1. Who Am I? A Journey into Journaling John Evans, Project Editor Growing Pains Series

2. What Exactly Is Journaling? A conversation with yourself Time to think about the day A way to process stressful events Get things off your mind

3. Set Yourself Up Choose your special book Choose a special time Choose a special place

4. What to Write About Ask yourself questions –How am I feeling right now? –What happened to me today? –Who are my best friends and why? Letters Short stories and poems Likes and dislikes Dreams

5. Pictures Are Important, Too!

6. Are There Rules? Be honest Leave room to make changes Keep it private if you want Date your entries

7. Famous Examples “Walden Pond” by Henry David Thoreau “The Diary of Samuel Pepys”