I created this monthly layout for next month. I plan to try a slightly different layout for each month remaining in 2025 so I'll have a better idea of what I actually like for my 2026 planner. So far the rest of my bullet journal is just a mess of notes, ideas, and brain dumps.

I really like the idea of front loading my Bullet Journals with my Needed layouts like Year at a glance, future log, monthly, and weekly layouts, and probably a few trackers for things like fitness, meal prep, and sleep tracking, and using the remaining pages for this style of note taking and messy thoughts. This way I'll get the best of both worlds. I'm one of those people who craves organization and loves to decorate pages, but I'm also full of chaotic energy that is best just dumped onto blank pages.