Although most would say I am young in years, I have found out something recently about myself....I am very very very nostalgic. I itch to document every moment of my day, I want to make sure I remember every good memory and even some of the not so good ones.I'm a strong believer in learning from your past mistakes.
As I said I'm nostalgic, so about two years ago I started writing a daily diary. My first year was a total flop, I found myself not wanting to write in the days that may have been more painful to write, so I just dodged it. However last year, I did much better....I even started two extra journals! They focused on a concept completely new to me, a 5 year journal!
The Q and A: 5 Year Journal and One Line a Day: A Five Year Memory Book.
The Q and A Journal (found here for £10.49), asks you a question every day, it has 5 spaces on each page which allows for you to answer the same question 5 years in a row!. The questions can be very deep or very silly which makes it light and enticing at the same time. I really look forward to what I am going to be asked each day. I am now into my second year, so now I can see what I answered with last year. I try not to read that part until I have written in my answer for this year. It's really cool to see how you were feeling and how different your answers can be!
The same goes for the One Line a Day Journal (found here for £8.39), however for this one you are just provided with five spaces on a page to sum up your day into a small paragraph. This is perfect for those people who don't have the time to write a full on diary entry but want to document the day all the same. Unless you are a nerd like me who wants to write in as many journals as possible every single day.
So, since I was younger, I have always written in diaries/journals. Mostly, when on holiday I would find a notebook and try to write every day of the holiday. I moved house not so long ago and I found those diaries, they made me cringe a hell of a lot though! I would start every entry Dear Diary and I would end by saying goodnight to it. I would go on about boys and how cute they were, and the arguments me and my sister would get into constantly.
Anyways, lets forgive my 10 year old self for her making me cringe a whole 10 years later and move on! I am happy to say that the writing of 3 journals a day has been able to abate my nostalgia for now! Although, I have to admit the starting on a scrapbook for this year is still not off the table. Hey don't judge!!