Do you like having different types of journals to keep your entries properly organized? The beauty of digital journaling on a site like Wondr Journal is that you can create several journal types and place each entry under a specific one. It allows you to organize your journal entries the way you would if you used actual, physical notebooks. In case you're looking for some inspiration on what types of journals you can keep, here are 13 ways you can use Wondr Journal to get started:

1. As an Artistic Journal

"But I'm not an artist!" is the first thing that might pop through your mind. Before you skip this section and scroll ahead, read this first.

You don’t have to be an artist to keep an artistic journal. You don't even need to know how to draw or sketch.

An artistic journal can be as simple as writing your thoughts and impressions whenever you see art. What did you think of the exhibits at the museum you visited last week? What were your thoughts about the most recent movie or TV series you saw? Did you recently attend a concert or watch a play? Did you see something while scrolling through social media that caught your eye?

It doesn’t matter what form of art you want to react to, as long as you are able to express yourself. If you get stressed often, creating an artistic journal can become an outlet for all your emotions. You can also make your artistic journal a hobby to take note of all the artsy things you’ve seen and done.

2. As a Creative Writing Journal

If you are the type of person who likes jotting down poetry, prose, and several other things, whether fiction or nonfiction, you might want to have a journal dedicated to all your writings. Type down all the ideas that cross your mind so you don’t forget them.

You may not be able to use them now, but it’s good to save them and then go through them again in the future. After tweaking and editing, you might even find something you think worth publishing online or submitting to a literary magazine for review. You might even have the start of the world’s next bestselling novel in your hands.

3. As a Day’s Events Journal

Do you like keeping track of all your daily activities?

Some people enjoy noting conversations with people, observations while out of the house, and everything about their day. If you like keeping track of your daily activities to help you remember key events, it may be a good idea to keep a day's events journal—separate from your other journals—so they don't get mixed up with your other journal entries.

Use your day's events journal to record meaningful conversations with friends or letters and chats exchanged with them. You can also write about your thoughts in response to current events. Write about how those events are affecting your daily life

4. As a Dream Journal

When we say dreams, we mean the things you have while sleeping—not your hopes and goals for the future. While you may disregard dreams of having any importance or significance in your life, sometimes, your dreams reveal a lot about you. Or they reflect your perception of the things you are going through, which is why it is a great exercise to reflect on your dreams.

Unfortunately, we often forget our dreams the moment we wake up. While they tend to be vivid, detailed, and appear very real when we’re dreaming, they start slipping from the edges of our memories the moment we wake up.

One great way to make sure you remember your dreams is to journal them. The moment you open your eyes, write what you can remember. Over time, if you are able to write down those dreams consistently, you might notice a pattern that might be significant, especially if you are seeing a therapist. You may also notice how you are able to remember more of your dreams.

5. As a Fitness Journal

Do you have a set exercise routine every week? Create a fitness journal to keep track of your exercise sessions. You can record the number of weights you lift or your strength and stretching sessions. If you are working towards a specific goal (running a marathon, being able to lift a certain weight, etc.), you can use your fitness journal to measure your progress.

A fitness journal also serves as inspiration for the days when you don’t feel like exercising. Write your accomplishments at the end of every session to see your wins. This will help you keep going when the going gets tough.

6. As a Food Journal

There are several ways you can use a food journal—and it goes hand in hand with your fitness journal. If health is important to you, you can use your food journal to monitor what you eat every day. List down the food you ate so it can help you make better food choices in the future. Some people with allergies take note of what they eat to help them identify allergy triggers. You can also use your food journal to track your daily water intake and plan meals.

Another way to use a food journal is to record all the recipes you’ve learned so far and the ones that you want to try out someday. Take note of some cooking tips and the food you've eaten in different places. Use your journal to record some of your favorite dishes that you might want to try to replicate and some dish inventions you may have.

7. As a Gratitude Journal

Some days are like summer days where the world is beautiful, and you can’t help but fall in love with every single moment. Other days feel more bleak, helpless, and hopeless—where you seem to run into one challenge after another with no end in sight.

Keeping a gratitude journal every day—yes, even in those dark days—helps improve your attitude towards life. It doesn’t have to be so long. Just type down a few sentences of the things you are grateful for in life. The point is to keep your entries positive. The ultimate goal in keeping a gratitude journal is to cultivate a spirit of positivity and appreciation in yourself.

During days when life seems particularly bleak, you can go back to your previous entries and find encouragement from the happier days and know that the sun always shines after the rain.

8. As a Productivity Journal

You've seen how writing down work goals can help you with the tasks that need to get done. If you struggle with procrastination or find it hard to focus, you might want to start a productivity journal. It will help you prioritize what you need to do and help you focus your time, energy, and efforts on other things.

Write down your goals for the day, week, and month. Organize your tasks by priority and track your success so you are inspired to work more efficiently.

9. As a Project Journal

Do you have something you’re working on that you’d like to keep track of? It can be related to your work or a little DIY hobby you have on the side.

Use your project journal to set goals and time boundaries and divide your tasks into steps. You can also write about your observations and record your achievements where your project is concerned.

If you’re going the DIY route, note all the materials you used and your procedure for the project. Write down ideas for future DIY projects. You might not be able to do them now, but at least you get to take note of them before you forget.

If this is a work-related project, write about the problem, your intended solution, your budget, and other details. If you encounter a challenge along the way, talk about it, too, as it will encourage you when you look back and see the progress of your projects or help you when you encounter future challenges.

10. As a Reading Journal

Are you a bookworm who loves taking note of all the books you've read and analyzing the little nuances of the plots and characters along the way? If your answer is yes, you definitely need a reading journal. Use it to keep track of all finished books and favorite quotes. You can even use it to write your reviews of the books you just read. Take note of your thoughts and emotions while reading the book.

If you are part of a book club, a reading journal is a must-have to remember all the key points you want to bring up when meeting with fellow members to discuss the book.

11. As a Stream-of-Consciousness Journal

Sometimes, you want to write down things that don’t belong in your other journals. Or sometimes your thoughts are so muddled up and messy, but you just have to release them to let go of whatever you’re feeling.

In either case, a stream-of-consciousness journal will come in handy. It’s a way for you to write down everything you’re thinking and feeling as they happen. What you write doesn’t even have to make sense. It can be just words or phrases or anything going through your mind the moment you are writing. Think of your stream-of-consciousness journal as a safe space for you to type down anything and everything you want to say.

12. As a Travel Journal

When traveling to another city or country outside your own, it’s nice to record your whole travel experience. Back when smartphones and cameras didn't exist yet, people would write travel memoirs in their journals—avidly describing their experiences and the scenes unfolding before their eyes. Travel journaling is more than simply recording what you ate, saw, or visited. Travel journaling is all about unlocking all your five senses and writing about the impact a destination had on you.

Think about how you felt when you saw the sun setting behind the hills or the sights and smells you encountered as you walked down a narrow side street. Write about the people you met—the locals who smiled at you and welcomed you to their country or your plane seatmate who you had an interesting conversation with. If you are traveling to a country that speaks a different language, you can even write down the words and phrases you learned along the way.

13. As a Vision Journal

Just like using your journal to plan your day or week, you can also use your journal to write those big dreams for yourself. This time, it's all about those hopes you have for the future. Use your journal to dream up the life you want to have, and then break it down into smaller-sized steps that will help serve as the goals you must reach to achieve your dreams.

Having a vision journal helps you focus on what will help you achieve what you want for your future. While your productivity journal helps you with your day-to-day tasks and other work-related goals, your vision journal is your big picture—helping you build the life you want for yourself.

Use Wondr Journal for All Your Journals

A good thing about using a web app like Wondr Journal is that you can have several types of journals under one account. If you like categorizing your entries, you can create a specific journal for everything you want to write about—whether fitness, your daily events, the books you've read, or anything else. What's even better is that you can easily access them all at once. With Wondr Journal, you can create all the different types of journals you want and write to your heart's content.

Create your journals on Wondr Journal today.

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