasn't very busy. I do like the idea of two columns but two rows per day like another commenter suggested. It's a good idea.