Are you heading off on a solo road trip?
Keeping a record of what you experience is a fun thing to do. Imagine flipping back through your journal, reliving happy moments, the places you loved, the great people you met, laughing about those times when things went wrong but turned out fine in the end.
But what if a camping journal could be much more than that?
As a solo woman traveller, you may be thrilled about your trip, but also be feeling some apprehension, especially if it’s your first time on the road. Even if this is an adventure of a lifetime, something you’ve been planning for months or years, you may be wondering if you have the confidence to hit the road alone.
This journal is not your ordinary camping journal.
It’s specifically designed for solo women travellers like you who want to do more than record where you went and what you saw. It’s also designed for a 30 day trip. A month on the road will change you and teach you a lot. If your trip is for a week or a fortnight, find my other journals in this series.
Inside this 30-day journal you’ll find:
- Each day has five pages; the first day is the day you leave on your trip
- Each day has space to record where you stop overnight, a brief description of your campsite, the environment and weather
- Each day has the same morning questions so you can prepare for the day ahead
- Each day has the same afternoon questions so you can reflect briefly on how the day went
- Each day has three different writing prompts for you to use to reflect in more detail. These prompts are camping focused questions which ask you to reflect on your self-beliefs.
You won’t find places to record the minute details of each day (miles driven, cost of campsite, facilities etc). You can keep these details in a notebook if you wish.
This journal is for deeper writing. It’s for developing confidence and self-belief. This is a journal for recording how solo camping can change your life.
Most camping journals are about making memories, "record this so you don’t forget it"!
These camping journals is different.
They are for women who are on the road for perhaps different reasons; yes, it might be a holiday, but it might also be to build confidence, tick off a bucket list item, as a gap between jobs, or relationships or moving house.
I lived on the road for nearly three years. I stayed in all sorts of places, in all sorts of camp grounds across Australia. I lived in my Van because of a series of family deaths. I needed to get away. Now, I write and read and keep a website. Writing and photography are the ways I remember my time in the Van.
This camping journal is for learning for the future, not just recording the present in case you forget it later.
This is a way of experiencing life on the road in a way that you learn something about yourself.
You can record where you are, the weather, the environment, the people you meet and things you do…But not: miles travelled, whether the site was pull-through, level or the cost, whether the toilets were well cared for or the kids play ground was well kept.
This is a different kind of travel journal.
But if drawing is more your thing, there's a journal for you too!
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