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[gigi-journaling]

Journaling Methods- Library 📚

Last Updated: May 1st, 2025

We host monthly themes on our journal community “Journal With Us” to expand our practice, challenge ourselves, and strengthen our creative skills. Monthly themes are monthly posts that highlight and breakdown a journal method/technique with information, insights, tips, and helpful articles and videos.

The Expressive Writing Paradigm-Processing Trauma

A four day prompt-driven method created by Dr. James Pennebaker designed to help one articulate and process through traumatic events and emotions.

Morning Pages/Three-Page Method

A technique developed by Julia Cameron to clear away the ‘brain clutter’ that stunts creativity and productivity through a daily exercise that incorporates ‘stream-of-consciousness’ writing.

Visual Journaling/ Art Journaling

A common and popular method of journaling for creative visual individuals. This type of journaling can be tackled through broad techniques tailored to the individual, but is an excellent way to express oneself and strengthen visual art skills.

[havingtext]

Journaling essentials:

Paper

Pen

Yep. That’s all. Everything else is extra, so don’t overthink this.

Calm down and write.

[havingtext]

As a journaling facilitator I have to say…yes, that’s how you manifest

ME MANIFESTING THAT EVERYONE WHO SEE THIS POST GETS WHAT THEY WANT.

(Masterlists)

[thesadnightchannel]

Currently sobbing in bed because we sent voiager one and two out into the universe I really want to read stories about the affini finding the gold disks and fawning over the message we sent.

I want them to be just as excited to meet us as I am excited to meet them.

I guess that could be a little Eldritch horror-y from the outside. "TransGirl wants aliens to come and conquer the earth" but I just want to be able to not have to deal with parking tickets, dishes, or feeling weird or bad again.

I guess that makes me a coward to want to flee and hide behind an affini's legs.

[sugarpuptard]

Jirai Journaling Prompts

i tried to make safe for those who aren't ready 4 recovery, yet still have some mental health focus that can be good for processing and not just trying to fix things ^w^ some of them might seem like recovery questions still but its rlly how you answer them that makes it recovery focused or not, i think most are neutral enough to be able to go either way and some are just fun ones

♡ what is something that set you off today? how did it feel?

♡ what was today's outfit? if u didn't dress up, what do you wish you wore?

♡ write a letter to someone who you can never forgive even tho u can never send it

♡ did i do anything that seems or is harmful today? how did it make you feel? (no need to feel shame or try and change it, this is just so you are more consciously aware of it and how you are feeling because of it)

♡ whats a place you would visit to disappear for awhile? what would you do there?

♡ what is something broken or toxic that you find beautiful in any way?

♡ what things do you wish you can do but cant?

♡ what's a piece of advice that actually made you feel worse?

♡ what emotions do you feel most comfortable sitting in?

♡ what's something that hurts but you never wanna let go of?

♡ describe a day you wish you could have? (feel free to be as unhealthy and self destructive and do whatever you want in this there are no limits, nobody is stoping you here)

♡ what outfits do u wish you have? what kinda styles? do you like styles outside of jirai kei?

♡ do you like being online? how is your internet presence and how do you wish it could be? are you different online vs in real life?

♡ is your style very connected to how you see yourself as a person, and if so how?

♡ why do you like jirai kei? how has it made you feel?

♡ who is your favorite person or closest person? how do they make you feel? if u dont have anyone, who do you hate most and why?

♡ if u have an oshi who is it and why?

♡ what are some thoughts you could never say out loud or share with anyone? toxic or not

♡ if you use substances, which ones are your favorites and why?

♡ write 3-5 songs you would add to a playlist to have a breakdown to & why you're adding them

♡ if you could design your own jirai or any other fashion clothes, what would it be like?

♡ what characters do you relate to the most and why?

if i can think of more maybe i'll make more i dunno yet tho TwT ive been trying to find journal prompts for myself tho so making a list here sounded good, maybe some others would like it too! btw i wrote these for keeping a private journal as well not exactly for journaling on a blog, some of these prompts i wouldn't write anywhere publicly but ik i cant stop anyone lul but thought that i should make that known anyways

[greenbunny7]

Gravity falls cannonicity tier list

This isn't a list of how good it is, just how cannon

Link to the tier list

Let me know if I'm missing something or if I got something wrong

[havingtext]

Love this! There is also this cool technique - reverse journaling. Basically, you don’t write about your life, your experiences, but ask yourself questions.

Instead of “I went out to eat my dinner by myself” try “Why did I go to have dinner by myself?”. (Why did I message him? Why did I moved here? Why did I read that book?)

Reasons for our choices are so different, and it’s a good thing to look deeper. If you practice reverse journaling often enough, you can see your decision making patterns and work with that if needed.

Journaling prompts to reinvent yourself ౨ৎ

how do I want the world to see me, and does it match how I see myself?

how do I show up for others, and how do they show up for me?

what about my life feels like love and what doesn't?

where does my time go, and where do I wish it would go?

who do I admire most, and what about them speaks to my soul?

is the way I live aligned with the life I dream of, or a I just coasting?

what qualities in others feel the most magnetic to me? Do I reflect those?

what’s inside my bag, and what does it say about me? (be honest, even the gum wrappers count.)

if I could script my perfect morning, how would it begin?

what passions have I ignored that I would like to reclaim?

what’s one small, powerful shift I could make today to move toward my dream life?

write a tender letter to the future version of yourself. What do you hope they’ve become, and what do you want them to remember about now?

As always, please feel free to share your own prompts and check out my insta for more of me! <3

✩‧₊*:・love ya ･:*₊‧✩

[vincentblogscyberpunk]

Exploring Spiritual Kin/Exo memories using Journaling

I have used journaling for the past couple of months, read through multiple books on spiritual journaling, and mastered a technique that's helped me with processing exomemories and recording them.

The benefits of Exomemory Journaling

Having a list of proof of memories when you may feel denial

Being able to map out memory timelines as you remember more details and memories over time

Being able to process exotrauma

Being able to map out positive triggers to feel like yourself more

Being able to map out negative triggers related to exotrauma

Validating your own feelings and experiences

Self exploration

Before we go in, it's okay if your memory is vague. It's okay if it doesn't align with canon of any fictional source. These are realities that we have transcended, so our physical brains may not properly translate the code within our souls. There are also so many realities and universes, that the fictional source here might not follow your life 1-1. Don't take it to heart, you are still you, and your life was still real.

First, you want to top this entry off with a date, time, and location. This is pretty standard for journaling, it helps you keep track and have a record

1.Starting Point (Skip this section if you want to retain the details of the memory and can be quite forgetful, come back to it after step 2 instead)

In this section, you want to write down what feelings you felt before this flashback and what feelings you felt during, and the feelings you feel now as you begin writing. Also write down what you were doing beforehand in detail such as where you are, what you were doing, what you were hearing and etc. If this flashback was not discovered through meditation and instead through a random hit of nostalgia, detailing your surroundings might let you find what triggered this flashback. Could have been a lyric to a song, a certain smell in the air, someone you saw might have reminded you of someone etc. These triggers are good to know as they can help align you more with your identity and past life, or maybe map negative triggers you should know about.

2.The Memory Itself

This section is more quoted from a book Journaling for Joy by Joyce Chapman

Close your eyes to get the full perception sense of the visual and sensory details of the memory. Where are you? What are you wearing? What lighting or shadows do you see? What sounds can be heard? What do you smell? Describe your body and how its reacting. Who else is there? What expressions lighten or darken their faces? What do you imagine they might be thinking, what is said? How is this different from or typical of other memories from that life? What is assumed and what goes unquestioned? If possible, does this connect to a period of time/date? What other memories does this connect to?

You want a full, detailed search of this memory to the best of your ability. Trust your gut, you may feel sometimes that you are fabricating some parts of the memory or it may have not went down the exact way you are writing down. That's okay, even if your mind is trying to fill in some spots and make sense of this memory through a translation, the theme around this memory is still real and even if this happened in another way that you can't fully see, it still happened. This is why journaling these memories are important, you may feel vague on the memory now, but later on it might get triggered again and you get the full story. Be patient with yourself.

3.Afterwards

You now have this memory written down to detail to the best of your ability, now let's analyze it using feedback statements. You can start this part with "I now realize that.." or "I learned that.."

What conclusions can you draw from this memory, and during this incident what did you draw from it then as compared to now? How does this memory affect me now?

What does this memory mean to me?

What emotions do I feel as I write these conclusions/questions?

Keep asking questions as they come to you, all the questions you have about this memory. you might not have all the answers now, but as you continue this technique those holes will be filled over time.

In my experience and the experience of many others, writing more has lead me to remembering more, and as I write one memory it may suddenly bring back another and another and another. It's great for self exploration.

A Quick Format

This format is for if you don't bring your journal with you, or are busy, and have a pocket notebook or phone to just jot it down real fast. It's supposed to be quick enough so you can deeply journal on it when you get the time or spoons.

1.What caused this Memory?

2.What was this Memory?

3.How do I feel/What feelings are rising?

4.Details you think are important to remember/write down real quick for later

5.Extra Thoughts about it

Conclusion

Anyways, I hope this helps you guys out as much as it's helped me. Would love to hear your experiences trying this out.

- Vincent Welles

[the-returnofartemis]

SHE'S ENTERING HER: SOFT LIFE ERA

affirmation: waiting for a sign is no longer my strategy; i am my own sign to begin | musical spotlight: zen by jennie

"nobody gonna move my life, gonna touch my goal, my matter"

you are someone worthy of knowing, accepting, and loving yourself on all levels – mind, body and spirit. as a woman, and more importantly, a human being, you deserve a life that celebrates your growth, autonomy and your journey toward peace, love, joy, passion and fun. you can create your dream life if you believe in yourself and show up every day to take small, meaningful steps. whether it's pursuing a goal, nurturing your relationships, or simply practicing gratitude, every effort counts. don't let fear or limiting beliefs hold you back.

this is a reminder that you are capable of so much more than you might believe. below is a series of questions that you can use as a journal prompt to reflect on your potential. revisit your answers as often as needed to remind yourself of your power to create a life you love and become the best version of yourself.

define your vision ⇢ set smart goals ⇢ take consistent action ⇢ trust yourself

ꕥ what does she like?

ꕥ what does she not like?

ꕥ how does she dress?

ꕥ what does her daily routine entail? (activities, schedule)

ꕥ what does she look like?

ꕥ what are her boundaries?

ꕥ what is her career or profession? (career, job responsibilities)

ꕥ what are her hobbies and interests?

ꕥ what is her ideal lifestyle?

ꕥ how does she handle stress and challenges? (problem-solving approach, coping mechanisms)

ꕥ how does she financially take care of herself?

ꕥ what does she spend her free time doing?

ꕥ how does she navigate conflicts or disagreements? (communication style, conflict resolution)

"nobody gonna touch my soul, gonna match my glow, like i dare you"

ꕥ what does she consume on social media?

ꕥ what are her long-term goals and aspirations? (career ambitions, personal achievements)

ꕥ whom does she inspire to be like?

ꕥ what successes/accomplishments does she have?

ꕥ what are her wellness habits? (health and self-care routines)

ꕥ how is her mental health doing?

ꕥ how does she preferred to be treated by others? (standard expectations from relationships)

ꕥ what music does she listen to?

ꕥ how does she pick herself up when she's down?

ꕥ how do people treat her? (interpersonal relationships, kindness)

ꕥ what are her weekly routines?

ꕥ what values and principles guide her decision-making? (personal ethics)

ꕥ what is love to her? (interpersonal and romantic relationships)

if you’ve made it this far, i hope you enjoyed this little corner of my world. thank you for reading and please feel free to share your thoughts! always remember to love yourself as if it’s your greatest romance.

the pictures featured in this post are from pinterest.

until next time,

artemis x

[agirlwithglam]

✨💗 the ultimate it girl series: 💗✨

Hiii pretty girls! Welcome to a new guide: IT-GIRLING 101. It’s time we stop accepting a mediacore life with terrible treatments and up level to your greatest, most loved, most best potential. In this master guide, there will be tips on school/ academics, style, lifestyle/ daily routine, habits, socialising, confidence, mindset, you name it!

🎀 The It Girl Lifestyle Guide: morning routines, nighttime routines, daily routines/ planning, etc.

👠 The It Girl Confidence Guide: confidence & self love tips/ advice.

📚 The Student It Girl Guide: study tips, conquering school, and academics!

⭐️ The It Girl Mindset: full of mindset shifts/ tips.

🗣The It Girl Guide to Socialising: convo tips & tricks, how to effortlessly make people like you.

🌸 Personal It Girl Guide: personal style tips, hobbies, habits, etc.

also btw in each of these i'll try to add/ recommend an article / book/ youtuber to read or watch relevant to the mini guide.

Stay tuned for the posts!

[havingtext]

Step 1: Realize your journal already knows you’re not cool

Step 2: Write anyway.

I’m kidding. Your journal knows you are the coolest badass, because you are.

[gigi-journaling]

⭐️ Journal Inspiration Library ⭐️

Updated: 04/10/2025

Journaling Beginners

-Journaling 101

-Starting a New Journal

-“Choose a Journaling System That Works For You” [Article Rec]

📖 Journal Ideas 📖

-‘About My Life’ Pages

-Page Spread Ideas

-Valentine’s Day page spread ideas

-Habit Trackers

-Missing Days

-Details to Add to Your Daily Spreads

-Tea Edition

-Valentines day journal prompts

-Dream/Goal Journal Spread

-Plushie Library

💭 Journal Challenges 💭

-Using Your Least Used Medium

-Mindful Breathing

-Doodle Exercises

-New Beginnings

-Storyboard Journaling

🌀Journaling and Your Health🌀

-The Writing Paradigm: Working through Trauma

-Morning Pages

🎀 Anti-consumption in Journaling 🎀

Pt. 1- Content Creators vs. Reality

Pt. 2- Maximizing Your Journal Spreads on a Budget

[havingtext]

*after a good journaling session*

[polycraftory]

Getting Started: Junk Journaling

So you want to get started with scrapbooking/junk journaling? This is a craft, like many others, that you can get started on with very little supplies! However, we'll get a little deeper into stuff as well for some additional tips and supplies that might be fun or helpful.

What You Absolutely Need

Scissors / Cutting Implements - If you can, buy a nicer pair of scissors for your own sanity, but any scissors will do starting out! Detail scissors specifically are really helpful. Exacto knives can also be helpful, but you'll also need a cutting mat if you don't already have one. This category is worth investing in because dull scissors are a nightmare.

Adhesive - ZipDry is designed for paper so it doesn't bleed through thin stuff and it dries quick and clear. Double sided tape rolls are also very helpful, especially with large areas or gluing a bunch of stuff quickly. This is an area worth investing in earlier! Thin paper and magazine paper will have bleed through with certain glues.

Notebook/Paper - Use what you have! If you, like me, have a million journals lying around, use that! As you get deeper in, you might find it helpful to specifically look for notebooks that lie flat when opened. You can also use sheets of art paper if you want to go more independent collage style rather than journaling. Watercolor paper/notebooks are nice because they are thicker, but you can use whatever.

Materials to Actually Cut/Glue/Use - Okay, here's where you really can do whatever you want forever and spend as little or as much as you want. You can cut up books and magazines you have on hand. If you have a printer, you can print stuff out! People sell really amazing curated mixed packs of materials (you can support some great shops on etsy doing very cool and niche stuff! If you are really on a budget, amazon sells some bulk packs as well).

Material Tip

If you don't have a husband that works in a mailroom (we are very lucky) and you don't have a lot of magazines on hand, try going to your local post office and dig through the recycling bin! A lot of people will throw out magazines/ads/catalogues there and you might find some gems. You can also get a free trial for some magazines and just cancel once they want to charge you money. Nic finds Vogue and GQ helpful for people. National Geographic can be helpful for backgrounds and animals.

Leveling up details below the cut!

Level Up

Slide Cutter - Make sure you get one with a replaceable blade! Super helpful for bulk cutting out big shapes.

"Okay, but I see people online with fancy stuff and I want to get in on that action!" you may say. Here is some fun stuff to play with!

If you see someone whose junk journaling content you like, you can also just reach out to them! A lot of people are happy to share links to the stuff they use and a lot of junk journalers online run their own shops/have affiliate links to the stuff they use!

Fun Junk Journaling Variety Packs - truly this is where a lot of people spend a lot of money because you can buy all sorts of fun niche packs depending on the vibe/focus you want to go with. You can also buy packs of quotes / letters / sayings. This can be helpful especially when doing character focused stuff. My wife really likes the packs from PengellyCrafts on etsy.

Washi Tape - People really like using washi tape, especially the transparent ones. These can be surprisingly expensive.

Transparent Stickers - These are fun because you can get a lot of detail and layering without intricate cutting. If you are careful with detail cutting you can cut the white border on normal stickers if you can't swing transparent ones.

Stamps - Like transparent stickers, this can add fun depth and layering, though with perhaps slightly less detail. The best part about stamps is that they are infinitely reusable and you can get all sorts of stamp pads. The downside is they are surprisingly expensive. You can even get stamps that help you make backgrounds like stars or wood texture. There are also "container" stamps like jars and bottles that you can put stuff in!

Embossing Powder - You can pair stamps with a glue stamp pad (or get glue markers) to use with embossing powder and a heat gun to create embossed details that add depth and texture. Make sure you are careful about what order you do things in when using heat!

Distress Ink (or Distress Oxide) & Blender/Diffuser - Make things look aged! This is a stamp pad you can use to make any paper or image look older than it is. Make sure you also get the little foam blender they also sell for application since it'll go on too thick if you try to use it directly on the paper.

Wax & Wax Seals - Wax can be fun to play with because it is both an adhesive and also adds dimension. Note: a lot of embossing or wax in a journal can make it hard to close a notebook.

Old Books - You can buy used books or use books that you don't want anymore for backgrounds to cut out words. Things like recipe books and encyclopedias can be especially helpful/vibe-y.

Fun Edges / Frames - You can get scrapbooking scissors or edge punches to add fun details and shapes to paper edge. It just depends on whether you like that look! Something like a simple round edge punch can be helpful.

Have Fun With It

Do you do other crafts, like painting or cricut? You can pair so many different crafts with junk journaling to make a cool multi-media piece. The most important thing to remember is to use what you have and have fun with it! Don't put off starting because you want all the bells and whistles or think you have to spend a bunch of money like the people who create junk journaling internet content! Create joyfully and lean into the chaos.

Please let us know if this guide was helpful and if you'd like a more specific buy list or tutorials on anything! We are here to help make crafting more accessible <3 You got this! Go junk journal!

If you want to see Nic's junk journaling, we are going to queue some in the next few days. Check our pinned post to find our junk journaling tag for inspiration!

[thesadnightchannel]

I want attention, I wanna be pet in like a floret way if someone called me petal I would do anything 😭

[kuraghe]

How I lucid dream multiple times a week

As a disclaimer I've always had extremely vivid dreams and nightmares and even had spontaneous lucid dreams even though with low lucidity and dream control. These are the steps I took to have regular lucid dreams with high lucidity and good dream control:

DREAM JOURNAL. Almost every signle day I would write down as much of my dreams as I could remember. My sleep is not very deep and i tend to wake up a lot during the night. Everytime I woke up I would write the dreams I had on my phone, if I was too tired I would just write some keywords and then write everything I could remember about the dreams in the morning.

DREAM SIGNS. When journaling my dreams I would always add a section at the end called Dream Sings in which I would note things that are either recurrent in my dreams or absurd enough to only be able to happen in a dream. Example: A monster was chasing me in a house with long corridors and many doors DREAM SIGNS: i was beign chased (recurrent dream sign), there was a monster (absurd dream sign)

REALITY CHECKS. Everytime I experienced a "dream signs" I would perform a reality check. I personally count my fingers as a reality check or I try to fly off the ground. If I count more or less than ten fingers or if I am able to fly I know that I am dreaming.

CLARITY / DREAM CONTROL. Once I know I am dreaming I calm down and try to ground myself. To stabilize and increase clarity I do thing like spinning around or rubbing my hands together. I also sometimes say "Increase clarity" outloud. I try to think about things of increasing complexity to increase my lucidity and I keep remining myself that I am in a dream. To ground myself I also try to engage my five senses especially by touching things around me. I have not pefected dream control yet but I can do basic thing like flying, perform magic or summon objects and people.

Another thing that helps me to lucid dream more often is thinking about lucid dreaming during the day. I have tried shifting thorugh a lucid dream countless times but I have never been succesfull unfortunately. I will probably start to document my shifting attempts through LDs!! If you have any tips they are more than welcome!!