2023 +January Bullet Journal set up

New year, new Bullet Journal! I’m so happy with my new Bullet Journal, and I’m excited to share my new spreads. This year I bought a journal on Amazon, I bought the Trendstuff Bullet Journal in a beautiful dark blue with gold colour. For my pages I used a mix of different washi tapes, brush pens and stickers. The brush pens are from Tombow, and the stickers are from Moehrenkunstshop. Before I start with my spreads, I want to apologise for the bad lighting, it’s not the best but I think everything turned out okay.

Let’s start with my 2023 set up. My journal came with an index, so I just used it. The goal of my 2023 spreads is that they’re simple, easy to use but still somewhat pretty.


Then I created a spread for some important dates and I created a spread with a ‘stay active’ tracker. I want to see how active I am, it’s kind of a goal to be more active in 2023, so we’ll see.


Next we have my bookish spreads. I created some trackers to see how much I read and what I read.


I also created some simple spreads to track which books I bought in 2023, which books I got via my Kindle Unlimited subscription, and which books I read with my buddy read friend, Sophie.



The last spread of my 2023 spreads has a tracker for how many episodes from TV shows I watched, and how many movies I watched in 2023.


For my January spreads I went with the same theme as my 2023 spreads: simple, easy to use and somewhat pretty. My January set up starts with a tiny calendar of January and the first day of January. My weekly spreads have a little habit tracker so I don’t have to make one bit habit tracker, like I did last year.


This is an example of a ‘normal week’. My weekly spreads have a lot of space because I want to use my journal like a bit of a diary. The space is so that I can write a lot.


My last spread of my January set up is a monthly wrap up with the books I need to read, the books I read, the TV shows I watched, the movies I watched, my favourites and a little overview (total books, episodes and movies).


And that’s it for my 2023 and January set up. If you want to see more of my Bullet Journal spreads, click here.




Shirley Cuypers

Welcome to Shirley Cuypers, your go-to blog for book reviews with a sprinkle of makeup looks, bullet journal inspiration and more. I’m Shirley, a Belgian book blogger who loves to talk about my passion for reading and being creative. On my blog, you will find honest book reviews and reading recommendations, but also creative blog posts such as inspiration for your bullet journal and makeup looks, and lifestyle blog posts like product reviews and tips. Reading has always been my escape. From an early age, you could find me with my nose buried in books. I started reading in Dutch, my native language, but then I discovered the English section in my library and fell in love with English books. On my book blog you can find book reviews and book hauls where I share what I’m currently reading, what I loved and which books I recommend picking up. Whether you enjoy fantasy, romance or young adult, you will find lots of different titles on my blog. My goal is to help other book loves find their next favourite read! Besides books, I occasionally write about makeup, bullet journaling, and other topics. I really enjoy being creative, and I express this by playing with makeup or keeping a bullet journal. You can find several makeup tutorials and bullet journal spreads where I share my creativity with you. These creative outlets balance my reading life, and add a bit of colour to it.