Guides and tools
You may have a blank page, a feeling you cannot quite name, or a week of notes you want to read again. Start with the question in front of you.
Begin an entry
- How to journalOne ordinary Tuesday, three ways to begin: a sentence, a freewrite, or a question.
- Journal promptsChoose a question for the moment you are in, then borrow a first sentence if it helps.
- Mood journal examplesEight fictional entries show how short, mixed, corrected, and gap-filled records can look.
Understand a feeling
- Emotional awarenessAn unanswered message has several clues. Separate what happened from what you think it means.
- Feelings listCompare nearby feeling words and find a phrase that fits more closely.
- Emotional regulationFollow two fictional situations through the choices around a feeling; circumstances matter.