Journal Ideas Journals are awesome for expressing our creativity, learning about ourselves, venting feelings, and working towards our dreams. Many girls enjoy keeping journals. When I asked some girls I know what they thought about having a Journaling Idea section here, they asked me to include some of their ideas. So, here goes: What kinds of journals have you kept in your life? Some girls keep journals about: • Feelings and thoughts journal • Collage journal • Dream journal • Friendship journal - The theme of this journal can be friendship - or you can actually share a journal with your best friend, writing entries to each other. • Mother & daughter journal - Ever want to say something to your mom about your life, your relationship with her, or your appreciation of her - but it just felt too hard to say? See if she'd be up to writing back and forth - either in a journal or via email. Set ground rules if that would help. An example - "we focus on positive things"; "we think before we respond to each other." • Father & daughter journal - Same idea as the mother-daughter journal, but with your dad. • Music journal - Yeah, one young woman keeps what I call a music journal. Every month or when you feel inspired, make a tape or burn a CD of the music that speaks to what's happening. • Box journal - Decorate a shoe box and collect mementos, poems, and thoughts and feelings on scraps of cool paper. Pick a theme for your box - your relationship, senior year, accomplishments, dreams, friendships. • Favorite quotes journal • Multimedia journal - with drawing, collage, photos, writing, etc. • Private online journal Decorate the cover of your special journal using photos, drawing, string painting, trinkets, your favorite colors, and words. Check out Sabrina Ward Harrison's awesome book, Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself. She's a young woman who has actually published her journal. Back to Fun for Girls ages 14-19