Prompt Journal

Okay so April was asking me about what a Prompt Journal is - so here it is:

All About Me Journaling Prompts

by Sherrill Ghilardi Pierre (Apr 18, 2006) from scrapjazz.com

Canning different fruits and turning them into preserves is a tradition that's passed down from generation to generation. So much time and effort goes into making and canning these preserves and eventually when you open the cans, you can really appreciate all the hard work that was put into the preparation. Take the basic idea of canning and think instead about your life, or the life of someone close to you, and how much has happened during the course of that life. There's so much effort that has been put into growing and maturing including childhood, school years, holidays, relationships, etc. So many different "ingredients" have been added and someday those memories will be fully appreciated.

Making a journal jar is a creative way to encourage someone to start slowly keeping a journal. Whether you're a person who already likes to journal, you're not really interested, or you find it too time consuming, a journal jar lets you attempt to journal in small doses. I know I have good intentions and would love to journal every day just so I can remember something about these days that go by so fast. The days all blend into one and before you know it, all the memories are just one big blur.

The idea behind a journaling jar is that you take out one prompt a day, staple it to your journal page and write a response to that prompt.
I got my questions (I did edit a few) from this site http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/ywc/journaljars.htm
But there are a ton of sites to go to - and to find out more about the journal jars go to http://www.scrapjazz.com/topics/Themes/About_Me/874.php

Here's what mine looks like:


And today's question was "What pets have I had? And which was my fav?"
So I added pics of some of the animals I have:

(sorry the pic is so fuzzy)

So thats my prompt journal - something I wanted to do - on the first page I have this:
I have never been good at keeping a journal on a dily basis, but I hope that this will allow me to write down some interesting pieces of info about myself.
Each time I write in this journal I will draw a question or statement from my prompting jar to inspire what I will write that day. I will then glue it on the page and begin to write. There may be days where I don't need the jar - but its there to keep me on track. I can't promise to write in it daily or even weekly, but I hope I can keep coming back to it until its finished - how ever long that my take.
My hope is that this journal will preserve my memories, thoughts, feelings, and more sot that one day my children or grandchildren will be able to understand me - my faith, my relationships, my decisions, my struggles, my joys, my passions ~ my life.

So there you have it - my prompting journal. Hope to see yours!