Showing posts with label journal jars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label journal jars. Show all posts

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Journaling ideas!




I saw a post today on or so she says that I loved- You can click the link for the full scoop!
anyways I really wanted to share it with everyone. I think Journaling is so important and I want my kids to read about my life someday and truly feel like they know who I was as a mother as a woman as a kid as a wife as a creative person.
This is a list of ideas to write down for your kids- And I loved its simplicity and thought man I would've loved to know this about my grandma. So For the next couple days that's what I'm going to do. I think it would be fun to read others stories like this also- So do it with me!

*Empty your purse and write down the contents.

*Look out the window and describe in detail what you see.
*Retell your worst date in 3rd person.

*Most Embarassing moment.

*Awkward situations

*Grocery list.

*Earliest childhood memory.

*If you can remember…write about the first day of school of any grade.

*Your proud achievements.

*If you are married or have kids. Write a letter to them of how much you love them.

*Recall special moments in your life, ie: First kiss, first time you got your drivers license, weddings, birth of children, and so on.

*Write down a list of adjectives about YOU.

*she also has a jar of random words if she has writers block where she'll pull out a word and have to write about that subject- I LOVE IT

*My Heroes.

*Childhood Memories.

*Childhood Friends.

*Embarassing Moments.

*The last page she wrote was a special message to whomever will read it in the future. Cool idea eh?

*Favorite Bands.

*Favorite Restaurants.

*Favorite Smells.

*Favorite Places to Shop.

*Favorite Vacations.

*Favorite TV Shows