Why you should journal

This is a chapter in my e-book on journalling, but it felt good to keep it in my garden too.

1. A journal is a great tool for relaxation. Just writing out your thoughts in one go is a great way to clear your mind before you go to bed.
2. It’s a great, safe place where you can play with ideas.
3. I love to use my journal as a place where I observe things around me that might spark some writing later.
4. You can keep a list of adventures to have at a later date.
5. You can ponder at length about a new creative project.6. I also love to use my journal for yearly/monthly goal setting.
6. You can write ideas for books/stories/art in your journal (and mark the page) so you can keep working on your current project, but still have the new idea stored in a safe space for when you can work on it later.
7. A journal is also great as a sounding board, a safe space to write out your frustrations.
8. You can also devote a page to write down positive things that people have said about you and your creations.
9. A journal is a great space for creative experiments, things you want to try but have no idea how.
10. You can paste in something that someone else created and that really sparks your creativity or just because it makes you smile.
11. You can make collages of images you collect from magazines, and start an art journal that way.
12. You can make doodles, just simple sketches just for you.
13. You can use older (art) journals as a source of inspiration, and take ideas away from it for new creative adventures when you don’t feel inspired to create anything.

There are many more reasons to keep a journal. I hope that there is at least one in this list that inspires you to keep a journal.

Prompts

Sometimes you're not inspired to write. For those moments, I have some prompts. Just pick the one that speaks to you the most and write write write.