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New Year. Same Journals.

BY: @calendulacraft | CREATED: Jan. 29, 2026, 11:53 a.m. | VOTES: 66 | PAYOUT: $1.22 | [ VOTE ]

Hello Hive,

Anyone who frequents the crafty corners of the internet will have noticed a trend: everyone is getting new journals and planners to celebrate our entrance into 2026. And, I totally get it. There is a special boost of energy to starting anew with the new year. And, somehow, a brand new journal symbolizes a fresh start. I am not opposed to buying new things, but, why should I abandon my old notebooks when I have a couple of perfectly good ones with plenty of pages left to fill?

[IMAGE: https://images.ecency.com/DQmcdFoChbGooiUtFVcZjhR4qabrz4r19cCi9r5aemgycMo/1769602255865.jpg]

Today I want to de-influence my fellow crafters. We don't need to buy anything new, at least not until the pages of the last journal are filled up. To illustrate my point I made a short video clip showing off my current art journals:

https://youtube.com/shorts/Cz-mTJ3wnzg?si=ArbDZ96yJG6My0q7

We may be a few weeks into a new year but, I am still working on projects from last year. So, why should those projects be separated into a different book?

Happy Crafting Everyone!!

Replies

@bibana | Jan. 29, 2026, 6:28 p.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

Ayyy, how cute kitty cat 😍 I like you writtings, you made me think of starting mine, too.

@calendulacraft | Jan. 29, 2026, 11:24 p.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

He is such a sweet boy, always interested in my crafts :)

@erikah | Jan. 29, 2026, 7:34 p.m. | Votes: 14 | [ VOTE ]

I totally agree with you and your post inspired me to write mine, which is going to drop tomorrow. No need to start a new journal, just because we've entered a new year.

@calendulacraft | Jan. 29, 2026, 11:24 p.m. | Votes: 1 | [ VOTE ]

oh yay! I am so excited to read your post about your journal/notebook or whatever!

@erikah | Jan. 30, 2026, 11:44 a.m. | Votes: 14 | [ VOTE ]

Unfortunately this post is not going to be about journal/notebook yet, that has to wait a little longer, but it's going to be an interesting post 😉

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