Creative Reset: A Gentle Return to Scrapbooking

A new year arrives, both wistful and exciting.

After the holidays, we're expected to feel energized, organized, and ready for change.

Most of us aren’t quite there yet.

If the new year finds you moving slowly, feeling reflective, or unsure where to begin creatively, you’re not alone.

But not every January needs a jumpstart. Some years ask for a reset — a gentle return to yourself.

Why Creativity Feels Hard After the Holidays

It’s normal to feel disconnected from scrapbooking or journaling right now. Life gets busy, routines change, and by January, your creative practice might feel muted.

You might be thinking things like:

• “I want to make something, but I don’t know where to start.”

• “I have supplies… but I’m not inspired.”

• “I want to reconnect with myself and my memories.”

• “I’m curious about scrapbooking, but the traditional way feels overwhelming.”

If any of this feels familiar, you’re not behind.

A Different Way to Begin Again

I used to think that creativity required a big project: a perfect layout, a full album, or a long list of memories to “catch up” on.

But over time, I realized something simpler and much more honest: Creativity begins with connection to yourself, your memories, and what matters to you.

And that begins with one small, grounding question: What do I want my creative life to feel like this year?

Not what you want to make, what you think you “should” document, or what you need to catch up on. Just how you want creativity to feel within you.

A January Reset, One Step at a Time

This month, I’m sharing a four-part series designed to help you reconnect with your creative practice gently and intentionally.

Each part focuses on a different layer of the process:

• Week 1 begins with reflection and clarity, helping you reconnect with what you want your creative practice to give you now.

• Week 2 explores the rules and habits that often get in the way of that connection.

• Week 3 focuses on making space — physically and mentally — for what actually supports your creativity.

• Week 4 brings everything back to the page, from a more grounded, story-first place.

Each week builds on the last, and you’re invited to move through the series at your own pace. There’s no rush and no pressure to do everything at once.

The best place to begin is with Week 1: Reconnect, a journal-with-me video on YouTube where we start slowly and thoughtfully, not by reinventing yourself or your creativity, but by returning to what matters.

Creative Reset: Starting Scrapbooking Again Playlist

Let’s make this the year your creativity feels like you!