If you are trying to find March bullet journal ideas but are overwhelmed by the options, look no further! Here, you will find a complete flip-through of a March bullet journal that anyone can make!
I enjoy bullet journaling as a hobby as well as an organizational system. But I’ll be honest, I sometimes find bullet journal maintenance to be a bit, well, ridiculous!
So many bullet journals out there look really pretty, but to keep up with all of the stuff it wants you to do, you end up spending a ton of time on it! Sure, it’s pretty, but did it really help you at all with your routine? For me, the answer would be ‘no’.
Every month, I like to experiment with my bullet journal designs. I try to find a balance between a page that is beautiful but also simple. I don’t want my bullet journal to be something that requires hours of daily maintenance.
For the month of March, I’m really happy with the design and I wanted to share it with you so that you can have an easy-to-make design that isn’t difficult to manage throughout the month. If that sounds like something you’d like, then check out the flip-through below! And stick around until the end for answers to common bullet journal questions!
March Bullet Journal Ideas that are Easy to Manage
The March bullet journal cover page
I always like to start with a cover page that simply serves as an aesthetic page to state the current month. It is nothing complicated and usually consists of some cutouts from magazines. I also like to decide on a colour or theme to stick to for the month. This month is going to be green to celebrate the approach of spring and St. Patrick’s Day!
The March bullet journal Monthly Spread
A monthly spread is great if you are someone who likes to know what to expect for the month as a whole. It is an at-a-glance page that can remind you of goals you’ve set and important events you have committed to. Other than the change of colour and doodles, this spread stays pretty much the same throughout the year because I feel like I’ve found my stride with this one. There is a place for you to keep a calendar, a place to write out how you are feeling entering into the month, and goals, habits, and outstanding tasks you want to work towards for the month.
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The ‘Currently I’m Into’ Page
This is another consistent bullet journal monthly spread that I like to use. It’s fun to look back at some of the things that you were into at different times of the year. It’s also an insanely easy page to make. It takes me about 10 minutes to make it since it only consists of a bunch of lines and words.
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The March bullet journal Weekly Spread
Okay, this is a spread that I haven’t quite mastered, yet. I try to make spreads that are a happy balance of fun and work, but I often find that it’s difficult to make a page that isn’t too much work throughout the week to manage. I think that I found a good balance with this one, but only time will tell!
The left page of this spread is mainly decorative, but if there are things that inspire me throughout the week, I intend to put them here to add to the decoration.
The right page is the one you can use on a daily basis. There is a space to write to-do items and ideas, a space to write one sentence a day about what is happening in your life, and a space to write down any events that are scheduled for that week in particular. It is minimal and easy to make but effective at keeping you organized!
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I hope that this information was able to help you with your own bullet journaling. Try out a few pages of the March bullet journal suggestions, or copy the whole flip-through. It’s your choice!
Now I just want to answer some common questions about bullet journaling if you are someone who is looking for some more guidance.
What is the point of bullet journaling?
You might be on this page thinking, Sure, the bullet journal looks nice. But what’s the point when I could just use a piece of paper or buy an agenda? You’re right, it would be just as reasonable to buy an agenda and use the templates given to you, or to just write stuff on a piece of paper.
Bullet journals are more worth your while if you value the process of creating your own customized agenda. The reason I eventually switched to bullet journaling was a little bit to do with the creative side of it but mostly it was because I have never found an agenda that is suited to my style of organizing things. I like my agendas to be a clear representation of what’s going on in my brain, and a bullet journal can make that happen more effectively.
The other benefit of bullet journaling is that you can collect lots of different information all in one place. If you are someone who is constantly writing thoughts and ideas on random pieces of paper, then bullet journaling might be perfect for you!
What should I put in my bullet journal?
This is the magic of bullet journaling!
You get to choose what you want your bullet journal to be.
I like my bullet journals to be a balance of creative projects and organizational tools, so if you copy my March bullet journal ideas then that’s what yours will be, too!
However, some people prefer to keep them minimal and primarily organizational. If this is you, then you can leave out the cover page and the decorative pieces and simply follow the organizational structure of these examples.
If you are more into the creative part of bullet journaling, then the collage pages and doodles provided as examples may be of more use to you.
What should be in the beginning of a bullet journal?
If you are using your bullet journal for organizational purposes, then you should definitely have a few reference items at the beginning of your bullet journal. Having these foundational spreads at the beginning of your journal will help you stay more organized throughout the year. I have a detailed list of these important pages in another article that you will find helpful.
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Is it OK to start a bullet journal in the middle of the year?
Bullet journals aren’t like traditional agendas.
You make the rules, not the pages!
So if you are entering into March with a book of empty bullet journal pages, no worries! Start from wherever you are! You don’t need to worry that you haven’t included January or February because nothing was written.
Bonus Tip: if there is a month later on that doesn’t require the use of a daily planner, you can absolutely skip a month in your bullet journal! I often don’t do a bullet journal spread for the month of August because I’m on vacation and it would just take up unnecessary time.
You make the rules of your own bullet journal, so do what feels good for you and don’t feel bad if you’re starting your bullet journal later in the year.
How do I make my bullet journal look pretty?
I feel you. Some people make bullet journals that belong in an art museum, while we find ourselves struggling to even make the words on our page look nice.
If you are not artistically inclined, however, you can still make your bullet journal look nice!
My best advice to you is to keep it simple. Use clean lines and a maximum of three different colours (one of those colours should be black). I use black and yellow throughout my whole bullet journal and will just change one colour every month. For example, my colour in February was pink, but for March I switched to green. The flip-through I have here is a great example of how to use simple lines and colours to make your page look nice.
The second piece of advice is to make use of washi tape and magazine cutouts. Instead of drawing by hand, use collages as your decorative page. This way you don’t have to have great artistic skills to create something beautiful.
I hope that these March bullet journal ideas were able to inspire you! Bullet journals can be a lot of fun, but they can also be a little overwhelming. Don’t be afraid to try out new things in your journal and to make mistakes- it’s all a part of the learning process!
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