Keeping a Notebook

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on the broken glass.”

Anton Chekhov

 

A notebook is a lot like a journal but it’s not only a journal. It’s a space for all your dreaming, your ideas for stories and poems, and a place to record ideas you have read and thought about.

You can use a notebook any way you want to. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

• Write down your first thought of the day.
• Write about the color of your day
• What would be your perfect outfit head to toe?
• How did/does the way you look affect your day?
• Make a list of:
  • things you hear during the day
  • things that are shades of blue
  • what makes you angry/happy/sad/scared
• Describe your favorite smell.
• What is the most important thing to you?
• What’s your strongest memory?
• Write an encouraging note to your future self.
• Write down a poem, a letter, a prayer and rip it out to leave it somewhere or give it to someone.
• Write down everything you can remember, one memory at a time, one day at a time.
• Keep track of great things you hear people say.
• Keep a list of your favorite words.
• Keep a list of your favorite poems and stories.
• Write down your dreams in the morning. Doing this may help you remember your dreams even better.
• Keep track of your daydreams.

Do whatever you feel like doing.  Let the notebook be your haven, sanctuary, dream zone, place of records, and lists, and ideas.