Putting Pen to Dotted Paper: Index, Key, and Yearly Spread
The time has come for you to mark in your dot journal for the first time! But... how do you begin? Not only do you want your journal to be beautiful, you also want it to be practical. To maximize practicality, you may want to save the first few pages of your dot journal for three things: an index, a key, and a yearly spread. And here's why: Have you ever written something down and then later on, when you REALLY need that information, you can't find it wherever it may be, be it in a journal, a notebook, or a planner? That has happened to me countless times, and if you've been in a similar pickle, you know how irritating it can be. That's why I followed Rachel Miller's advice when she spoke of including an index in your dot journal. The time it takes to make the index, and perhaps number the pages in the journal if they are not already, is far less than that which you might spend flipping through the same pages in frustration wondering, Where on earth is tha
