Using an Index in Your Journal

Do you use an index in your journal writing? At this present moment I admit I don’t. I used to, until my little bubby came along. It’s one way to make sure you can easily locate a specific entry, instead of having to read the entire journal, not that rereading is a bad thing.

Some people like to leave the indexing job to the end of their journal. It’s one of their rituals and helps them to finish off the book. I prefer to index as I go.

I gave each entry a consecutive number, used some pages at the back as the actual index, and wrote a quick summary of what each numbered entry was about. I found this to be a simple, yet effective enough for me to find the entries when I really wanted to.

Actually, I think I’d better start using my index system again. Please share your method for keeping track of your journal entries in the comments section below.