2025 Journal Setup Guide Pt.1
It’s that time of year again, 2025 journal setup season! So along with everyone else, this month, I thought I’d share some ideas, tips, things to consider, and, of course, my own selection of spreads for 2025. This is part 1 of my journal setup guide and will focus on pre-planning. This part is the grunt of the effort when setting up a new journal but once it’s done it makes everything else much easier. Part 2 will be posted next month and include the more decorative and aesthetic elements along with actually putting pen to paper and showing the final result. But before all that, let’s jump into the planning! Step 1: Brainstorm The first step is deciding what spreads you’re going to include in your journal and writing them all out. Some questions to consider: What worked for me this year? What didn’t work for me this year? Is there anything I can replace it with? What is something I’d like to add to this setup? If this is your first time setting up a journal then the questio...