1. The Personal Journal

2. Welcome to the world of self-discovery…
…of developing ideas, of problem solving….in other words welcome to the Personal Journal.
“The what?”, you ask.

3. The Personal Journal:
As your teacher has explained, this Journal is a record of your views, opinions, and feelings about topics, ideas, and events. It is also a means of deciding if change is desirable, and how it could come about.

4. The Personal Journal is nothing to be
afraid of.

5. How do I start?

6. Well,
Hook onto an
idea and

7. let yourself go

8. The Personal Journal will help you to find an answer.
A simple approach to writing an entry in your Journal is to ask yourself,
“How or what do I feel about (topic)?”
After deciding the “whats” and the “hows” of your feelings, you may ask yourself,
“Is there anything I want to change?”
The Personal Journal will help you to find an answer.

9. Why write down ideas?
Some reasons are:
-as you see your
thoughts and ideas on paper, you can begin to more fully understand yourself.

10. -writing about problems leads to solutions by way of understanding what created the problem, and why it continues.
-by examining your actions and the activity of others, you will discover what makes people different.

11. “What should I write about?”
“There’s nothing to write about.”

12. Topics for your journal are as numerous as the thoughts in your brain
Topics for your journal are as numerous as the thoughts in your brain. Anything that you have feelings about is a potential journal entry – putting those feelings down on paper is the key.
Here are some suggestions from the endless list of possible topics.

13. The LAW

14. FOOD

15. WORK

16. TALENT

17. NATURE

18. CRIME

19. FLYING

20. ANGER

21. SICKNESS

22. BEAUTY

23. BUSINESS

24. PRACTICAL JOKES

25. BIRTH

26. MARRIAGE

27. EDUCATION

28. MUSIC

29. SPORTS

30. CHILDREN

31. WAR

32. VAMPIRES

33. HEROES

34. PEOPLE

35. The End

36. A Suggested Journal Topic
You may write on this topic, or you may choose your own. Please give a lot of thought to your response, and make it meaningful to you. Remember, the key is to be honest.

37. Topic: Write about your most (select from the following slides) experience.
What made it so memorable?

38. FUNNY

39. SCARY

40. SURPRISED!

41. EXCITED!

42. SAD

43. EMABARRASSED