Who Am I? A Journey into Journaling John Evans, Project Editor Growing Pains Series 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 Set Yourself Up • Choose your special book • Choose a special time • Choose a special place 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 Things That Are Important to Me Are There Rules? • • • • Be honest Leave room to make changes Keep it private if you want Date your entries Famous Examples • Walden by Henry David Thoreau • Diary of Samuel Pepys