Travel Journaling: Document Feelings and Memories
A course by Aniko VillalbaAuthor of Interactive Journals
A course by Aniko Villalba, Author of Interactive Journals
Learn to create travel journals that document your thoughts and feelings through writing, observation, and scrapbooking
The blank pages of a notebook are a space of freedom. In them, you can write what you feel, ask questions, celebrate, complain, or document what catches your attention. Author of interactive journals, Aniko Villalba, understands this better than anyone.
In this online course, Aniko teaches you how to fill a travel notebook in a creative and personal way, through writing and observation exercises. If you want to continue learning with your teacher, you can take a look at her previous course Writing Exercises: From the Blank Page to Everyday Practice
What will you learn in this online course?
15 lessons & 24 downloads
The materials
11 minutes, 39 seconds
Tips for not abandoning your notebook
5 minutes, 35 seconds
Previous exercises: ideas to fill your notebook before leaving home 1
17 minutes, 58 seconds
In transit: ideas to record your days and your emotions 1
15 minutes, 20 seconds
In transit: ideas for documenting movement, the here and now, and the unexpected 1
17 minutes, 49 seconds
The return: ideas to finish your post-trip notebook 1
9 minutes, 48 seconds
What's included in this course?
To start, get to know your teacher, Aniko, her experience as a travel writer and photographer, and her main influences.
Reflect on the meaning of the word travel and the value of documenting your adventures. See how to choose a notebook that suits your needs, what materials to use to fill it, and how to give continuity to this new project.
Do some exercises before the trip to start filling the notebook even before leaving home. Aniko suggests writing, observation, introspection, and collecting exercises, as well as various ideas for documenting movement.
To wrap things up, learn tips to complete your notebook when you return from exploring, and see how to make the most of it once it's finished.
What is this course's project?
Create your own travel notebook.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone who wants to document their travel experiences in a notebook.
Requirements and materials
You don't need any previous experience, just curiosity, the desire to record what you see and feel, and stationery materials such as a notebook, something to write and highlight with, colored paper, scissors, and a glue stick.
Reviews
- 1 month ago
Las ideas que propone Aniko son siempre útiles y adaptables a la realidad de cada persona. Me encanta cómo diseña sus vídeos, la estética, y la variedad de posibilidades que ofrece. El curso me ha gustado, lo he puesto en práctica junto con otras herramientas de talleres de la misma autora que ya conocía.
- 811379126PLUS3 months ago
great!
- 5 months ago
me ha encantado y motivado mucho el curso. no solo a la hora de viajar fuera de la ciudad en la que vivo, si no en mi dia a dia, tratandolo como si de un viaje más se tratara
- 5 months ago
Very nice course! I recommend it.
- 5 months ago
Muy lindo curso! Me gusta los tips que da para expandir nuestra observación mientras hacemos viajes, me resultan llevaderos y originales
After her nomadic life, she settled in Amsterdam to dedicate herself completely to her project escribir.me, a website dedicated to promoting writing and creativity, where she has been teaching writing, journaling, and creativity workshops since 2015. She also has a podcast titled Mientras no escribo where she gives listeners an insider's look at the creative writing process.
Content
- U1
Introduction
- About Me
- Influences
- U2
Put us in "travel mode"
- Let's define "travel"
- The magic of journaling: the notebook as a treasure chest
- The materials
- Tips for not abandoning your notebook
- U3
Your travel notebook
- Previous exercises: ideas to fill your notebook before leaving home 1
- Previous exercises: ideas to fill your notebook before leaving home 2
- In transit: ideas to record your days and your emotions 1
- In transit: ideas to record your days and your emotions 2
- In transit: ideas for documenting movement, the here and now, and the unexpected 1
- In transit: ideas for documenting movement, the here and now, and the unexpected 2
- U4
The return home
- The return: ideas to finish your post-trip notebook 1
- The return: ideas to finish your post-trip notebook 2
- What to do with notebooks
- FP
Final project
- Travel Journaling: Document Feelings and Memories
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FAQs
Travel journaling is a personal record of your experiences, feelings, and memories during a trip, all kept in a notebook. This course teaches you creative techniques to start, customize, and maintain a travel journal from scratch.
No prior experience is needed. The course is designed for intermediate learners, but techniques are explained step-by-step and can be adapted to your skill level.
You’ll just need a notebook (preferably landscape format), pens, glue, washi tape, scrap papers, and optionally a portable photo printer and collage materials. The course suggests simple, budget-friendly alternatives.
You’ll learn creative writing and visual techniques, observation and mindfulness exercises, collage, scrapbooking, using ephemeral materials, and strategies to document experiences, emotions, and journeys in a personal notebook.
The course offers daily exercises, visual and written recording techniques, urban games, and slow travel methods to capture everyday details and experimental experiences, adapting the format to any kind of trip.
Yes, you’ll learn to decorate pages with washi tape, papers, maps, envelopes, postcards, collage, and graphic elements, plus how to design creative, interactive covers and sections.
The course provides daily routines, practical tips, and short exercises to help you consistently record your experiences, even on long trips or when time is tight.