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I have just started my third, 3 year “sentence a day” book. This is my 7th year of recording a sentence or two about each day.
One book is titled “The highlight of my day” which more accurately reflects what I write.
I don’t follow the prompts for each day. Sometimes I write about what I’ve done, where I’ve been, what I’ve seen or read. Sometimes I mention world news, but not often. Sometimes it is just an ordinary day.
I enjoy looking back. On this date on previous years, we’ve been tourists in London, we went to an ice sculpture exhibition, we spent the day at The Old Bailey, observing cases in the law courts. We visited a Music and Arts festival, and after a day at work, I searched for a mural that I’d heard about. Back in 2012, I commented on the global financial crisis, which was relevant to my job at the time.
A new idea that my daughter shared is “my year in pixels”. I’m recording a colour for each day in excel, while she has coloured pens and is recording in her diary planner. We will look back on each month, on the overall trend, within the context of our current life, her as a new stay at home mum with a teething baby, me currently enjoying a period of summer non-employment and daily beach walks.
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How cool, Ruth. Can’t wait to see the colour pattern after 12 months!
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Me too.
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Hi Ruth.
The colour a day to represent a view of your day emotionally is really interesting. We have a range of emotions and activities each day. I was wondering how you pocketed each day giving it only one colour. Not to knock the idea. I can have a number of those beliefs and feelings each day and wouldn’t know what to pick.
I too can’t wait to see the overall picture after 12 months.
Den xx
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Hi Den. I took the overall feel of the day. I’m sure it may get more difficult as the weeks go on. We’ll see. x
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I love the idea of a sentence a day. I used to write quite a bit down when I had time, and now have no time to read through it all!! A sentence or two would have been better. I like the idea of colours especially for busy Mums.
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I too used to write a lot in a journal, but that gradually reduced to a sentence or two a day. That works for me now. My daughter is keen on the pixels. I’m interested to see how she goes with that.
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Hi Ruth, I am waiting for my first actual sentence a day book (due to arrive in the mail shortly) as I have been writing a post each month documenting a sentence a day. This way I’m hoping to organise my thoughts a little more. I love your colour chart too, what a great way to record how you’re feeling. Thanks for the ideas Ruth!
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I love the kikki.k sentence a day books. They helped me keep on track.
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That chart is going to be interesting.
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These are both interesting ideas. I like the sentence a day – seems manageable. I’m not quite so sure about the colour coded emotion of the day. Some of my days can be like a rollercoaster. I’d also be a bit worried I’d look back and find my life had been sad or difficult when maybe an overall memory would be that it was okay. Still, it’s an intriguing idea. I’ll be interested to hear how it ends up for both you and your daughter. (ooh, definitely would not have wanted to record my days as a new mum!)
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Thanks for your thoughts. Perhaps some days will be rainbows! I am interested to see how it looks, in hindsight.
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Those were my thoughts too. I find both ideas really interesting, but I already have books of journals I’ve kept in previous years in a filing cabinet. I don’t know how to use or interpret this information.
…. but then again, I do tend to overthink things 😉
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A sentence a day is a great idea. Sometimes with journaling I find I get lazy, missing days at a time and then beat myself up for not being consistent. A sentence a day is a manageable way to keep it going all year long.
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Yes, I certainly find it manageable.
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Great idea and more likely to keep going right through the year. I keep all the wall calendars as I always put notes on them.
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I did have a collection of family diaries when our kids were younger, as that had all the notes in them.
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I love that pixel chart, I just saw one posted on Reddit about a week ago! Sounds like a fun concept because I love anything that’s color coded. The three-year sentence-a-day book sounds fun, too. Enjoy!
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