A bullet journal is designed to increase your productivity. With that said, it’s necessary to have a goals page in your journal to keep you motivated as you work on achieving your goals.
Your bullet journal goals page can be artistic or minimalistic, depending on your preference. In this article, we share several eye-catching bullet journal goals page ideas that you can use as inspiration for your next goals spread.
The Benefits of a Bullet Journal Goals Spread
Your goals pages are important for three major reasons.
First, these pages allow you to keep track of your progress as you work on your goals. You’ll be able to see how far you’ve come, which areas need improvement, and where you’re actually smashing your targets (giving you extra motivation).
Second, a goals spread is a good way to have accountability for your goals. It keeps you focused on doing the things that you have to do in order to achieve what you set out to do.
Lastly, when you have goals written down, you set aside proper time and attention to these goals. Having a personal deadline for something that you’re doing conditions your mind to attentively work on it until the job is done.
So, take out your bullet journal supplies and start working on that spread.
13 Creative Ideas for Your Bullet Journal Goal Page
1. Simple Personal Goals in August
Let’s start with this simple, two-page spread. The layout provides an overview of the things that one wants for their family (family goals) and for themselves (personal goals).
In this spread, family goals are categorized according to each family member, as well as the whole family unit. Meanwhile, personal goals are divided into two major categories: mind and body. These goals are essential elements of self-care and shouldn’t be overlooked.
2. Life Health Work
This hand-drawn spread can boost your motivation to go after your goals. The categories are laid out well, so things don’t feel overwhelming.
This type of goals page can be created in a few minutes. Nonetheless, it still has an artistic flair.
To make goal-setting manageable, you might want to include just three to five goals per category. This way, your resources are not so spread out that you end up not accomplishing the things you’ve set out to do.
3. Streamer Goal Page
For a colorful yet minimalistic spread, try this festive theme for your goals page. It features streamers that represent categories for your goals. This type of page is ideal for specifying your goals in different areas of your life.
If you feel the need to add more decorations to your bullet journal page, stickers are an ideal embellishment. For sticker ideas, you might want to check out this post that features 19 planner stickers that help organize your life.
4. 2-Page Goal Spread
Planning to get a lot of stuff done this year? With this two-page spread, you’ll never run out of space to write down your goals.
Regardless of your journaling style, you need to have the right notebook to capture ideas, goals, plans, and the other details of everyday life. If you haven’t decided what notebook works best for you, you might want to check out this review of the five best bullet journals in order to arrive at a well-informed decision before making a purchase.
5. Goals for the Year
If you’re looking for minimalistic goals spread ideas, why not try something like this one? It is simple and elegant. It does not require too much work to create, yet provides a great repository for your goals this year, which you can revisit and review any time you need to.
6. 2020 Dreaming
Get inspired with this bold, yellow theme. Spreads like this allow you to express your artistic inclinations, yet leave room for structure and organization. Use your own favorite color to give your goals page a more personalized touch.
7. Let's Do This
Speaking of structure, this spread provides specific spaces where you can write down your goals. Everything looks neat and orderly when you use this template. It allows you to focus more of your energy on achieving your goals rather than being fixated on the design of your goals page.
8. Goals and Focus Spread
This type of goals page showcases one’s artistic talents. In this example, the artist/creator was inspired by the entrance to the Berlin Zoo, and used it as the centerpiece of a page that she titled “Goals & Focus.”
9. Level 10 Life Spread
This journal allows you to list and track your Level 10 Life goals.
If you haven’t heard about it yet, the Level 10 Life concept was a brainchild of Hal Elrod in his book The Miracle Morning. It is a process of transforming your life and discovering your authentic self. By doing so, you generate the highest possible level of satisfaction for 10 major areas of your life.
These areas are:
10. Reading List Goal Spread
If your goal is to improve your reading habit or increase the number of books you read within a given period, you might want to create something like this goals page.
If you need suggestions for titles, check out these posts featuring must-read books for self-improvement and motivation:
11. Goals to Strive For, Goals Achieved
This goals page looks simple, but it is very effective as a goal-setting tool. According to this spread’s creator:
“The idea here is that I will write goals on the sticky note. When I achieve a goal, this sticky note will be removed from the left side of the book and put on the right side of the book. Under each sticky note there will be a ‘reward’ that I will give myself for achieving said…goal.”
This post has over 150 suggestions of rewards you can give yourself when you’ve achieved your goals.
12. Gel Pen Goal Page Layout
Gel pens offer some advantages when it comes to creating bullet journal spreads. Primarily, they don’t smear as easily as other types of colored pens.
Secondly, gel pen colors are vibrant. They really bring a page to life. Their ink comes in different effects, such as fluorescent, metallic, and glittered. This quality makes gel pens a fun essential for bullet journals.
In the example spread above, the goals are divided into four categories. The borders for the boxes are done with gel pens, creating an interesting effect.
13. Goal Setting and Tracking Page
Here is a fun and informative way to record your goals and keep track of them. On this page, you’ll see that the creator listed up to three goals for the following categories:
Then, on the bottom half of the page, the creator has trackers in the form of bar progress charts for these goals. It’s a simple, systematic, and effective way of ensuring that all goals are accomplished.
Final Words on Bullet Journal Goals Page Ideas
There you have it—13 inspiring ideas for your own goals page. Do you have a favorite among the ones featured today?
Your bullet journal goals page is a powerful tool. Not only will it help you define your goals and keep track of your progress, it will also be an awesome way to motivate yourself to keep going until you’ve achieved what you’re striving for.
If you want more inspiring ideas for your bullet journal, this post has layout suggestions that you can try for your other bullet journal pages.
Or you can head over to this post, where we share the best bullet journal weekly spread ideas.
As you use this highly effective productivity tool, you’ll definitely appreciate the value of time well managed. Get ready to see major improvements in your life.
Finally, if you don’t know the “right” way to journal, then check out this seven-step process for building a journaling habit that sticks.
