Planning Your Creative Year

The new year is here! Christmas is done and it's the quieter 'in between' start to January where routines haven't quite returned but you're starting to think about the year ahead. 

You don’t need to plan your whole year this week.
But you could open a fresh page and start to think it through.

Why a Journal Helps

A journal gives shape to the loose ideas floating around your mind, even the half-formed ones.

It doesn't have to be about being neat or productive. It’s can be about just noticing.
Writing by hand slows you down just enough to hear yourself think.

Don't get caught in the trap that a journal needs to be a certain way, or beautifully organised. Just start it in whatever way you choose.  If you're unsure where or how to begin, here are a few suggestions.

1. A list of things that that you loved or learned last year.

2. A page for things you want to keep — habits, people, practices

3. A small list of things you’d like to try in 2026

4. One page for: “who I'd love to become”

5. A blank page titled: “what happens next”

You don’t need a system. Just somewhere to start.

Something New to Begin?

If one of the things on your 2026 list is to “make something with your hands” — we’d love to show you how.

Our Beginner’s Bookbinding Blueprint course opens for enrolment on January 7, and you’ll have until the 17th to join. Inside, you’ll learn how to make your own section-sewn, hardcover journal from start to finish. No prior experience needed.

Joint the course (or waitlist outside those dates) here

This season doesn’t have to be about doing more.
It can be about noticing more and writing it down.

Happy New Year!