writingnotebooks:

Ooooh, I LOVE this question!

Lots of people keep journals with systematic diary entries, but I understand that it doesn’t work for everyone.

Here are some cool/interesting/fun/motivational/productive things you can do that don’t necessarily include keeping a diary:

• Turn a Moleskine (or other notebook) into a planner/organizer/PDA/productivity system
• 52 lists
• 30 Days of Lists
• Answer “50 Questions That Will Free Your Mind”
• Start a gratitude journal
• Create a “life handbook”
• Keep morning pages
• Start a scrapbook
• Use journal prompts to answer questions when you feel like it
• Participate in the 7-week Life Cleanse
• Keep these 9 lists updated — REALLY useful things to keep track of!
• Take notes as you learn something new
• Use a notebook to keep track of goal-setting and productivity: 60 Ways to Improve Your Life in 100 Days
• Keep a recipe book
• Keep a reading journal/movie journal/music journal/fashion journal
• Start a quote book
• Make a travel journal — use it to plan your trip/vacation, then glue in transportation ticket stubs, itineraries, maps, photographs, dinner receipts at fancy restaurants, and write about your adventures
• Doodle in it
• Write poetry
• Cut out and glue pretty pictures
• Create a bucket list journal and record each item as you complete it

Does that give you enough ideas to start with? :)

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