Journal prompt

Four seasons, one window

A view you see often, described or sketched today with the date, then visited again each season if you like.

This is one of the activity pages in Small Moments, our undated gratitude journal. It needs no special notebook: a plain page and a pen will do, and you only come back to it four times a year.

A few ways in

  1. Maybe a window, a garden gate or the street from the bus stop.
  2. Describe or sketch it in a few lines, and add the date.
  3. Leave a little room, then pop back in spring, summer, autumn or winter to add that season's version, whenever you fancy.

Example: '12 November. Wet slate roofs, the sycamore almost bare, one light on in the flat opposite.'

A thought: Some people like to look from the same seat each time, because the changes show up more clearly. Others like to wander.

A journal is a writing hobby, not a treatment. A plain notebook is every bit as welcome.

Dark plum background showing a rainy window at dusk with an open notebook and a pen on the sill. Heading: "Four seasons, one window." Text: "How about a view you see often? Describe or sketch it today and add the date, then visit it again each season, if you like." Label: Journal prompt, adults. Footer: From Small Moments, a gratitude journal.