Things You'll Need:
- Journal—bound paper, sketch book or a spiral notebook
- Pens and pencils of all colors, types and sizes
- Paints, pastels and any other medium
- Scissors
- Glue
- Tape
- Old magazines, newspapers, cereal boxes, junk mail, photographs and the like
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Step 1
Think about what kind of journal you want to create (Future goals? Pregnancy? Restaurant meals? Travel? Venting mechanism?) and how often you’d like to work on it.
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Step 2
Decide a journaling spot—maybe you prefer in bed, in front of the fireplace, on the patio or at the library.
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Step 3
Try to schedule in a minimum of 20 minutes at a time on a regular basis for creating. If that is not possible, do what you can. (That is the important part!)
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Step 4
Gather your supplies and keep them handy in a box or something similar.
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Step 5
Give yourself permission to do anything to the page, as long as you enjoy it. Want to make hundreds of pink cubes in rows of 13? Go for it. Want to pen a purple mustache on a picture of the president and glue it next to your First Holy Communion portrait? Be my guest. Want to write nothing but your name backwards? It is your journal.
