Making your dot journal look pretty (or handsome) isn’t a requirement, but it’s an aspect of dot journaling that many people (myself included) really enjoy. I’ve always loved the idea from Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up that the everyday objects we surround ourselves with should “spark joy,” and that attitude extends to my dot journal. For my journal to spark joy, first, it needs to be functional—I want to be able to write in it, read it, and find important information in it without much effort. And, second . . . yeah, I want to like how it looks!
