Ups and Downs: A Journal for Good and Not-So-Good Days

Bought this for a friend who is going though a difficult time. It has helped with being focused on daily tasks, appreciation of little steps and finding the positive when all is sad and negative. I would buy again. I think it's perfect as part of a larger gift.

This journal is ideal for over-thinkers who tire themselves out journaling on a regular piece of paper, by writing EVERYTHING in detail! Instead, this helpful little journal asks questions and has tick boxes and spaces to fill in. One side of the page focuses on the negative and the other side on the positive. It makes a cathartic summary of your day and helps you keep perspective. It makes a good keepsake to remember specific times in your life, too. The tick boxes of emotions are numerously varied, including feelings such as; creative, efficient, alert, hormonal and taciturn. My Ups and Downs Journal became a daily activity. I completed one, over five months or so, then bought two more!

I like this book however I sometimes struggle to read what it's asking me due to the font and I struggle to fill the book in itself because it's not spiral/wiro bound which means it's hard to physically write in it. Other than that it's really beneficial to my wellbeing with each page being slightly different than the last. There's also nice thick pages too.

I've tried lots of journals over the last few years and have found this to be (1) just the right length to complete each day - getting me to reflect without being overwhelming, (2) great format with different content each day (the 'same old same old' every day in other journals bores me quickly), (3) easy to fill in with tickboxes and short sentences that make me think. It's ideal for reflection and I look forward to completing it every day - this is definitely a journal I will stick with!

This is a good idea, but I found myself forcing my mind to look for the negative in days that were general or okay, and even on the happy page, having to find something difficult that happened inside the good day, which in all honesty made me personally feel anxious as if I had to find the bad in all days or the journal would be incomplete. This journal helped many but sadly not me. The days do not generally apply because some entries do not relate to your day at all, so what do you do? Ignore the page? Some days in life aren't so great but you have entries where something amazing is meant to have happened to you in the evening, and unless the journal is psychic, that won't always make sense. But like I said, others like this, but to me it just made Mr anxious.

I use this most evenings with my 10 year old son. It works so well to have a positive page and a negative page, it's realistic and gives him space to allow a grumble, but then think positive about other aspects. We like that each day is different, and especially being about to add our own word to the feelings lists each day. Something a little more grown up in style, that still works to connect with an adult.

Looks really good. Lots of varied questions and prompts. Typeface a little small sometimes a bit difficult to reaf, but all in all a nice little journal to prompt reflection and to vent!

As a therapist I recommend Clients to use this as their journal if they are struggling what to write in their emotional diary - obtained good feedback from them all.

Great journal, every page has different things, instead of just the same page repeated over and over. Definitely recommend this.

Love this! It’s a quick daily journal and a little different every day! I’m so bad at daily habits and this makes it easy for me! The only problem is that on really good days I find myself writing n/a on the lines because not everyday is bad or I want to nit pick the negatives.

Got this as an anniversary present for my husband and he loves it! It's been really good for him to be able to chart things easily and find trends and positives.

I really like the guided journal approach. I am enjoying mapping my moods with the prompts as they spur some creative assessments. A little whimsy in my life is most appreciated.

I don't find myself using this journal as much as I thought I would. But I like that it's formatted so that I have to fill in prompts instead of writing everything down myself