Sadly, the most stressful part of journaling for me is getting started! I don't consider myself a good writer or a good communicator.

LOVE THIS! Pretty sure I'm going to have to lift this idea and do it for my kids' albums. Thanks for the inspiration!

Oh, I didn't comment about what's stressful for me because nothing about journaling really is. I love journaling, and am okay with crossing off a word or not having right spelling. It shows my kids (who I mostly scrap about) that I make mistakes, too.

I have a lot of trouble getting all my thoughts flow on the page. Whenever I end up writing my journaling, it always sounds clumsy and choppy. I'd love to have new ways to do my journaling efficiently

A lot of times I don't even write on my pages because I don't what to say.

For me it is deciding what story I want to tell.

There are many reasons I don't have much journaling on my layouts. Where to start, what person do I journal in, it doesn't seem meaningful enough to me. I think I need to win this class! LOL!

I always have the hardest time figuring out where to start.  Once I get any idea of that, though, things start to get rolling.

Thanks for the technique. I have to be in the mood to journal so many of my LO just have a blank place to insert journalling later. I find it hardest to journal deeper than the photos, but I've been working on that in classes and by practicing journalling first, then selcting photos and scrapping. I'd love your class to help me improve my journalling.

I am also in the publishing industry. In the past 20 years I've worked FT (before children) as an editorial assistant. When my son was born in 1999, I started freelancing and did everything from reading the slush pile to now copy editing for 3 companies (Harlequin, my fave!). The thing that stresses me out the most is the point of view...do I do it "from Mommy" or from the subject of the layout's POV or what!? LOL!

My biggest issue when journaling is what person to be writing in. Thanks for the chance to win a seat in the class.

love the ideas and techniques!  I definitely struggle with how to use washi tape!

I love to journal and tell the story behind the photos.  I think for me the hardest part to journaling is where to fit the journaling on a scrapbook layout so that it works with the entire page.  

I have a problem with choosing the right words to express to my children and family how much that certain moment meant to me in my life. I love journaling, I used to hate my own hadwriting and would type it, as I get older I am appreciating small things such as my handwriting. I think it's important for my girls to have little things like that to remember me by.

Thank You so much for the chance to win! This class is going to wonderful!

Grammar. I started scrapbooking determined to only put title and date and no journaling because I am scared to write. I'm embarrassed to show my layouts. What if people laugh at my bad grammar! My kids would be embarrassed to read whatever I had to say. But, now I want to change. Regardless of my bad grammar, I don't want to be scared to write. I want my kids to not only see but read the stories from their confident mother. I am so glad you are offering this workshop and looking forward to it. What a great timing!

Adorable!  Fitting it all on the page is my biggest problem!  I like to free write, so sometimes it takes more space then I anticipated!

What I find stressful is not the writing process because I love to write - but rather the importance of writing out the details of the story in a positive manner when the story is not so positive!  Thanks.

I'm not very good at journaling, I always think its going to take away from the photos.  This is my yearly challenge to journal more.

I think my biggest problem with journaling is sometimes I feel like I sound generic.  I have a hard time just spilling what is in my heart.

My biggest challenge is that I am afraid that I am going to sound 'dorky' to anyone reading it later on.

My biggest challenge is that I try to be witty and not just tell a story.

Sometimes, just figuring out what to say without it sounding like "just the facts" is a challenge. Perhaps I need more adjectives!

I always have too much to say! I want to focus on important parts

I love your Washi tape graph!  My problem with journaling is that I want to make it a perfect piece of writing and continue to edit and edit and edit... I know that isn't practical and I need a "push" to just do it instead of over-thinking it!

I can always use some great journaling ideas... that's one part I always sturggle more with. I'll get a layout done and set it aside to finish the journaling later!

I have such trouble deciding what I want to write about!

Love your growth chart layout!  Such a great way to use washi tape!  The most stressful part of journaling for me is usually narrowing down what I want to say...what's most important.  I thin your class would be a great help to me!

Love your growth chart layout!  Such a great way to use washi tape!  The most stressful part of journaling for me is usually narrowing down what I want to say...what's most important.  I thin your class would be a great help to me!

Great ideas using Washi tape!

My most stressfull part of journalling comes when I start out the piece. I actually have to pre write my journalling on a separate piece of paper to get all down I am wanting to say. I then will rearrange it to sound right.

My most stressful part is knowing what to say that doesn't sound like everything else I have written down in the past. I feel like I say the same things over and over.

The most stressful part for me is remembering what I want to say. I need to be better about writing it down when it happens, or maybe keeping a journal.