Hi, my name is Anne, and I desperately want to journal. I have so many people in my life that are great at journaling. They have notebook upon notebook of journals from over the years. Every day they meticulously write down their thoughts, ideas, dreams, inspirations and I gaze upon them with envy. Now, I own some journals and have even started several times. One journal I own is like a “Journaling for dummies” sort of book. It has lead in questions and thoughts that will prompt you what to write about….fail. I have a devotional that gives you blank lines at the bottom of each page and even asks a question to prompt your writing…fail. I was given a lovely blank journal when I began this nonsense in my body and was successful for a day here and there but one day it was the closest thing to me when I needed to write something down during a phone call so it turned into a scratch pad….fail.

This year will be different or at least I hope it will be and I have a plan. A few years ago I presented a journal plan to a group of friends. It took off for a while but fizzled. I ran across it in my Timehop today (that’s an app that shows you your posts from FB, Instagram and Twitter over the past 5 years) and something was reignited within me to try again. I called it my JOY Journal. Every day I would write down 3 things; one that had to do with Jesus, one that had to do with Others and one that had to do with myself or You. J.O.Y. Simple, straight forward and covers all parts of my life.

Now as I wrote in my last post, I know with God’s help I can accomplish any goal. Journaling and being committed to journal daily is one of my goals so I will pray that God will help me to achieve this goal.

If you have wanted to journal and just don’t know where to begin, join me in 2015 to find the J.O.Y in your life!