If you’re after more prompts try this page, Topics du jour, which is loaded with enough prompts to keep you going for a very long time.
Although there are two links to real people for help their websites are no longer current, so don’t bother to click on them. The resource is still useful to […]
The best way for me to get into a journal writing mood is to sit down with a freshly brewed coffee; strong and black. I never thought of it as a ritual until someone pointed it out. I suppose it’s true. There’s something about the scent of those roasted beans that puts me in a […]
I’m a fan of the comic strip character Ziggy. His particular view on life is so very close to my own. He’s no one glamorous and knows how it feels to get the short end of the stick, yet he still manages to love life.
Ziggy is also a regular journal writer. Anytime I find […]
This is a question I’ve seen many people ask in different online communities. So, what is the difference?
Today while reading blogs and researching I came across this description on I Feel Pithy, which I felt came pretty close to capturing the different aspects of both journal writing and blogging.
Blogging is definitely for publication, but the […]
Tonight the family played a game together after dinner. I’d never heard of it before, but apparently The Ungame has been around for some time. I enjoyed the way the questions opened up discussion on topics we wouldn’t usually discuss. I also enjoyed the way it helped my 15 year old son ask us questions […]
Another way to handle that feeling of being stuck with your journal writing is to use lists. These can be as simple as listing ten things that make you laugh, or cry, angry, etc. You could list ten things you swear you’ll never do; ten of your favourite foods, or ten of the foods you […]
What do Zlata Filipovic, Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel have in common?
Apart from having their diaries published for the world to read, these three people were teens when they penned those diaries.
One first-year teacher found these diaries a compelling motive and tool to get through to her classroom full of “at risk” teens. In […]
After reading this report I’m even more convinced keeping a regular journal is beneficial to your health.
The study in the report shows how UCLA psychologists subjected undergraduates to stressful conditions and monitored the results. The group who spent time reflecting on their values in the form of written affirmations prior to the stress tests released […]
If you’re at all interested in journal writing, art, visual journals and mail art then you must have heard of the 1000 Journals Project. If you haven’t, take a moment to check it out. The link takes you to the splash page where you can see for yourself pages from some of the 1000 journals […]
Life is about change. We long for the moments when our days will be normal, easy, relaxed, but the truth is they hardly ever are. We deal with change on a day to day basis, even though we don’t enjoy it. This is one reason you should write these changes down in your journal. Each […]
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