Ideas for specialty journals
Why just keep one journal when you could have some on subjects?
Here are some ideas on several journals you could keep, and what you could fill them with:
- A journal for your reading. This journal could be filled with lists of books you want to read, books you have read, reviews of books, ideas of books to read and their source, clipping from papers or magazines, a printed out picture of books you saw at a bookstore that looked interesting. The possibilities are endless. Let me know on mastodon if I should write a more detailed post on keeping a reading journal.
- A gratitude journal. Every morning, write down what you are grateful for.
- A health tracker. Track the meds you take, write down symptoms or log your doctorâs visits.
- Plant journal. Paste in a picture of your plant and its care instructions. Whatâs the ideal position for the plant? Sunny? Shade? When did you water and fertilise your plant? What issues did you have with it and how did you solve it?
- A writing journal. Journal your thoughts after a writing session, write down ideas, work out plots and scribble notes or quotes that inspire you.
- Pet journal. Paste in pictures, log vet visits, keep a food log, write about your petâs quirks, jot down fun things that happened. There are so many things you could keep in a pet journal.
- Food journal. What did you eat? What are your favourite meals? What are the recipes? What new recipes would you like to try? Paste them in! What do you plan to eat next week?
- Travel journal. Where would you like to travel? What would you like to see there? When youâre there, add daily journal entries of your visit and paste in fun things you collect along the way like receipts or brochures of places youâve visited.
- One line a day journal. There are these fancy journals where you can write one line a day for five years, but you can also just do this in a notebook for a year or for five, draw in lines if you want to do that. A one line a day journal forces you to focus on the essentials of the day. If you have children, you could keep a journal for each child with one fun or exciting thing that happened that day.
- Creativity journal. What would you like to create? What workshop would you like to take? What are your favourite tools? Paste in swatches of paint, add quick sketches, paste in fabric swatches or test squares youâve knitted.