My Digital Bullet Journal on the iPad Pro
All about my digital bullet journal on the iPad GoodNotes app. How to use a digital bullet journal and some of my favorite spreads. Come learn how to use your digital bullet journal on the iPad ♡
A digital bullet journal allows me to create beautiful designs I can keep on my iPad pro or print them and use on my paper bullet journal. This blog post explains what is a digital bullet journal and how to use it. I also share a couple of spreads I have created through the years.
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What is a Digital Bullet Journal?
A digital bullet journal is an interactive notebook used on the iPad. The planner has links called hyperlinks. When you click on a link the planner takes you to a specific page on the planner. For example, look at the image below. The pink arrows point to the parts of the planner that are interactive. When you click on the one of the tabs or bullet point you are automatically taken to a specific page of the planner.
Check out the video below to learn how I decorate and edit my digital planner. You can watch all my plan-with-me videos on my YouTube channel.
What Apps can I use on my iPad?
The most popular iPad apps for digital bullet journal are GoodNotes, ZoomNotes, and Notability. Popular Android and Windows apps for digital bullet journal: EzPDF, Xodo, and Metamoji.
Some of my favorite features about digital planning in the iPad: the undo button, the ability to resize images, being able to change the color of my handwriting, and adding different fonts to my planner.
How to Use a Digital Bullet Journal?
- Crete your own digital planner or buy a pre-made digital planner.
- Download the GoodNotes app on your iPad and use the “+” to add the planner. Android and Windows users try the apps Noteshelf, EzPDF, Xodo and Metamoji.
- Follow the steps on this tutorial to learn how to decorate your digital planner!
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Index & Key
The image below shows the first two pages of my digital bullet journal in the GoodNotes app. On the left page, I love putting images that make me smile or that are pretty. On the right page you will find the index.
If you zoom in you will notice that on the left margin there are numbers. When I click on a number the app automatically takes me to a specific page on the planner. That way I don’t have to scroll through the pages, I simply click on a number and start planning.
The image below was the first digital bullet journal spread I ever created. I love the way the spread turned out. It allowed me to explore how I wanted my designs to look digitally. The quote at the bottom right says:
“Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you I had no control over.” – Teresa Conroy
These are the key shortcuts I use on my digital bullet journal. They help organize my ideas and thoughts. I try to keep the key to a minimum of five or six things to remember what each symbol represents easily.
My Favorite Monthly & Weekly spreads
On this blog post, I’m only including the layouts that I love! You can find more pictures of my monthly layouts here. They are categorized and organized by month.
All my layouts are full of pastel colors, flowers, and girly stickers. The layouts represent my personality and a specific theme I chose for the month. In all my designs, I like to include a quote to start the month. The quotes are from books that I was reading and that made me think differently about certain topics.
This savings tracker is my favorite! My boyfriend and I are saving for our first home and I’m currently using this tracker to know how much money I’m putting aside every month. If you zoom in, you’ll notice that I’m using patterns with different colors to fill in the jar.
January spreads
The image below is the cover page for the month of January. Followed by the weekly spread. The quote on the top right says:
“Just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who think differently…” ― Michelle Obama
February spreads
February cover page inspired by Valentine’s day.
February weekly spread
The quote on the top right says:
“You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.” ― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
March spreads
The quote on the top right says:
“If there is one lesson I’ve learned lately, it’s the importance of telling the universe what you want.” ― Ricky Martin, Me
I love the way this weekly spread turned out. It’s minimalist and cute at the same time. I created a free printable from this spread.
April spreads
May spreads
In my Youtube Channel, I post videos of how I set up my monthly layouts on my digital bullet journal.
June spreads
July spreads
The quote in the middle says:
“Life was messy. Always had been and always would be and that was just the way it was, so why bother complaining? You either did something about it or you didn’t, and then you lived with the choice you made.” ― Nicholas Sparks, The Best of Me
August spreads
This is the first calendar I created in my digital planner, this is from 2017. I love the way the color purple and green mix together.
The background of these two pages was created in the Procreate app and I used the GoodNotes app to draw productivity trackers.
September spreads
For this cover page, I used the Procreate app and notice that instead of using dot paper, I’m using a graph paper. In a digital planner, you can easily change from dot paper to graph paper by pasting the new paper on top of the planner as an image.
The quote on the top right says:
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” ― Leo Buscaglia
This weekly spread inspired me to create this minimalist printable.
October spreads
The quote at the bottom right says:
“Relationships are built in the silences. You spend time with people, you observe them and interact with them, and you come to know them—and that is what apartheid stole from us: time.” ― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
November spreads
The quote at the bottom right says:
“At some point we will all confront a dark moment in life. If not the passing of a loved one, then something else that crushes your spirit and leaves you wondering about your future. In that dark moment, reach deep inside yourself and be your very best.” ― William H. McRaven, Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life…And Maybe the World
December Spreads
I hope my digital planner inspired you to create and explore your creativity on your iPad. I will keep updating this blog post as I create new layouts. Join my Facebook group to learn about digital planning and bullet journaling. My readers from all over the world love share their planner setups and digital planner layouts. ♡
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