139 Badass Bullet Journal Ideas [2025 Update]

Bullet journaling is one of the coolest new fads out there.

It combines great ideas from many different disciplines:

• It is a method of productivity and time management. It can combine many short “to-do” lists into a single cool interface.
• Bullet journals can also be a method of expressing your artistic side by making fancy artistic journals that look awesome.
• Rather than keeping a diary of daily events, a bullet journal can be a diary on steroids. Tracking everything important to you that happens in your daily life.
• If you are trying to create new habits (or break bad habits), tracking your new habits is essential. A bullet journal is a perfect place to track these habits.
• Finally, with the many ​benefits of gratitude, a journal is a great place to keep your daily gratitude journal.

While a bullet journal helps keep track of your busy schedule, habits, and to-do lists, a mindfulness journal is where you can wind down, reflect, and appreciate all that happened in a day. To know more, ​check out The Mindfulness Journal that features daily writing prompts designed to increase your appreciation for the present moment. 

What is Bullet Journaling?

To put it succinctly, bullet journaling is a method of organization and journaling that tracks just about anything you desire using bullet points and shorthand.

The writing is minimal, but the execution of bullet journals can be quite fancy or quite simple and minimalist, depending on your needs and desires.

The original idea of bullet journals was created by a digital product designer named  Ryan Carroll. Carroll states bullet journals “help you track the past, organize the present, and plan the future.”

To find out more about bullet journaling, I suggest you check out the Bullet Journal website and/or the official bullet journaling video. These are both great introductions to the basic concepts of bullet journaling and good refreshers if you already have some idea of what bullet journaling is all about.

What I Love about Bullet Journaling

There is a lot to like about bullet journaling. However, there are two main things I love about the process.

1. Bullet journaling is dead simple. 

While people can get entirely carried away with creative bullet journal ideas, bullet journaling is effortless at its core.

All you need to start bullet journaling is a pen/pencil and a notebook. You don’t need any of the fancy pens, expensive notebooks, stickers, or any of that stuff. You need the time, the desire, and those simple items.

Easy.

2. I love how bullet journaling helps you ​organize many lists.

I like lists. I like to make them, keep them, and track them.

Bullet journaling gives me an excellent method of organizing, planning, and reflecting on many of my favorite lists. I will share many of them with you in the upcoming section on cool bullet journal ideas.

It is great for setting goals and tracking these goals to completion. In other words, an excellent method to help you get things done.  Something that I love

In the rest of this article, I will share many bullet journal ideas you can use to create cool lists in your bullet journal.

Many of these bullet journal ideas are relatively simple, but they show the bullet journal concept's adaptability.

Cool Bullet Journal Ideas for Every Journal

When making a bullet journal, there will often be some common ideas to add to your journal. Below are six of these basic common ideas for bullet journaling:

1. Week at a glance
2. Bullet journal “key” page
3. Quotes page
4. Social media password tracker
5. Life milestones
6. Brain dump

These bullet journal ideas are simple, but hopefully, you will see how they can add up to some great ideas for the core of a bullet journal.

Healthy Living Bullet Journal Ideas

Most of us could live healthier lives.

Many of us start with great intentions regarding healthy living. We desire to exercise, eat healthier, drink more water, sleep better, etc.

The problem is not one of desire but one of execution.

People often start these excellent habits like gangbusters: doing the “right thing” for a healthy lifestyle daily for a week or two. Then life happens, and the new good habit falls by the wayside.

One of the reasons this happens is because of a lack of accurate tracking.

That is where these healthy living ideas to add to your bullet journals come into play. Simply track the execution of the habits below (or any other healthy habit). Remember that the idea is not to be perfect but to develop more days of “doing” the habit than days you do not.

This form of bullet journal tracking will give you a realistic idea of how you are doing with your healthy routines.

Here are some healthy lifestyle bullet journal ideas:

7. Water consumption
8. Home exercise routine
9. Food log
10. Daily supplements log
11. Strength training page
12. Weight loss log
13. Gym routine
14. Daily steps
15. Activity tracker
16. Daily mood tracker
17. Flossing
18. Sleep quality
19. Sleep time
20. Workouts completed
21. Migraine tracking
22. Daily meds log
23. Flexibility/stretching/yoga tracking
24. Exercise log
25. Migraines/ailments tracking
26. “Junk food” tracker

Work/Business Bullet Journal Ideas

In some ways, bullet journals were made to help out with your “business” plans and organization. Bullet journaling is the perfect format for tracking numerous work processes.

Here are just a few of the business/work-related bullet journal  ideas you can track:

27. To-do list
28. DONE list
29. Call schedule
30. Task list
31. Conference schedules
32. List of leads
33. “Special day” tracking for employees/coworkers
34. Pomodoro tracking
35. Project deadlines
36. Brainstorming ideas
37. Hours worked
38. Short Term Goals
39. Long term goals
40. Project lists
41. Contact list
42. Office supply list
43. SMART goal sheets
44. Contingency plans
45. Vision Board

Personal Life Bullet Journal Ideas

I don’t know about you, but I always forget the little things I need in my personal life. Things like picking up some milk from the store or my in-laws' birthdays seem to slip my mind.

This is where little “personal life” lists for bullet journals can come in handy.

Here are some “personal life” bullet journal ideas to make sure you remember the little things that matter in  your personal life:

46. Bucket list
47. Medical info
48. Prescription list
49. Movies to watch
50. Restaurants to try
51. Daily “Me time”
52. Dates  to remember
53. Places to see
54. New skills to learn
55. Countries and places to visit
56. Passwords list
57. Relationship goals
58. Dentist/doctor appointments
59. “No TV” days tracking
60. Podcasts to try listening to
61. Called parent/family/friend to connect
62. Music list
63. TV shows to try
64. Social media task list
65. Social media time tracking
66. Books to read
67. Important birthdays
68. Phone backups completed
69. List of favorite websites

Home Life Bullet Journal Ideas

The “Home life” bullet journal ideas listed above could easily be a subsection of the personal life ideas listed above. The concept is very similar.

This list of ideas is a bit more focused on the “tasks” involved with keeping your home life running smoothly:

70. Cleaning task list
71. Cleaning schedule
72. Home improvement projects
73. Cleaning supplies checklist
74. Shopping list
75. Meal ideas
76. Cooking task list
77. Vehicle maintenance log
78. Household management checklist
79. Garden/yard chores
80. “Honey-do” list ideas

Self-Improvement Bullet Journal Ideas

As I write this, New Year is quickly approaching and people are already thinking about “life changes”,  “resolutions” and general improvements for the new year.

If you want pure “bang for the buck,” the best resolution for the new year is to learn something new daily.

When you make this commitment (and stick to it) your life will be improved in thousands of small ways you cannot predict, as you continue to grow, learn and change in small ways.

To do this, you need to set a firm time daily, or it won’t get done. In this time (30-90 minutes), you commit to reading a new (nonfiction) book, watching a TED talk, or researching something that interests you. The important part is not what you learn but that you make a habit of learning these new things daily.

Below are many more bullet journal ideas for tracking aspects of your personal life and making improvements.

81. Habit tracking
82. Gratitude Journal
83. “I love me” list
84. Habit triggers to avoid
85. New Year’s “resolutions”
86. Personal mission statement
87. Self-care planning (physical)
88. Self-care planning (mental)
89. Bad habits to get rid of
90. Things to be thankful for
91. Daily affirmations
92. Evening routine ideas
93. Morning routine ideas

Bullet Journal Ideas for Financial Tracking

Most people know the importance of keeping a budget, limiting expenses, and paying all your bills on time.

We understand the importance of these things, but like other good habits, it is easier to know what to do than to keep track of the things that need to be done regularly.

This is why ​the following financial tracking bullet journal lists can be such a cool idea:

94. Budget log
95. Monthly bills
96. No spend days
97. Tax-deductible expenses
98. Investment idea log
99. Investment tracking
100. Things to buy in bulk
101. Grocery budget
102. Cash envelope system tracking
103. Ideas to save money
104. Coupon tracking
105. Expense tracking

Bullet journaling is the perfect format for tracking numerous work processes.

Crafts and Hobbies Bullet Journal Ideas

I did not come up with many ideas for bullet journaling in this section because I think the best place to track these ideas is on Pinterest.

But if you have a bullet journal where you clip and add pictures, this can be a great way. Add pictures of the DIY projects or ideas you want to try to your journals and keep track of what you want to do “someday” and what you have accomplished.

Here are some crafts and hobbies bullet journal ideas to try:

106. Hobbies to try
107. DIY ideas
108. DIY project idea “someday” list
109. Craft supplies list
110. Top websites related to your hobby/craft

College/School Bullet Journal Ideas

Like the business/work bullet journal ideas, the college/school ideas seem tailor-made for this form of journaling.

There are many great education-related things you can track with your bullet journals.

Here are a few ​college or school bullet journal ideas:

111. Daily study log
112. Project progress chart
113. Project notes
114. Study hours
115. Study schedules
116. Test/quiz dates
117. Assignment progress tracker
118. After-school activity tracker
119. Grade tracker
120. School supplies checklist

Parenting Bullet Journal Ideas

Keeping a kid educated, happy, and healthy takes a lot. As a work-at-home dad, I deal with all the day-to-day obligations for our son. Keeping track of some things in my bullet journal makes the process a bit easier.

Here are a few parenting ideas for tracking in bullet journals:

121. Kids daily schedule
122. Kids activities
123. Ideas of things to do with kids
124. Snack ideas for kids
125. Kids essential info
126. Book for kids to read
127. Craft ideas for kids
128. Merit/demerit list for kids
129. Kids chore chart
130. Things your child says
131. Daily time spent with kids

Travel Bullet Journal Ideas

I love to travel.

I take 3-4 trips a year for business conferences and 2-3 trips a year for pleasure.

All this travel means that I have worked these trips down to a science. I keep bullet journal lists of what I need to do before, during, and after flights, checklists of what I need to bring, and some lists of what I have done/accomplished on my trips.

These bullet journal ideas make the process of travel a little bit easier (and undoubtedly more efficient):

132. Pre-travel check-list (flights, hotels, rental info)
133. Packing list
134. Trip itinerary
135. Travel check sheet
136. Vacation ideas
137. Camping prep. list
138. States visited /dates
139. Countries visited/dates

Final Thoughts on Bullet Journal Ideas​

Well, that’s 139 bullet journal ideas.  (133 specific ideas + 6 basic ideas) That should be more than enough for any bullet journal lovers.

The secret to creating bullet journal lists is to try every idea shared here but to pick and choose the ideas that sound like good lists to make and track for you and your life.

I am sure there are many more excellent bullet journal ideas out there. In the comment section below, I would love it if you would share your personal favorite ideas from this list, plus any ideas you can think of that I did not mention.

If you want to learn how to find meaning in the daily grind, I recommend you check out The Mindfulness Journal. It contains actionable writing prompts designed to help you develop mindfulness of the daily events in your life.

If you are looking for specific examples of bullet journals other people have created check out: 132 Bullet Journal Layout Ideas & Images to Inspire You

And if you want more journaling resources, check out these posts:

• 7 Best Mindfulness Journals to Try
• What is a Bullet Journal? A Simple Overview
• 5 Best No-Smudge Pens for Bullet Journaling
• 29 Bullet Journal Mood Tracker Templates and Ideas
• 5 Best Bullet Journals to Capture Every Idea (2025 Review)
• How to Journal for Your Self-Improvement (with Examples)

Thanks for your time. Have fun journaling!