Basics to Journaling

TOOLS YOU NEED TO COLLECT--

70-page spiral notebook and a good pen OR a 12-month calendar

I prefer the 8 1/2 X 11 notebook size but you might choose a smaller one that is easier to carry to work or wherever you decide to journal.

Format:
When using a notebook: entries are numbered consecutively, given a topic or heading, and dated for easy reference

Specified length, usually 3/4 page

Most entries are five- to six-minute free writings

Time Commitment:
Spend at least one hour a week; for example, 1 writing for 1 hour, 2/30-minute writings for 1 hour, 3/20-minute writings for 1 hour, or 4/15-minute writings for 1 hour.


A journal is a notebook that records experiences, ideas, and learning. Some purposes of journaling are to write, to gather ideas, to reflect, to express, to interpret, and to vent emotions.
These entries might produce ideas that will become a published article.

Journals offer a place
-to practice free writing
-to record honest and truthful thoughts
-to experiment with language and explore ideas
-to make observations
-to record events over a period of time

Journal topics include, but are not limited to,--
-Responses to learning (learning log)
-Reader-responses to literature and devotionals
-Reflections on events-past and present
-Opinions on current events
-Ideas for creative writing-stories, poems
-Future plans