Unlocking Creativity: How to Journal When I Don’t Know How to Journal
I get tons of questions all of the time about my journal and what do I write in it. We may think that journaling, expressing thoughts and feelings are easy but for some people, they have no idea what to write or even how to start. In reality, journaling doesn’t always have to be about you writing about yourself, but it can be used as a creative outlet for learning and increasing knowledge.
Sometimes, I don’t always want to write about my day, but I want to learn something out of curiosity. You know those random questions that come to your mind during the day while you’re at work, in the shower, and even on the toilet. Yes, toilet lol. Don’t act like you don’t know what I am talking about because we all use the bathroom as a way to get away from everyone else in the house.
With that being noted, I really wanted to devote my time into gaining more knowledge throughout my day. I detest being idle but while being idle, I came up with a neurodivergent idea to hyper fixate on our predecessors that paved the way for our modern well and a research journal was born.
I used a Take A Note Planner because of the simplicity of the layout and the weekly sections were wide enough to include pictures.
Check out my YouTube video for a complete tutorial:
Examples of other research journals topics:
Womens’s Rights, History of Wars, Human Anatomy and Physiology, History of Journaling Practices and Countries and Cultures.
October 9, 2024 @ 1:50 pm
Your research journal is legit my favorite. The creativity and the information you find is phenomenal and inspiring!
October 9, 2024 @ 3:03 pm
Thank you so much friend!!
October 9, 2024 @ 1:52 pm
I love this idea as I often get stuck on what to write even though my mind is full of thoughts. I get bored easily with the “dear diary” type entries. Thanks for sharing! Johnita Campbell aka @Blingmerchant_plans
October 9, 2024 @ 3:03 pm
Most definitely. I love going outside of the norm sometimes. It can definitely be rewarding.
October 10, 2024 @ 3:23 pm
I seriously dig your research journal so much! I have been thinking about starting one to learn new words. And learning about different places in the world I would like to 🧳 travel.
October 11, 2024 @ 4:29 pm
Now, that would be awesome. You definitely should do it!! I would love to see that.
October 10, 2024 @ 8:16 pm
Hi Eliza, as I stated many times before about your creativity as I have been following you around looking for your beautiful work and this one is over the top for me. I love your research journal, this one is my fav. 🩷🩷🩷
October 11, 2024 @ 4:28 pm
Awwww, thank you so much. I really have enjoyed creating this. I can’t wait to share with you all what I have set up for next year.
October 15, 2024 @ 7:10 am
Oooh my what a great idea to start a research journal. I want to see if I can strat one next year. There are somethings I’m wondering about to time to write it down. I like your blog and thank you for the inspiration.
October 18, 2024 @ 9:02 am
I hope you definitely start a research journal. I have absolutely enjoyed it and I think you will as well. Thank you for reading my blog.