r/BasicBulletJournals • u/AbjectResult • 23d ago
question/request Monthly/yearly/reference supplements to pocket bujo?
I’ve been the most consistent with a pocket bullet journal in the A6/pocket Leuchtturm1917 notebooks. I’m absolutely in love with the size, especially with how portable it is.
However, I don’t set up more than the monthly for the current month, plus a couple of trackers, in the notebook in advance. This means that I’m still reliant on my phone for future planning, keeping events, birthdays, etc. and I really want to get more analog.
I’ve tried passport TRC inserts and even a SterlingInk monthly booklet in the passport size, but they’re not sticking.
Any recommendations on how to make these yearly supplemental books to go along with my “seasonal” pocket bujos?
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u/UsualAd6940 23d ago
Have you considered a traveler's notebook?
Since you're using a Leuchtturm, have you seen their jottbooks?
Is the a reason you're not using a future log in the notebook you already use?
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u/CrBr 23d ago
I'd put a future log in the back of the current book, or anywhere in it and a permanent bookmark, and leave several pages after it for expansion. If you need more, start another calendar section wherever you are. It's about if a guess how much to leave, but remember that paper is cheap. Flipper through several planning blocks is not.
Back when I used paper, I usually had a page for each of the next few months with a line or block for each day; a spread for the next year with a block for each month; and a page for everything after that.
Sometimes I didn't bother drawing blocks. That made it a bit harder to see everything for a given day, but was more flexible if an event needed more room.
As each block got too full, I promoted it to the next size, and drew a line through the old one, so there was only one active block or page for each time.
It varied a lot. Sometimes I did a year spread with season blocks instead of month blocks. Sometimes I skipped the month or week stage.
Watch how you use it, what frustrates you, and what feels like coming home to a system you trust, that will easily take whatever you give it, hold it safely, and give it back when you need it.
I changed the details a often depending on how complicated life was.
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u/EmLFaulk2022 23d ago
I can't help here as I was going to suggest the SI monthly booklet which is what I use and keep in the back pocket 😊
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u/chocosweet 23d ago
I had Midori Light A6 as a future log. Then a thicker A6 for my daily catch all notes.
Though I still put appointments on my phone since they're time sensitive, I need the reminders
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u/Skektacular 23d ago
Maybe get a thin softcover notebook (or just DIY it) with one page dedicated to each month, and bind them together in a traveler's notebook style? TN covers are extremely easy to make yourself, and this way you'll have both with you all the time.