November 1
School Memories – Journaling Prompts
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I’ve never put together a photo album. Â For years, my photos have sat in box. Â Every Thursday this year, I’ve done a post about things I wish I’d done “if I died today.” Â One of the things on my list is to organize my photos in such a way that I can enjoy them and share them with friends and family. Â I decided to start with a small “School Memories” album.
I sorted my photos and memorabilia, bought an album and coordinating papers and started to play around with how I want the album to “look,” but I don’t want to forget the most important thing…the stories behind the photos. Â So this month, I’m going to work on writing my stories.
Now to decide what stories and information to include.  This week, I wrote down some journaling prompts to get me started.
What schools did I attend and what were they like?
School bus memories.
What was I good at in school?
What activities did I participate in?
What did I want to be when I grew up?
Who were my favorite and least favorite classmates?
What are my memories of my teachers?
What did I do during recess?
What did I wear (school fashion)?
Any interesting school field trips?
What were my favorite/least favorite school projects?
What are some interesting school stories I would like to remember?
How did school shape me into the person I am today?
I would LOVE to hear your ideas about journaling prompts. Â What else would be interesting?
Art Every Day Month – Day 1
I’m participating in Art Every Day Month. Â Every day during the month of November I’m going to start a painting. They will vary in their completeness…from “just started” to done.”
Daily Inspiration
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come.
Anne Lamott
OMD, dis looks like a chore to me…hehehe. I reckon it’s fun fur you hoomans though. I thinks your prompts are awesome. And it will be incredible fur da kids to read.
Puddles
You have a great list of prompts! Have you thought about including headlines from the year, or trends of the time?
Great idea!
I think you are going to need a considerably bigger album for all your wonderful school memories.
Loving the quote.
I never think about school – which I detested from day one to day whatever!
Your art every day looks like a fun thing to do 🙂
Lynne x
I love your list. School bus memories hahaha! Yes, I have a couple of dreadful ones! How about boys/crushes? Your vowels project is so sweet. I wish I had school stuff that went that far back, though with the cleaning I’ve been doing, maybe that wouldn’t be such a good idea. Just more stuff to agonise over 😉
That is a great list, I hope you are going to share all the stories with us. Like almost everyone, I want to hear about the school bus memories.
Bert
We will live vicariously through you while all of our photos remain in boxes and on computer hard drives… sigh…