January 2026 Journal Pages

To start the new year off, I decided to go with a celestial theme. I used Tombows and watercolor markers to create the cloudy backgrounds, and used stickers from a Happy Planner sticker book called "Sophisticated Stargazer" as added decoration. My new word for 2026 is "Light" and the quote for the month is "Routines give a Lightness to heavy problems." After a hectic holiday season, I was very ready to start the year getting back to the routines and rhythms of my daily life.

The calendar is actually my least favorite spread of the month. It feels too cluttered and also felt like it took too much effort to make. That's why in the next few months you will see my style being paired back to a bit more of a minimalist approach. (minimalist for me).

The aims page on the left once again uses stickers from the Happy Planner book. The right side is my finances page. To save on time, I opted for a dutch door so you can now see the decoration from the next spread along the right side.

Which is my habit tracking spread. Habits down the left side, days of the month across the top, and a system of "high-low" tracking with hollow and filled circles respectively.

The journal page gets filled in with long form journaling after the end of the month. The right side is my month in review page, where I track some totals for the month as well as reviewing what did and didn't work for me throughout this period.

My weekly spread has space for a schedule, a task list, a habit tracker, a menu, and a notes section. You can see my Cat-stro-bot pattern planning in this week's note section. I'll come back and put a link in when I've finished sewing that one!

This final spread is actually the first of my 2026 pages, this year I've decided to do my goal setting in quarters, and while most of my goal planning happens in my Long Term Collections journal, I wanted a quick reference at the start of Q1 in my everyday journal. I have actually found this spread very helpful for keeping me on track instead of straying off to start (or finish) a million other projects that I have in my head.