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I use a theater/movie trick for setting a scene from college. It is amazing how alive a few journaling sentence can become when you reflect on your senses before you write. What did I hear, smell, see, touch, or taste?

I journal daily and try to write down as much as I can while I'm actually travelling. Captioning my pictures also helps - that way I can go back and grab a detail or two later.

My best tip would be to involve others in sharing the journaling when applicable. I've used prompts, surveys, Q&A's--having memories from others or all involved makes it that much sweeter of a memory captured.

In the past, I just wrote in my personal journal each night with whatever happened that day. It then makes it easy to journal for layouts later since I can just go back to my personal journal entry for that day to recall all the details! :)
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I have several tips:
1st when I take the picture I write the pic # in my notebook and ASAP jot down what I want to remember about it-otherwise I look back through my pics and wonder why I took it!
2ndly, I have used a tape recorder and/or camcorder and/or voice typing program on my computer to get some thoughts down when I ramble and can't type or write that fast...sometimes the thoughts and conversations happen so fast that I can't write that fast
Thirdly, I give paper to others and ask them what they remember about an event or photo and use that...before my daughter's graduation party, I sent cards with writing prompts on them to be filled out and returned to me to add to her scrapbook...like "my favorite memory of you is...", "when you were born, I felt..." and luckily my family loves doing this for me!
Sometimes I just use key words that trigger a memory for me to save time. My nephew (who is 8) wasn't feeling well and we were in the car, he told his mother to pull over b/c he was going to throw up...she did and he did...when we got back home he got out of the car (it was dark out) and he dropped to his knees in the driveway and spoke silently that he "couldn't make it to the door"... of course I took a pic and jotted down hockey (we were coming from his hockey practice), stop to throw up, down to knees with the quote...this was just enough to recall the whole story. And of course my personal blog is a great tool to use to record stories.
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WOW! What fabulous goodies being given away today! In doing Project 365 for 2009, I am learning that keeping a daily journal of the little things is so important...I'm not at expert at it yet...& I still struggle with writing things down daily, but it makes the process so much easier! It's those little moments that we so easily forget that need to recorded!

To get inspired to journal, I simply pick up a Sabrina Ward Harrison book. She is an incredibly honest, real and talented artist who has multiple volumes that inspire me every time. It doesn't matter what page I open to...it will trigger something inside of me that I can write about. My latest fave of hers is "Messy Thrilling Life." :)

I love to keep a little notebook in my purse...when things come to mind that I want to remember for a journal prompt or a funny line or something romantic my bf says...I write it down in there!

I have to write things down right after they happen so i don't forget. I have a notebook that I keep and when my kids say something I don't want to forget, I write it down. Kids say the most amazing things and I want to make sure I capture that on my pages.

A couple of things come to mind. I really like interview/dialogue style journaling with children. Rather than getting just one perscpective, it tells both sides and the reader can make their own impression. The othe thing I like is asking someone else to write the journaling fo a layout. Their thoughts may be completely different from your and its fun to see things/events in a new light.

I keep a notebook in my purse and always keep notes. Then I can refer back to it when I'm sitting down to create pages

i have to admit my journaling stinks. i am getting a little better however. it helps me to write down my thoughts as they happen. carry a little notebook in my purse for emergency thoughts!!
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I always try to write something down after I've taken some photos, because otherwise I know I would forget!

I keep a small spiral notebook where I jot down funny things the kids say or do. Then, when I get ready to scrap, I look through there for inspiration or titles, etc. It has worked very well for me. Thanks!

I always free-write first, whatever comes out of my head. After I'm finished I'll go back and pare it down to something concise and manageable.
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I jot notes in my calendar on the back of each month and use that as a jumping point for layouts. My downfall is I often focus on the journaling last, when instead I should be focusing more on the story. I'm so self critical, that journaling is really a struggle for me - but I know too my kids won't really care about if my writing style is wordy, etc.

First I go through the photos I think I would like to scrap/share and upload them to an online photo sharing site (to share with family and friends). I usually write a line or 2 in the comments/captions section to refer to later when I actually get around to scrapping the photos.

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What works for me with journaling, is that I keep a little notebook beside my computer. As soon as something happens (my little girl says something funny for example) I write it down immediately. It's less threatening to write in a little notebook. You can jot down one sentence if you need to. Then I use my little notebook for journaling inspiration.

I try to write my thoughts in a journal right after "it" happens, so I don't forget the important details. Then I refer to the journal entry when I'm scrapbooking.

journal from the heart whatever your feeling at the moment not what you think others will want you to write.
I love using my own writing too makes it more personal
have a great day louise x

i keep my notebook in my purse - i am always writing down little blurbs of conversation with a DATE! then i rifle through the book as i'm scrapping. sometimes i do a whole minibook just on funny things my son says or does...

I agree with the other comments - journal as soon as you can. I have been able to keep up mostly with the Project 365 by adding a tab to the Excel spreadsheet which I have open already every day at the office. I added a column for every day of the year and another one for the journaling. Every day or two, I try to get caught up on my journaling and even highlight a row with a different color if I have decided on the subject of the photo even if I haven't taken the photo yet.

Whenever we are out and about and the kids say something that I think needs to go into a layout, I write it down. A few years ago, after the first of the year, my youngest son looked up into the sky and exclaimed "now God puts his Christmas lights up"! He was commenting about all the stars in the sky! So cute. I wrote that down on a scratch piece of paper in my purse. Now I always keep a small notebook in my purse!

When I am working on my kids' album, I will show my 6 year old the pictures on his scrapbook page and have him retell me the story and then summarize what he said or add quotes to the page. It helps him get involved as well! :)

i use a little notebook to write it down with the description of the pic(s) i want to use that way i have some time to scrap the pages but dont loose what i want to say