13 Everyday Life Journaling Prompts

Awesome! Thank you sooooooo much!

Thanks so much for the awesome prompts! I'm going to start working on these right away!

Thanks so much Ali for listing these 13 prompts. I just typed them all into my Iphone note pad. I have been wanting to do this for a long time now but had no idea about going about it.

I too love photos from my childhood that include larger parts of a room or even a chaotic mess. Just yesterday I was sorting photos and came across one from a few years back that showed me in my kitchen putting an Easter ham into the crock pot. Initially the photo would have been scrapbooked as an Easter photo. Somehow, yesterday I saw something different. The photo really told a lot about my life at that time. First of all I was wearing a nursing gown because I had an infant at the time, on the counter were bottles and a single can of formula for supplementing. There are other things on the counter that we no longer have. Glasses that have since broken, a toaster that went to the trash some time ago, and our old stove. I began to see how much I have grown since that time in my life and what I have learned thus far. It completely amazes me how important telling the story is for me right now. My life is so much richer too. Simply because I am able to reflect back on changes I have made in my life, and things that still need work. I love how important that is to me right now.

Thanks again Ali for teaching me to be the best me I can be.

Amy :)

Thank you, Ali for sharing these wonderful prompts. They capture what it is I want to remember for my children and for me. I take so many random, every day photos and always struggle to journal with them. These prompts will be perfect.

Wonderful "go to" list Ali - thanks for your generous sharing.

Thank you so much!!!!

Thanks Ali, it is nice to see someone else's perspective.
I have been using the prompts 1000 gifts (blessings) and what I am thankful for this past week. Gotta love gratitude!

Best!

Chriss

I love these. Thank you for sharing.

I just wanted to say I printed the PDF and plan on bringing it to my next scrap event with my friends. I want to show them how fun and easy it is to scrap moments pages.

FABULOUS! Thanks for sharing these prompts! I know I can use 'em :-)

Thanks so much Ali, these are wonderful. I'm pretty good at photographing the small details, but journalling never comes easy!

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Excellent!! Thank you Ali!

You are AWESOME for doing this Ali! You have the best, most inspiring and most motivating blog out there today! Thank you!

Thank you soooooooooo much for these prompts. I add so much memorabilia and forget to add my own words to our story. I never know where to start and now I have a guide. Thank you:)

Thank you so much!! as a newbie to scrapping, I love how you incorporate journaling. Love the use of text, numbers, letters. These prompts really gave me a lot to think about. Instead of trying to glamorize our everyday lives, "why don't we appreciate what's right in front of us, as messy and delicious as it is?"
-Thanks for keeping us FOCUSED on what really matters ;)

Ali, thank you for these. I just used one yesterday to document the moment that I picked my daughter up from school. As she ran to her classroom door to greet me, I realized she had on the same shorts which meant she had no accidents at school. Such an accomplishment for both of us and an awesome opportunity to document the everyday stuff. Thanks for all the inspiration everyday!

Ali, you rock every week, but this week? You are reading my mind! First the 'everyday' prompts that I was needing (as I was just thinking 'hmmm, I need to jumpstart with something, but what?') and now I see that you've posted about baby albums & that is my next project. I've done about half of my daughter's baby album (um- oops she's almost 6! I'm so glad you said it's ok with you that albums sit for a while..) and have been gathering up things to continue on with it. Luckily I did keep odds & ends, wrote in a journal and have lots of photos for her album- all is not lost! I'm so motivated right now. Thanks for all the inspiration you provide! *have a great camping trip, too!

thank you for posting this!!! gives me some great ideas!!!

Thanks so much for the suggestions! I just started a new journal/scrapbook/list holder and these will definitely come in handy and hopefully help me at least jot down a little something every day :)

Thank you for this lovely list.

I love you're website. Thanks for the tips :)

You are awesome! I admire that you share with the memory keeping world! I am always impressed by the level at which you think about information and can transform it into meaningful uses for you and all of us:)