10 Journaling Styles

Did you know there are several different types of creative journaling? It does not have to be a one-size-fits-all proposition.

If you’re looking to nurture and boost your self-reflection and creativity, it can be beneficial to experiment with different styles of journaling.

1. Bullet Journals – This type of journaling is useful for anyone who has lots of to-do lists, loves using a pen and paper, and who enjoys goal tracking. Your journal should have a table of contents that you create as you add to the journal so you can find things. You’ll use symbols, colors, and lines to make your bullet journal. You should be able to understand at a glance what’s on the page.
2. Vision Journals – You may have heard of vision boards and this is essentially the same thing in journal form. The way vision journaling works is that you set up the journal to have only one goal per page. Then you can write words, add pictures, or draw something that enables you to make plans to reach that goal. When you do reach the goal, be sure to go back and add the date of achievement.
3. Line a Day Journals – With a line-a-day journal, you simply write a short line about what you did that day. It should be only a sentence or two at the most, and should not require too much time or thought.
4. Classic Journal – This is simply a diary, and you can write whatever you want in it every day. It can be long or short, you can skip days if you want to, and there doesn’t have to be any structure or specific flow to your thoughts.
5. Prayer Journal – Use a prayer journal to write out your prayers instead of saying or thinking them. Writing down your prayers allows you to remember them and be able to look back on them over time.
6. Dream Journal – Some people really like tracking their dreams because they believe that dreams provide signs for life. If you want to track your dreams, you have to train yourself to write in your dream journal every morning while you still remember the dream. Write about the dream and then research what it means and write about that too.
7. Food Journal – Write down everything you eat every day. Some people like to include the calorie counts and macros. It can also help to write down how you’re feeling when you eat certain things.
8. Travel Journal – A wonderful way to remember your travels is to keep a travel journal. Some people like making one for each trip so that it’s easier to remember. You can write your thoughts in your journal, but you can also attach tickets, pictures, and memories.
9. Gratitude Journal – This is just what it sounds like — a journal where you record each day what you’re thankful and grateful for. Nothing can be negative in this journal because it’s designed to help you think more positively.
10. Project Journal – This is a handy journal to keep, especially for anyone who regularly works on projects. Keeping a journal of each project you work on that records actions taken, results, and data will help you improve and review every project you work on.

If you want to journal to help work through a problem, keeping specific journals for different things is an effective way to go about it. It’s also a great way to store your thoughts and memories for the future in a more organized and useful manner.

Success Wizard supports all of these journaling styles through features such as bullet journaling, adding pictures, adding custom reflection questions, adding categories and more.

Check out all of the Journaling features (Diary, Notes, and Daily Reflections) in the Success Wizard app and start your journaling practice today!