Journaling with a purpose

I'm watching this. It sounds interesting, but I have to think whether I will have enough time to commit to this.

im watching it too... but not sure that i will be able to do it then either.... hmmm

i'm watching this. I'm a newbie and need to free up one of my 5 swaps in order to sign up. hopefully the sent items will be received before the sign up date, it seems like a really neat idea.

Do you have a preference on the type of journal - purchased, made, altered composition book, etc? Or just senders choice? I love the prompts - got my mind thinking just reading them :0)

I'm not capable of making a mixed cd. Would a profile surprise be an acceptable alternative? Great swap idea. Thank you.

Hoosiergirl~ The journal can be anything you want it to be. Completely senders choice, be as creative as you want to me! Jillian~ (And anyone else who cant make a mix CD) You can do one of two things, you can create a playlist of your current favorite songs, and send it so that the reciever might be able to download those songs themselves if they dont have them, or you can do a profile surprise that might be music themed, or anything in general.

I absolutely love journals like this. Thanks a bunch for hosting it! I can't wait to get started.

This is a great idea and I can't wait to start.

I didn't miss the deadline and I had a great time doing this swap. Once you get started it is like a cathardic writing for parts of it. You guys will love it.

I am a newbie who would love to do this. I am very prolific and will be blogging the progress on my own journal.

Im soo behind....I have never made a mixed cd.

If you cant make a mixed CD, you can make a playlist of songs you like for your partner to make their own CD. Or you can just send a profile surprise and explain to your partner that you cant make a mixed CD. Dont let that hold you back from joining the swap! :)

Hi. My name is Michelle. I signed up tonight, and I just fell in love with this idea! I'd really like to do this. What do I need to do to get permission to join?

Darby, as long as you have a well filled out profile, and no recent no sends or ones, and are commited to the project, than you are welcome to join. I dont want to ban anyone. I hope that you enjoy the swap!

im a newbie , i would love to do this swap but i have no swaps done yet =[[

i was wondering if i could join this , i have so many good ideas for this =]] let me know

what size of journal/composition book are we talking about? what size of small....not sure...any ideas? thanks....

I can't wait for our partners to be assigned!!!! Hahaha

@diamondsapril I am using two average-sized notebooks for mine, Not too small, but not too huge either. lol

@temptwithfate007 As long as you have a detailed profile, you're welcome to join =)

Diamondsapril~ Any size journal that you want it good. As long as it isnt super smaller, not smaller than a normal compostion book. Have fun with it, pick a journal that reflects who you are.

Temptwithfate~ I sent you a private message, but as long as you have a well fileld out profile and are commited to the swap you are welcome to join. Just make sure that you really have the time and the abuilty to fulfill this swap, we dont want to leave anyone hanging... :)

Wel have about a week until partners are assigned! Cant wait! This is going to be so much fun! You can be working on your journal ahead of time if you want. :)

@jessjens1125 - would you mind making a note in the guidelines that an alternative to a mixed cd is a song list - just for clarification? I'm not sure that everyone reads comments, and it'd be unfortunate for someone to receive a bad rating based on a misinterpretation of rules.

is a 6 3/4"x9" journal sufficient for size? it's about 1 inch smaller on one side and 1/2" smaller on the other side than a composition notebook.

Happylilartist~ That should be a fine size. As long as it is something you are happy with, that will allow you to do what you want with the journal. :)

This swap sounds like lots of fun, I hope someone maybe does it again sometime as I am a complete newbie and can't join yet.

I've just got home from work and while I think this is an awesome idea, I'm also a little confused...are we filling out the journal with our own thoughts, or are we just creating a blank journal with prompts for our partner? Thanks in advance for the clarification, -m

You will be filling out the journal yourself and sending it on to your partner. :)

Thanks! -m

Thanks Jess! You have awesome ideas for swaps!

Holy Cow guys we made it into the top 10!!!! Yay! I am so excited!! I am so excited that everyone is lovig this swap idea! i think it is awesome!!!

Thanks guys for making this my frist top ten swap!!!! :)

I am so excited for this. I've been working on mine, and I can't wait to send it. It's such an awesome idea.

I am enjoying writing my journal so much, thanks for a great first swap. I can't wait to finish it and send it to my partner. Thanks Jesshens1125

When are we getting our partners? It's the 20th now.

anxious to get my partner; when are we going to get them?

She has a week to assign, but hopefully we will get partners soon.

Ah okay cool =) Me too

Whats with all these people and not assigning partners. I have been in 2 swaps now like this.

I am so sorry I didnt assign partners sooner everyone. My internet was down at home this weekend, I spent half the weekend on the phone with AT&T Trying to get it resolved. I am assigned partners right now. Again, I am so so so sorry for the delay, I was recently in a swap where partners were never assigned, so I know how extremely frusterating it is to wait, I didnt mean to put any of you through that. I am so sorry! Partners will be assigned in a few mintues!

I think this idea is sooo interesting and I love it. I'm almost done with mine and I'm making a copy of it for myself. I've always wanted to do a journal and I want it to pass to my kids when they get older. This is great and I thank you for the inspiration.

I'm so excited that I'm almost done mine. I hope my partner really likes it. I also really really hope its not one of those one in a million things that gets lost in the mail. I would not be a happy camper let me tell you. D:

I missed the cut-off for this by a long shot. I've only just found out about it now and I would love to have taken part in this. Does anyone know if there's another one going on swap-bot? Or is there a good search method for me to find out for myself in future? Kinda a newbie still, me. Thanks in advance if you can help.

@owlbookdreams I'm your partner to receive your journal! I can't wait to see it! :) I'm sooo impatient.

Michelle

I'm working on it some more tonight. Not too much to go!

A Priority Mail package (Tvyek envelope) is en route to my partner in Ohio. Happy reading! :)

MellyRose Your journal is being miled today (10-30). I don't think you will receive by Nov1 but just so you know it's on it's way.

MellyRose Your journal is being miled today (10-30). I don't think you will receive by Nov1 but just so you know it's on it's way.

Hey Everyone!!! This is an UPDATE!!! While I know that some of you worked really hard and got your journals out before the deadline the majority still havent sent. so Rather than everyone being late, I extended the deadline an extra week. I know I personally just have a few more items to add to my journal and then I will be done. I hope this isnt to big of a problem for anyone, and a help to others! I cant wait to get my journal, and to send mine out! :) Thanks for the hard work everyone!!! :)

It is a problem. Not only did I go above and beyond for my partner by making her a journal she could use I got it there with time to spare. I put a lot of things a side to meet this deadline. If there was going to be a change then it should of been when you forgot to assign the partners on time.

Would you really have extended the time if you yourself were not behind?

Extended the deadline has nothing to do with me. My partner and I have been in communication for some time and My journal is ready to be mailed out anyway. I extended it becasue well over half of the people in the swap havent sent yet. I thought it would be helpful to people to have it extended.

I have changed it back to the way that it was. I didnt mean to make anyone upset, I wanted to help the MAJORITY of people who needed some more time. It dosent hurt anything to have a little more time. Just because it was extended dosent mean your partner was going to be sending it that late, also, it dosent mean your partner will send at all. I was just trying to help... But nevermind. The swap due date is back to where it was.

I am so sorry but my journal is not finished. I'm going to need a few more days. I've sent a message to my partner.

@Snason what's the big deal if she extends the date - doesn't mean you can't send it earlier - gees And a host has a week to assign partners and she did so w/in the alloted time.

Looks like a lot of people will flake on this swap, including my partner @Audie

I am hopeing that no one will flake. This is alot of work and I dont want to see anyone get flaked on. Please let me know if this happens, give it a few weeks, and we will see. This is alot of work, i dont want to have to angel, but I will do what I can. Just please let me know.

I am so sad to have been flaked on in this swap. It was such a lot of work and now I have nothing in return.