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17 Wellness Journals To Kickstart Your Year


If being more present, more of a go-getter or hitting certain goals is your new year MO, you’re going to need one of these wellness journals to get there.

Journalling is a powerful tool for wellness. It boosts your mindfulness by helping you reflect and stay on course. Journalling can help you achieve your goals, help you gain self-confidence and can even improve your writing and communication skills. Per Rochester University, it can improve your stress, manage anxiety and even help you cope with depression.

Plus, research links journalling with boosted immune function, since journalers see fewer doctors for stress-related incidences. It also helps cultivate gratitude, which in turn leads to greater contentment and happiness with life.

These wellness journals tick all the boxes and each is designed specifically to help you reach your goals, achieve greater wellness and cultivate inner peace. These are the 2026 wellness journals we’re loving.

Local Loggers

These locally-made wellness journals support South African artists *and* get the job done. 

Good Golly Life Planner

This landscape journal allows you to take charge of your health by tracking your budget, to-do lists, meals and habits. A pocket is handy for notes. It also has empty lined and grid pages for scribbles and doodles. 

Flexi Wow Diary

Made specifically for women, this journal includes planning for day, month and year, including bullet journalling, money tracking, gratitude lists and more. 

Mr Price Planner

This concise, undated journal accounts for everyday, helping you jot down top priorities, schedule, to-dos and creative writing. 

Midlife Money Makeover with Journal by Kim Potgieter

This smart planner is part of a package that includes an educational book about financial planning. The accompanying journal is an easy-to-follow process to prepare for retirement – or just the next chapter of your life. 

Design Your Own Diary

Ever wanted to buy a journal and was about to add to cart when you realise something key is missing? That’s why Burble lets you design your own journal, complete with personalised cover. Here’s your golden opportunity.   

Functional Diaries For Goal-Getting

Every other wellness journal that takes your health seriously and ships to your door. 

Come As You Are Guided Wellness Journal

This guided logger – with stickers! – from Designworks Ink is full of trackers and opportunities for reflection. 

Becoming: A Guided Journal For Discovering Your Voice By Michelle Obama

You’ve read the book, now use her smarts to direct your path with this voice-finding journal. Find inspiring quotes and prompts to help you discover your story. It’s a journal for doing the deep inner work and finding yourself through these reflections.

One Line A Day By Chronicle Books

Take the work out of being mindful by writing just one line a day. It’s also great for looking back and reflecting on what was going on in years past. Capture your memories any way you’d like, using photos, drawings or paint.

The Wellbeing Journal By MIND

This journal, created in partnership with MIND, the mental health charity, spans pages of helpful, productive prompts that allow you to express yourself. Find colouring pages, drawing prompts and contemplative quotes.

The Anti-Burnout Journal By Bex Spiller

You don’t need to start this journal on the 1st of January. It spans 12 weeks, and with it, you can learn about what causes prolonged stress and take charge of it. Plus, it comes with an online dashboard with lifetime access to video lessons in yoga, mindfulness and more.

READ MORE: 5 Morning Routines That Actually Work, According To Science

Your 10-Minute Wellness Journal by Gill Thackray

This illustrated notebook allows you just ten minutes of reflection to cultivate wellness. Work towards your goals with self-care strategies. 

I Am Here Now By The Mindfulness Project

By working through these pages, you can harness mindfulness and bring a new awareness to your senses, thoughts and emotions. The pages help you practise meditation with an audio track guided by internationally renowned mindfulness teacher Tara Brach.

Self-Love Workbook by Megan Logan

Confidence can unlock a whole world of excellence. So gift yourself the gift of… yourself with this workbook that includes techniques to build your self-esteem. 

Typo Rise Reflect Journal

Made to help you start and end your day with gratitude, this guided diary is perfect for diary newbies – or for when you just don’t know what to write. Prompts allow you to reflect and rewire your brain for the positive. 

The Manifestation Journal By Gill Thackray

Manifestation is having its moment. Learn about your fears and how to rise above them with this book, by mindfulness teacher and psychologist Gill Thackray.

READ MORE: 15 Best Journalling Apps To Start The New Year With More Mindfulness

One Question A Day By Aimee Chase

This five-year journal serves as a time capsule for your brain. Answer just one question every day and after a while, look back on this book and be taken by what your life looked like, what you thought, how you felt, how your world was shaped.

The Morning Journal By My Self Love Supply

This hit Insta account, with over 3 million fans on Instagram, now has a journal for harnessing your mornings and taking the power of the day for yourself. Find gentle prompts to understand your needs, with reflective as well as planning pages.

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