Jennifer, that is an awesome list. I may borrow some of your ideas.

I have only two journals.

1) There is my regular journal, which contains just about everything including the kitchen sink! I write about different experiences and what they mean to me and how I feel about them. Recollections from my past. Dreams I have had and what they mean. Poems. Short stories. Letters I write to people from both my past and present, but that I never send (I find these therapeutic!). Sometimes I look up topics on the Internet, learn about them, and then include quotes from articles (or books I am reading) and my reflections on them. Sometimes if I like posts I have made on PC, I will put them in the journal.

2) I have a journal that I call a blog, but I have not published it online. It is written in the style of a blog, lighter, with more humor, but lots of information too. It is written as if other people are reading it, whereas my regular journal is written for my eyes alone. The topic of my blog-journal is divorce, and it is all about my experiences/adventures/thoughts as I navigate through the divorce process.

I think 2 journals are all I can handle! I like the idea of incorporating artwork. My journals are electronic, so that's not as easy to do, but still possible.

I have kept journals off and on through my entire life. When I am depressed, I cannot write. I have a big gap the last decade or so when I was so unhappy I could not write, as it would mean facing my problems. I'm doing a better job of facing stuff now, and can write about it.