Preparing For a Fresh Start: A Bullet Journal Migration Spread Guide

At the time of writing this post, I am getting very close to setting up my brand-new bullet journal in my Pink Tree of Life Tiefossi notebook. I always make sure I make the time to create a migration spread for my move over to a new notebook. It makes things a lot smoother than if I just winged it. Today, I’m going to share the process from the start to the end. I’ll go into more detail about why I do this, I’ll share a template spread that you can use yourself and I’ll explain how I use it. Let’s get to it!

Why?

Like I alluded to, I create this spread to make my life easier. It might seem like an extra step when you’re excited to move into a new notebook. However, for me, it prevents that sort of overwhelming feeling of trying to remember everything that needs moving over. For example, there are collections, goals, trackers and tasks that are unfinished. If I don’t write them down, it’s easy for me to forget them.

I also really like that it gives me a chance to pause and reflect before moving on. Instead of automatically transferring everything, I get the chance to decide whether something still needs to be within my journal.  There are times where certain spreads aren’t needed and that’s the time I will get rid. 

The Template

This is the template that I use every time I’m migrating to a new notebook. You are more than welcome to use this for yourself but also feel free to make any changes that you may need. After all, we’re all different!

How I Use This Template

Once I’ve finished making my migration spread, I will sit down with my current Bullet Journal and flip through every single spread. I will then write each spread down in each different section depending on if I want to keep it or dump it. I love this part because it stops me from carrying over any unnecessary spreads into a fresh notebook. For example, I don’t need a 2025 reflections spread again. What I would introduce instead in the new spreads section is a 2026 so far spread. You can see that this template allows me to think about what I need and what I can change.

I hope this blog post is useful for you. Let me know if you have any questions and thank you for reading!

Beth