Journal apps

Technology has made it easier than ever to do family history and keep a journal. Take a few minutes to browse the app store on your smart phones and tablets to find the one right for you. Day One for Apple products comes highly recommended.

Creative Journaling Tips for all Ages

Carmella @orsoshesaid, "Journaling….. we all know that it’s good for us to get our thoughts and feelings out but sometimes we just get stuck and don’t know what to write about. I’ve come up with creative journaling tips to get you started. These prompts are perfect for any age and all you have to do is cut and paste them in your journal and start writing {or painting} your ideas…"

To learn more: Or So She Says

Staying Happier by Keeping a Journal

Monica at Monzanitas.blogspot said, I have been trying to be happier. It takes work, but everyone needs to be happier. The happier I am, the happier everyone around me is. Or maybe that’s just because I’m the Mom. Writing in a journal helps me stay positive sometimes and helps me look back at how I was positive before and it reminds me that I can stay positive again.

I have a few rules for myself when journaling. The first rule for myself is to keep everything positive. There is enough negativity as it is, and I don’t need to hold onto it for the future. Sometimes I need to rant about negativity and doing it on paper helps. I just make sure to do it in a cheap notebook and throw it out immediately after it is written."

To learn more: Monzanitas.blogspot.com

100 Things I Love Journal Page

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Keeping a Journal Your Way

Keeping a journal can be a fun and exciting way to record your personal history. Consider trying one of these options for preserving your thoughts and experiences.

1. Traditional Journals
2. Online Journals
3. Blogs
4. Scrapbooks
5. Photo Journals
6. Audio Journals
7. Video Journals

Whichever method you choose, as you make the effort to keep a journal and capture your life's story, remember to enjoy the experience as well as be introspective. Doing so will bring blessings both to you and the posterity you leave behind.

To learn more: Keeping a Journal Your Way

Journal Prompts

Journal is a great way to express emotions, brainstorm, record memories, doodle, problem solve, and get your thoughts down on paper. Are you stumped on what to write? Try one of these Journal Prompts.

1. 25 qualities about yourself
2. 15 things you love to do
3. Your most prized moments
4. 5 things you want to know or learn
5. What do you wish for the most
6. A letter to yourself, past, present, or future
7. I love it when....
8. 10 personal daily affirmations
9. 10 things you would like to accomplish
10. Lists of favorites - shows, songs, food, etc.

What to Include in a Personal Journal

In 1 Nephi 6:3-6 we are told what things should be included in a personal journal.

3 And it mattereth not to me that I am particular to give a full account of all the things of my father, for they cannot be written upon these plates, for I desire the room that I may write of the things of God.

 4 For the fulness of mine intent is that I may persuade men to come unto the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, and be saved.

 5 Wherefore, the things which are pleasing unto the world I do not write, but the things which are pleasing unto God and unto those who are not of the world.

 6 Wherefore, I shall give commandment unto my seed, that they shall not occupy these plates with things which are not of worth unto the children of men.

Will keeping a personal journal bless me and my family?

The Lord and His prophets have emphasized the importance of keeping records. Writing in a personal journal gives us an opportunity to reflect on our lives and recognize the many blessings God has given to us. Our journals can also be a source of inspiration and strength to future generations of our families.

Examples of record keeping in the scriptures:

• 1 Nephi 1:1-3
• Alma 37:8-9
• Moses 6:5, 45-46