My hands-down favorite bullet journal

2 April 2026

I’ve been bullet journaling since January 2022. I use my handy journal to write down everything that happens in my day. I use it for my task list and to capture any information that I don’t want to forget. (Click here for links to more of my blog posts about bullet journaling.)

I’m so glad I started bullet journaling when I did because it helped me keep everything together when I had to move my dad into assisted living and sell his house. After he passed away a few months later, my bullet journal helped me keep track of all the information about his estate. (I was the executor.) I did not have another system in place that would have handled all that information as well.

I kept on with the bullet journaling and it came through for me again in 2024 when my husband and I decided to sell our house and move to an apartment. My bullet journal allowed me to capture all the information needed to downsize our belongings and move and then renovate and sell our house. I took care of the bulk of that while my husband was in the hospital for nine weeks getting a new heart. I’m telling you, there was a lot of information to keep track of. The bullet journal kept me sane.

When I fill up on journal, I start another. I’m currently on my 20th bullet journal. It took me ten tries to identify a journal that I really love and my most recent ten are all the same (with different colored covers). I wanted to share the details of that journal for the curious because my love for them has not lessened in the slightest.

My bullet journal of choice is the B5 Dotted Journal Pro from Scribbles That Matter. I prefer the 120 gsm paper weight.

Why do I love it? For so many reasons:

The 120 gsm paper is heavy enough to prevent ink from bleeding through but not so heavy that the journal itself is hard to carry around.
The B5 size (7 inches x 10 inches) is spacious enough for me to write freely without feeling cramped.
The subtle dot-grid pattern helps me write in a straight line but doesn’t hem me in.
It has page numbers.
There are four pages at the front with a pre-printed form for an index, a critical component of using the journal
It has a nice leather-like hard cover and opens flat (and stays open).
It comes in lots of fun colors.

Each of my otherwise identical journals has a different colored cover (though I’m starting to repeat colors) and I put a fun sticker on the cover of each. I keep a running note (in Apple Notes) with a timeline of the journals so I can easily pull the right one (identified by color and sticker) off my shelf.

These 215-page journals are not inexpensive—$35 each when bought on Amazon. But for me they are well worth the cost.

I have not been tempted to look beyond Scribbles That Matter for my next journal. In fact, I’m relieved that my search is over. If you’re a bullet journaler (or an aspiring one), I urge you to give this one a try! If you want more info on my bullet journal supplies, check out this post from 2025 on my other go-to BuJo supplies. If you’d like to learn more about how I bullet journal (everyone does it differently), check out my 2025 BuJo series.

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