Plan With Me April Bullet Journal Layout

by Pixie - April 04, 2020

March had some very unexpected twists and turns, so I wasn't able to complete all of my goals. To be honest, I actually only completed one out of five of my monthly goals. In April, I hope I will be able to complete all five of my monthly goals. This month, I went for a fresh spring theme for my bullet journal layout that focuses on new beginnings!

Plan With Me April Bullet Journal Layout

I changed up the whole look for April but kept mainly the same elements because they have been working really well for me. I used the same font for the header as last month because I am really liking that font right now, but used small capitals for all of my subheaders.

I feel like my layout this month is very clean, structured, and minimalist. I think it is perfect to symbolize the fresh beginning I am getting in April. :)

Let's get right into how I set up this layout.

Supplies

This layout used very little supplies! I mostly like to use black and then one other color. Each month, I have been picking a different color to use. I have already used purple and blue this year so I decided this month I would use green because flipping through my bullet journal, I see that I almost never use green.

I went on a little tangent there, but now let's get back to the supplies.

Black Sharpie Pen - I use this black pen for all of my regular day writing. In this layout, I used it for the black boxes and all of the headers.
Light Green Pastel Tombow Dual Brush Pen - I love using Tombow brush pens! The ink is really smooth and the colors are so pretty! I need to buy some other colors because right now I only have the pastel pack and I use them way too often.
Mechanical Pencil - I use a mechanical pencil to sketch in the general idea of all of my layouts, but this year I have been trying to do my layouts more freehand.
A Ruler - By looking at April's bullet journal layout, you can easily tell that I use a ruler to draw my lines. I love straight crisp lines, but I did do the circles for my goal's freehand, and I think they look okay. I was just too lazy to go find my circle protractor! :)

That is all of the supplies I used for this layout except, of course, I used my Minimalism Art Classic Dotted notebook too. You can't forget the notebook! I have used the Minimalism Art Classic Dotted notebook for a few months now, and I love the quality. I bought it for under $10 and the paper is so smooth. If you are looking for an affordable bullet journal, then go check it out because I can't recommend it enough!

First Page + Header

At first, for this layout, I was lost. I had no idea of what I wanted this layout to look like. I just started by adding the green and then I did the entire header freehand. The cursive turned out a little bit off-center (One of my hardest problems with making bullet journal headers) so I added the branch doodle on one side and it centers the header. I am really happy with how it turned out.

For February and March, I had a mini-calendar on my monthly layouts. While I really liked having them, I didn't add one this month because I have been on home quarantine, so I haven't had as much to do. I opted to have more room for my quote on the next page.

I used the light green Tombow dual brush tip marker to make the bullet points for my task list, and then when I complete a task I will fill it in with my black Sharpie pen.

Goal Section + Quote

At the top of the second page, I have my goal section, and like last month, I made it large. I think it is good to have a large space to write down my five goals because then when I flip to my monthly layout, one of the first things I see my monthly goals.

I think the mini capital letters with space in between looks super cute so I am really glad I used that for all of my subheaders.

After I finished the rest of the page, I went back and added in this quote, which I drew entirely freehand! What do you think of the little doodles I added? I tied in the header theme by adding the green behind the quote and using the same font for "spring" and "April".

Bullet Journal Trackers + Next Month

At the bottom of the second page, I have three sections. In the first one, I can put down dates for the next month, or any tasks I want to complete in May. I made it small because last month, I didn't use it much.

Next to it, I have my blogging section, with the dates I am planning on posting this month. See what the first one says? Yep, I am posting right on schedule! Now I just need to decide what I am going to post for the rest of the month. If you have any ideas of what you would like to see, then leave a comment down below!

At the bottom, I am tracking one habit for the month, which is to go outside. I have been trying to spend more time outside in the sunshine so I decided to track it. I am finding that it is easiest for me if I only track one thing because then I am so much more likely to do it. If I do it every day for thirty days, then (hopefully) it is already turning into an automatic habit, and I can move on to tracking a new habit while continuing the old one. I love how I did the tracker entirely in green without an outline.

In the corner of the page, I put my "Highlights" section. It is bigger than last month because I really like writing down the highlights of my month. When I have a chance, I am going to go through all of the "Highlights" sections and pick out my favorite highlights to add to my "Best of 2020" layout!