When the topic of journal writing comes up, I
usually meet two kinds of people: the kind that say “Journal writing is not for
me” and the kind that say, “I used to keep a journal but then it got too
difficult to write in it regularly.” Journal writing doesn’t have to be chore.
It is not something you have to do every day, or even every week. If you do
want to incorporate journal writing into your regular routine, try experimenting
with different forms of creative journaling. Give yourself a prompt or exercise
every day and let yourself have fun with it. Here are some ideas to get you
started:
Day 1: Make a list of all the things you did today.
Day 2: Flip open your dictionary, randomly select 10
words and then write a paragraph using all 10 of those words.
Day 3: In 100 words, describe what you see out your
window. (Sometimes it is nice to give yourself a word limit. Then you know you
won’t be spending hours on a journal entry.)
Day 4: Cut out pictures from a magazine and paste
them to your journal. Make a collage of your favorite images.
Day 5: Do a word association. Begin with Banana and go from there.
Day 6: Draw an emoticon of how you are feeling, or
10 emoticons of your most common expressions.
Day 7: Create a cartoon character of yourself. Draw
him/her and give him/her exaggerated characteristics.
Explore other journal prompt ideas online and look
at other people’s blogs to get an idea of what they are writing about. Remember
that you can make your journal anything you want.
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