Keeping a food diary is an effective for individuals who are trying to lose weight and gives a good idea of how many calories and nutrients they are really eating.

Jan 20, 2009 - Julie Ackendorf

Maintaining an up-to-date medical journal saves time and ensures that all health care providers have the same accurate information.

Jun 22, 2011 - Michael Streich

Tips on keeping a gardening journal, including what to keep track of and the benefits of keeping a journal.

Mar 2, 2011 - Joshua Greer

Tracking your expenses in a journal will help you not only determine where you're spending too much, but also, how to re-allocate that money.

Mar 4, 2008 - L. Marie Dubuque

Our minds, bodies and souls work best together well when we're aware of our "self" and our personal development. This can be achieved by revisiting what is an old idea.

Mar 27, 2007 - Jenn Greenleaf

Review is a basic part of any weight loss, nutrition, health or fitness program. Using a journal provides vision, value, and power for a food and fitness plan.

Sep 30, 2009 - Quinn Collor

A food journal is a helpful tool for building healthy behaviors. It provides valuable insight to eating patterns while measuring progress and pinpointing problem areas.

Apr 3, 2010 - Christine Scivicque

Keeping a raw food journal is an important way to stay on your diet while keeping a living record of your transformation as it occurs.

Mar 23, 2008 - Leigh Hopkins

There is no getting around how important food is to everyone - be it to sustain us, entertain us, comfort us, or betray us. That is this art journal prompt's focus.

Apr 25, 2008 - Jenn Greenleaf

Keeping a reading journal can not only help you with understanding what you are reading, but it can help you become a better writer.

Nov 16, 2010 - Rachel Ives

Journaling can be a way to release frustrations, create a record of life events, and even a way to practice different styles of writing.

Oct 6, 2009 - Janie Sullivan

Planting a first garden is a grand experience in the life of a child. Keeping a garden journal can act as a record for future reference and a motivational tool.

Jun 29, 2009 - Elece Hollis

Tracking dietary intake is a helpful tool for weight loss. This article provides simple instructions for making your own daily food journal pages.

Apr 22, 2010 - Christine Scivicque

Every quilt you make has its own story to tell. Keeping a quilter's art journal helps you remember the details of how and why you created each quilt.

Sep 9, 2008 - Christine Mann

Flower gardeners need to keep written and photographic records for future reference. The best place to do that is in your garden journal. Every good garden deserves one!

May 28, 2006 - Barbara M. Martin

Few tools are as useful to a runner as keeping a running journal. A running journal logs information about each run for future reference.

Feb 8, 2010 - Stacy Blumberg

Memoir writers use many tools to keep track of the experiences they want to write about. Here is how to start a journal specifically for documenting memories.

Sep 2, 2008 - Colleen Boudreau

While nature journals are often promoted as teaching tools to be used in the classroom, keeping one for yourself can provide a relaxing, quiet hobby.

Nov 14, 2010 - Sarah Flood

Not everyone wants to keep a blog for the world to see. Keeping a personal online journal is more like a diary and less like a conversation with the world.

Apr 30, 2008 - Lizz Shepherd

From pest outbreaks to successful harvests, learn how to organize your garden story and record garden ideas in your organic garden diary.

Jul 27, 2008 - Jamie McIntosh