The best journals and notebooks to buy for the year ahead
We're getting super organised ahead of 2025, and are already starting to plan our stationery for the year ahead. Admit it, it's time to step up from keeping your "very important ideas" in your notes app and invest in a journal. Whether it's for general to do lists, tracking your wellbeing, focusing on gratitude, scrapbooking, or even keeping your fave recipes to hand, there are journals for whatever you need.
From calendar-style offerings so you can keep track of your weekly schedule to ones that remind you to be mindful, here's our pick of the 13 best journals to buy ahead of 2025.
Weekly & Monthly Planner, Spiral 12-Month 2025
If your 2025 is shaping up to be a big one full of exciting plans, get ahead and get organised with this planner which has a monthly and weekly breakdown, as well as to-do lists, weekly mood trackers and a productivity companion to help you achieve your monthly goals.
Beach Towel Wellness Journal
Get those feel-good holiday vibes all year long with this beach towel themed wellness journal. Inside, fill the pages with your daily intentions, dreams, sleeping patterns and self care plans.
Library Card Reading Journal
If you plan for next year to be full of new books then keep a track of them in this reading journal. It allows you to keep an overarching index of every read before going in depth with two pages for your review of each.
Stars Manifestation Journal
If you want to get into manifesting your best life possible in 2025, then this journal with a helpful guide on how to manifest is ideal and filled with 112 blank pages to get you thinking about your goals.
2025 Panama leather Weekly Diary
If you just want a small pocket sized journal to keep track of your most important dates and events, then we love this weekly diary from Smythson which is available in a range of colours.
Reef Blue Large Hard Cover Ruled Notebook
We don't know if its the sleek cover, or the perfectly crisp lined pages, but using a Moleskine notebook makes us feel like proper grownups. You know the ones who have their s**t together. So even if you don't feel responsible you'll be able to have all your important thoughts and notes documented in a proper notebook.
Marfa Western Boots Daily Planner
Getting this beyond cute cowboy design planner out every day might just be enough to motivate us to get through our mammoth to-do list.
A5 Refillable Journal
Ok, so this is definitely on the spenny side of journals, but it's worth it as it will last you for years to come as the journal is refillable. We're obsessed with the black croc effect of this journal, although it also comes in a brown colour too. Oh, and you can personalise it too.
DIY Scrapbook
While we may not have the greatest artistic skills, the girlies on TikTok have convinced us scrapbooking is the hobby to get into next year. And so to get started we'll be getting this scrapbook.
Hanging Fruits Recipe Journal
For all the culinary queens among us, how cute is this recipes journal? Whether you're experimenting with your own dishes or you need a space to write down the instructions for your great great great grandmother's fudge, we're loving the vibe of this Papier offering.
Leather Notebook A5
Ok, this is going straight to the top of our Christmas lists. The genuine leather notebook can be personalised and there's a variety of colours available too.
Soft Cover A5 Notebook Set of 3
Keep it simple with this pack of black journals.
Lined Notebook Journal Hardcover
Got a lot to say? This journal has you covered. With 320 pages to use, it's time to start writing that novel.
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