Good morning and happy Monday! Here are some interesting ideas to get you writing this coming week.

Thinking of starting a new journal or looking for a new theme to energize your writing? Try these suggestions:

• Keep a foods diary. Write down everything you eat or drink each day.  It’s a great strategy for improving your health and managing weight.
• Create a point of view journal. Choose a different object or item and write about life today from that perspective.  It doesn’t even have to be alive!
• Develop a character journal.  Choose a stranger that you encountered today and make up a background and persona for that person.  It’s a great exercise in creativity, and could well be an entrance into writing a short story, poem, or novel.

And here are some daily journal prompts to get you writing:

• What is your favorite Christmas decoration? Why?
• What motto or saying would you choose to inspire your life this coming week?  How will that affect your actions?
• Which household chore do you like the best? Which is the worst? Why so?
• If you could visit anywhere in the world today, where would you choose to go and why?
• What is most important to you about the Christmas season? What do you spend the most time on? Do the two match up?
• Where do you like to go when you are feeling bad? How does this place help you recharge your batteries?
• What was the best, most exciting Christmas present you’ve ever received? What was the worst?