Write it on Wednesday - the secrets of stress-free journalling

A weekly series to kickstart your journalling

First: The principles of stress-free journalling:

• Keep a notebook or file of journalling or, better still, journal in an online document or blog that is searchable (or transfer written notes to online)
• Journal when you haven't time or space to scrap
• Keep your journalling notebook with you (it can be a mini notebook in your handbag!) and journal when you take photos.

It's Wednesday and it's sunny:

Journalling prompt for 1st August

What was the best summer you ever had?

Where were you? Where did you go?
What activities did you take part in?
Who else was there?

I remember the summer of '76 - the hottest summer in my lifetime. I'd just finished Lower Sixth and life was good. We spent a lot of time lazing around the outdoor swimming pool in the park in a nearby town, and planning the next year's holiday - after our A-levels - when we were going to backpack in Europe.