Easy Journaling With Lists

I’ve always been partial to making lists, ever since I was a little girl.  Lists are a great way to write down a bunch of related items in a concise way.  They don’t have to be complete sentences, so there’s less pressure to write well. 

I’ve used lists to help me in many areas of my life:

1. Help me stay organized
2. Help me get things done
3. Gives me a visual of my progress
4. Easy way to journal and document my life
5. Helps me not forget things
6. Helps me prioritize
7. Inspiration and ideas

List-making is also a way to make scrapbook journaling easier for ourselves.  We can write what comes in our minds.  We can choose a topic that we are scrapbooking about and just write out a few bullet points.  You can even spread the list across your page on different journaling spots to add interest.  In short, lists make journaling easy.

I’ve been participating in a prompt-based journaling exercise called 30 Days Of Lists.  Every day there’s a different prompt and I make a list.  I’ve made a mini book to document the 30 days.  I think it’s a neat way to look at my life and my thoughts at this particular point in my life.

Here are some examples.

My friends & family would describe me as…

 

Out my front door…

 

Today you can find me…

 

So go ahead, try list-making as a journal device in your scrapbook pages and Project Life. It’s easy and fun!

 

listgirl (Christine) <— yes, this is my name in the Lilypad forums!