Part collage, part diary and part upcycling, a junk journal combines many crafting ideas into one sometimes-bursting book.

“Junk journals are often filled with handwritten notes, sketches, and photos, but there are no rules—if you can glue it down, it can go in your journal,” says Argonish. The process involves ...

A freeform hybrid of collage, scrapbooking and traditional journaling, the creative hobby is having a moment right now.

To get started, all you need to do is gather some junk from around your house and grab an empty journal (or even an old book!) and an adhesive. And when we say junk, we mean it: Everything counts ...

Junk journaling is a therapeutic and creative outlet that promotes mental well-being, reduces stress and anxiety, and fosters ...

. When junk journaling, you can take a step back, turn on a favorite podcast or a movie that you have been meaning to watch and let yourself fall into a trance where the only thing that is expected of ...

Now imagine pasting every one of those things in a journal and you’ve got down the basic tenets of junk journaling, TikTok’s newest trend, and the latest attempt to combat digital fatigue.

Junk journaling comprises recycling sentimental objects to create aesthetic and artistic collages, which work in the same way as writing a journal entry. The only difference between a junk journal ...