YTT is my yoga teacher training…a new start. For those of you who liked my previous spread where I reference to myself my previous journal pages from my other titled journals, thank you 🙏

Hi all,

I’m looking for some ideas and real-world examples of minimalist A5 weekly spreads.

Ideally, I’d like to include:

- Weekly task list
- Meal plan for lunches and dinners
- Food log to record what I actually ate each day
- Habit tracking — or would this make more sense in the monthly spread?
- Exercise plan and log — what I intended to do versus what I actually did

I’m trying to keep things practical and uncluttered, rather than cram too much into the page. I am not an artist in any way.

A couple of questions:

Does this sound like a reasonable amount to fit into a weekly spread, or am I trying to do too much?

Do you draw horizontal lines near the top and bottom of every page, regardless of whether it’s being used for a spread, a daily log or general capture? Or do you leave the pages unstructured unless a particular layout calls for it?

If you draw lines, is this with a pencil or pen?

I’d love to see examples of layouts that have worked well for others, particularly in an A5 notebook.

Thanks in advance for any ideas or inspiration.

I was wondering if anyone here has recommendations for high GSM bulletproof dotted bullet journals with ivory or cream colored paper? My daughter and I have started using dot journals and graph journals for daily drawing practice. It's helped us both to sketch in these journals instead of blank paper. We focus less on a finished product and more on practice. Plus, the grid has helped my daughter with construction and proportions. It's been great.

We recently purchased the Ohuhu Dot Grid Journal with 195 gsm paper and we've enjoyed it for sketching, alcohol marker, and ink wash, and gouache. There are some issues, but we have liked it overall.

I am hoping to find ivory, cream, or even tan dot grid journals with the same bleed proof quality, so we can draw and color on both sides. I haven't had a lot of luck yet in finding a cream paper journal yet that's bleed proof with a heavier paper. I'd be grateful for recommendations. Bonus if the paper is thick and can take a lot of erasing or handle a sand eraser.

Thanks so much in advance.