Use this journal for anything, tracking your dreams, writing down your bucket list, make it as colorful as you want. The Virtual program will give you ideas and samples of ways you can use your journal. This is part of a Virtual Program and a video will be shared on July 20th on the Library's YouTube and Facebook. Don't forget to mark completion of the program on your Engaged Readers (myfcpl.org/read) account in order to earn another entry for one of Summer Reading prize drawings! Viewing the video and completing the kit will be awarded an entry for our Summer Reading prize drawings via Engaged Readers, our new online reading tracker. Paper trackers are available upon request for anyone without internet access.

2. Here are some gratitude journal writing prompts:
• What is your happiest memory?
• What is one of your favorite gifts that
somebody recently gave you?
• What is one of your favorite things that
happened this week?

3. • What is your favorite thing about living in your town,
your neighborhood or house?
• What is an event or occasion you are looking forward
to?
• What is something you've done recently of which you
are proud?

4. • Draw something that makes you happy.
• Draw something you couldn’t live without.
• Draw something that makes you smile.
• Draw something you love to do.
• Draw someone you love.
• Draw something you think is fun.
• Draw something that makes you feel good.
• Draw something that makes you laugh.

6. • Take your nature study journal with you
whenever you head out on an adventure.
• Write, draw and/or paint in it to record
experiences with nature. Don’t forget to date
entries!

7. • Write thoughts, feelings, ideas, observations,
experiences, and relationship with the natural
world.
• Add poetry or quotes that are meaningful to
you and related to your experience with
nature.
• Place, trace, or press the nature specimens you
collect inside of it.

8. Here are some basic things that can go into a bullet journal :
• Index: a table of contents at the start of your journal and you keep it updated daily
• Log: Things you did during the day

9. • Monthly Log: traditional calendar + things you need to do in the
future
• Rapid Logging: symbols that help you get those things done
(more like + means things to do, etc)
• Lists: movies to watch, books to read, places to visit etc.

10. • If I owned a restaurant I would serve this kind of food ...
• If I had three wishes ...
• If I was an airplane pilot I would fly to ...
• My hero is X because ...
• If I was an inventor I would create ...
• In 10 years I will ...
Additional Writing Prompts for your Journal

11. prizes at myfcpl.org/read
The kit associated with this
virtual program was made possible in part by a grant from Ransom Family
Advised
Endowment Fund, C/O The Community Foundation.