People keep journals about all sorts of things and for all sorts of functions.

Some ideas for a journal you may think about keeping are:

1. 🗓 A daily diary of your life — what happened to you that day, what you thought about it, what your hopes and dreams are for the following day.

2. 🙏 A gratitude journal — spend a little time each day listing three things you’re grateful for.

3. ⏮ Historical perspective — You can use a journal to contribute your historical perspective by recording your thoughts and impressions of an event or era as it’s happening.

4. 💡 A place to store writing ideas — some writers use journaling as a way to develop new ideas, either for fiction or non-fiction writing.

5. 💭 A place to store thoughts — Ralph Waldo Emerson famously called his journal his “savings bank” — he saw it as a place where he could jot down thoughts to come back to at a later date.

6. 🪴 A growth journal — track your lessons learned, goals you strive for, and milestones achieved which is a great way to stay motivated.

7. 📝 A bullet journal — using apps like Notion or even a paper bujo can help you customize your set up, with a mix of journaling and planning to keep record of your habits, routines, and share your experiences on a timely basis to help you process accordingly and get things done.

Keeping a journal is a great way to recall information, since our brains only remember so much.

No matter how you journal, writing things down regularly helps you process & reflect on your thoughts, ideas, and experiences.