My January 2026 Junk Journal Planner | Curiosity Themed Setup + Printables

Welcome back, my lovely crafty friend 💛
In today’s video, I’m setting up January 2026 in my Junk Journal Planner, and I’m inviting you behind the scenes as I add a brand-new monthly signature with the theme 'Curiosity'.

If you’re new here - Welcome🤗❤️ My name is Garjana. I’m a psychotherapist, and after trying countless planners over the years, I created a system that finally works with my brain instead of against it. My junk journal planner allows me to plan my weeks ahead with fold-out weekly calendars, spacious mind-map style to-do lists, and plenty of room for creative expression, journaling, and gentle reflection.

🎥If you are interested in how to make a Junk Journal Planner, you can find the full playlist here:
   • 🙂 Junk Journal Planner  

In this video, I walk you through:
✨ how I print, trim, distress, and assemble my January free printable pages
✨ why uneven edges, mixed sizes, and imperfections are not flaws but part of the beauty of junk journaling
✨how my Traveler’s Notebook–style setup allows me to add, remove, and rearrange pages easily
✨how the January theme “Curiosity” flows through all parts of my channel this month - paper design, crafting ideas, and personal reflections.

Every month, my free printable papers connect to daily mindful collage prompts that I post on my Community page. Each day in January offers a small, gentle invitation to pause, notice, and explore something with curiosity - and to collect a tiny item inspired by that moment. At the end of the month, those 31 collected pieces come together in a monthly mental health collage.

✨On the first Monday of each month, we meet live to create that collage together:

'December Collage Live Stream' - If everything goes as planned this time🙏
🗓 When: Monday, 5 January 2026
⏰ 9:00 a.m. New Zealand time (NZDT) 🇳🇿

🌎 International times:
🇺🇸 USA (Sunday, 4 Jan):
• 3:00 p.m. ET
• 2:00 p.m. CT
• 12:00 p.m. PT
🇬🇧 UK (Sunday, 4 Jan): 8:00 p.m.
🇩🇪 Germany (Sunday, 4 Jan): 9:00 p.m.
🇦🇺 Australia (Monday, 5 Jan): 7:00 a.m. Sydney

These collages can stand alone as creative pieces, or if you like be folded and used as the cover page for your monthly planner signature, just like I show you here with October and November.

💌You can download the January printable kit for free on my Ko-fi page:
https://ko-fi.com/s/b2ee3a7682
Use it however you like; as a planner, a journal, a collage base, or whatever your crafty spirit comes up with.

If this slower, creative approach to planning resonates with you, I’d love to have you join us, whether that’s through the planner, the daily prompts, the monthly collage lives, or simply crafting alongside me.

Thank you for being here 💛
I hope this video leaves you feeling inspired, grounded, and gently curious about the month ahead.