Book of Me - 1 June 2007
So the vacation is over……… It’s one of my great sorrows that I don’t write enough about a trip while I am on the trip. Usually I am too busy or “tired” to journal while we are on the vacation. I missed any journaling for the one and only major family vacation in December during the trip, but I still remember most of the important stuff. I was still buzzing with happiness and too tired when I got back. Plus there was a billion things to unpack, laundry to do and I had to go back to work in the next day. The last thing on my mind is jotting down all of the things about my vacation.
Only once have I written while I was on a trip. I still have the banged up spiral note book, but I put all of it on the computer when I got home. I was in my computer journaling phase and not one jot of my handwriting made it into a scrapbook. (which is a whole other subject) I am over that now, it’s easier to scrawl something in the book right away and I finally got over my messy handwriting.
But I have been wondering how to improve my journaling about vacations. I am excited about the idea of day or weekend trips, cause I have this aching desire to see as much of the world as I can even if it’s only for a weekend away. So I did some surfing on the web and found a couple of good sites to help me improve my journaling whether it’s a short or long vacation and thought I would share them with you.
I particularly like this site because she talked about day and weekend trips. She also has great tips about keeping your tools close at hand while traveling.
http://www.writingthejourney.com/exercises/traveljournal.htm
This one is more about how to scrapbook, but there is a short section on journaling. She makes me feel guilty because she does all her journaling before cutting one piece of paper. I am all about diving in and filling in the blanks with journaling later.
http://www.scrapbooking101.net/articles/april2005makingavacationminialbum.html
Amazon sells a journal to help you plan and jot down things that happen while you are on your trip. But buying this would mean the height of being organized to journal for me, I probably won’t do this, I feel just as comfortable with leftover old spiral notebooks that Andrew didn’t finish out in school. They are torn and battered, I can use them and not feel guilty if I shove them in the glove box of the car, drop them in the mud or the cat sits on them. I can scribble and doodle in them also. I would feel obligated to stick to writing if I “bought” a journal for vacation.
An idea from one site said think about journaling your vacation as your second vacation, because you get to relive all of the moments of the vacation. What a lovely way to think of it, instead of seeing it as a chore to complete your scrapbook.
The Challenge
So I am setting out a challenge for all of you, the next trip you go on, add that special trip journal from Amazon in your purse, or grab that grocery list pad or the beat up spiral note book. Jot down your thoughts even if it’s only a few words or thoughts or a quote that sums up the day. Make a sketch or doodle on your pages… Keep everyone involved whether they write in the journal or you capture their thoughts on your pages.
Summer is just starting, here’s your opportunity to pack your journal and write in it while on your trip.
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