13 Everyday Life Journaling Prompts

Thank you soooooooooo much for these prompts. I add so much memorabilia and forget to add my own words to our story. I never know where to start and now I have a guide. Thank you:)

Thank you so much!! as a newbie to scrapping, I love how you incorporate journaling. Love the use of text, numbers, letters. These prompts really gave me a lot to think about. Instead of trying to glamorize our everyday lives, "why don't we appreciate what's right in front of us, as messy and delicious as it is?"
-Thanks for keeping us FOCUSED on what really matters ;)

Ali, thank you for these. I just used one yesterday to document the moment that I picked my daughter up from school. As she ran to her classroom door to greet me, I realized she had on the same shorts which meant she had no accidents at school. Such an accomplishment for both of us and an awesome opportunity to document the everyday stuff. Thanks for all the inspiration everyday!

Ali, you rock every week, but this week? You are reading my mind! First the 'everyday' prompts that I was needing (as I was just thinking 'hmmm, I need to jumpstart with something, but what?') and now I see that you've posted about baby albums & that is my next project. I've done about half of my daughter's baby album (um- oops she's almost 6! I'm so glad you said it's ok with you that albums sit for a while..) and have been gathering up things to continue on with it. Luckily I did keep odds & ends, wrote in a journal and have lots of photos for her album- all is not lost! I'm so motivated right now. Thanks for all the inspiration you provide! *have a great camping trip, too!

thank you for posting this!!! gives me some great ideas!!!

Thanks so much for the suggestions! I just started a new journal/scrapbook/list holder and these will definitely come in handy and hopefully help me at least jot down a little something every day :)

I am confused by the copyright mark on the post. When I scrapbook a layout and if I get inspiration from here, do I have to credit you in the layout? thanks for clarifying.

Thank you for this lovely list.

I love you're website. Thanks for the tips :)

You are awesome! I admire that you share with the memory keeping world! I am always impressed by the level at which you think about information and can transform it into meaningful uses for you and all of us:)

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