Having offered journals and planners to buy or to print at home, it seems useful to cover related supplies. This post covers pens, markers, pencils, inks, and a few extras. Understand that the physical experience of writing is a big appeal with recordkeeping on paper, so pay attention to the handfeel of what you use. Also, many people in this activity are highly visual, with an interest in color-coding and/or using a set of symbols to store information. For this reason, they often want multiple colors. Another reason for variety is when you do different things in your journal -- writing, drawing, filling in areas of color, etc. A good handwriting pen may not excel at coloring in spaces and vice versa, so you might need different ones for each task.

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These materials show examples of the kinds of things you can draw yourself in your own bullet journal. Most are designed for dot grid pages, others for blank pages. Some are elaborate, for the crafty; others are minimalist, for the straightforward. For bullet journal printables, here are some by topic and by page size.

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A bullet journal (or bujo) is a versatile volume that can be both craft and record. It focuses primarily on lists but also includes calendars, habit trackers, goal sheets, and whatever else you find useful. Often it has a strong visual-spatial element, but it can be just text and maybe a few frames or dots. Many bullet journals are built in blank books or in dot-grid journals especially for this purpose. However, some people prefer binders, either a big 3-ring binder (8.5" x 11" or A4) the smaller 6-ring size (3.75" x 6.75" or A6), or whatever. You can use an official system or design your own. A bullet journal is fully customizable based on your individual needs and tastes. Because of this versatility, some people integrate it with another type of journal, such as a WRAP book (see a WRAP printable). Read more about how a bullet journal works. See a basic supply list and a more elaborate one.

Bullet journals may be created by hand-drawing frames, lists, and other elements in a bound book or by printing pages to insert in a binder. Some people combine the methods by gluing printouts into a bound book, which is rather limited by the book's spine and thickness of papers used; or by including blank and dot-grid pages in a binder. This post begins with printables by topic. Go here for Bullet Journal Printables by Page Size.  See also Bullet Journal Ideas for things to draw yourself.

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