Journaling Goals for 2026

Today's Top Ten Tuesday topic is goals for 2026. My reading goals have been fluctuating heavily recently so I'm going to focus on my journaling goals for 2026.

Weekly Journaling

I've been journaling for years, but I've never had a goal to consistently journal. This year I'd like to journal at least weekly if not daily. I've switched the type of journal that I use, and I'm working on a new style of journaling so it's all very enjoyable at the moment.

Do you journal? What kind of journal do you use? If I reach this goal, I may treat myself to a Hobonichi Weeks next year if that fits the vibe of my journaling by the end of the year.

Stickers

I do have the goal to not be afraid to use up the stickers, but I'm also challenging myself to use my favorite stickers first. I'm not saving them for a better day, better moment, gift for someone else. Use the best ones right here, right now. (I'm loving this one.)

Junk Journaling

I'm still playing in my normal journal, and I'm trying to do more junk journaling in it this year. I'm taking little ephemera and gluing it into my journal. It brings me joy so I'm hoping to be more mindful when I'm out of the home to save little things for my journal. I haven't caught on to this habit yet.

No Work Related Stuff

I'm challenging myself to keep almost all work related stuff out of my journal. It brings me absolutely no joy to come across work things in my journal so I'm working on this. The exception will be things I do outside of working hours while on work trips.

Page Counts

This is a very loose goal as I only want to attempt this one in a way that brings me joy. I'd love to track how many pages I read a day. I don't want an exact page count, but I'd love to see something along the lines of 0-50, 51-100, 101-200, 200+. This is something I'm going to play with this year and see what's possible to track here.