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Stuck for a start for that new journal, or just ideas to fatten it up? Try:

  • Sensory Journaling: Document your day focusing on sensory impacts - sight, sound, smell, touch, taste, the inexplicable.
  • Mapping: Mark your day by mapping it, key moments, locations, marking with symbols or colours to represent events, emotions, etc.
  • One Word/Line: Summarise your day in a single word and/or sentence.
  • Collage: Using print media that have impacted you, ticket stubs, receipts, photos, etc. that you collected throughout your day, document your day. Add captions or doodles.
  • Gratitude journal: Write down one thing you're grateful for each day, and make an arrangement of them at the end of the month, year, etc.
  • commonplace book
  • ephemera
  • hobby notes - reflections, keeping track, etc.
  • five word stories
  • six word stories
  • adulting inventory
  • alphabet and word games
  • alternate perspectives
  • apocalists/bucket lists
  • book - lists and reviews, reading notes
  • book excerpt of the day
  • brainstorming book
  • business planning and management
  • collections - chronicles, photos, notes, plans, wants
  • concept maps
  • constrained writing projects
  • creative and other challenges
  • creative writing
  • desert island lists
  • doodles
  • draw something each day that represents an aspect of your day or how you're feeling
  • dream journal
  • event planner
  • everyday reference book
  • favourites of any kind (or even things that aren't)
  • finances
  • fitness planner
  • free-writing
  • fun activities to do on a rainy day
  • future logs
  • goal of the day
  • hand-lettering and calligraphy practice
  • health/medical notes
  • highlight of the day
  • home projects
  • home town tourist notes
  • ideas journal
  • junk journal
  • keep a personal lexicon, because who doesn't make up their own words sometimes
  • keep ticket stubs, receipts, small mementos, or other ephemera from your daily travels, and include reflections if you desire
  • keep track of your earworms or daily favourites
  • language learning notes
  • lessons learned
  • life admin tasks
  • life assessment
  • life data/book
  • life hacks
  • list book
  • local history notes and memorabilia
  • long-term collections journal
  • looking forward to
  • magazine clippings
  • make lists of various things - books you want to read, places you want to visit, or things that make you happy
  • make mini collages using magazine cutouts, stickers, or other ephemera that you collect throughout your day
  • master grocery list
  • medical notes journal
  • memorabilia
  • memorable moments
  • memories and memorabilia life data
  • memory of the day
  • micro-stories or poems
  • milestones
  • music - lyrics, reviews, notation, creation
  • networking, work, and professional development
  • notes
  • one word and/or sentence a day
  • paint chip journalling
  • pass-the-parcel journalling
  • photo album
  • photo of the day
  • picture diary
  • project planner
  • purchases and shopping lists
  • purge pile
  • question of the day
  • quotations / affirmations and your thoughts/reactions to them, quote of the day
  • random thoughts
  • reading journal
  • reflection prompts
  • reflections
  • samples
  • scrapbook
  • someday list - things you want to do or achieve but don't have a deadline for.
  • song lyrics or playlists
  • song of the day
  • soundtrack of the day
  • story ideas
  • stream of consciousness
  • swatch journal
  • textures and fabrics
  • then and now
  • things you'd like to invent or have invented
  • things you've borrowed
  • throwback memory
  • time management and scheduling
  • to-do (tomorrow)
  • undo list - bad habits as goals to hopefully break
  • unsent letters
  • use colours to represent your moods and emotions each day. you can do this randomly, with images, or create a pixel tracker such as bullet journallers use
  • use mind maps to explore your thoughts, goals, or plans. this visual approach can help you to organise ideas without lengthy writing
  • voice notes
  • what I'm looking forward to
  • what made you laugh
  • when did I last
  • wins and lessons
  • wish of the day
  • wishlists
  • word of the day
  • words to learn/look up
  • work journal
  • write down three things you're grateful for each day
  • writing planner/prompts/challenges/notes
  • yearly collections journal


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