An observation diary is a great way to record thoughts and times. Most of the interesting statements, vivid emotions, unexpected events are gradually forgotten. The diary will allow you not to miss a single detail that ultimately makes up our life.
Instructions
Step 1
Select an area to observe. It can be any side of life - from professional to personal. You can observe both the stock market and the change in your own mood depending on external stimuli.
Step 2
Determine the purpose of this whole venture - fixing time for yourself, looking for interesting little things in everyday life, deriving certain trends and patterns, etc.
Step 3
To fulfill the purpose of observing and not waste time and energy gathering unnecessary information, decide how often you will keep a diary. It also depends on the chosen area. For example, if you want to fix your emotional state in order to understand how it changes and depending on what, it is worth indicating each mood jump that can occur at any time. In the case of observing the weather, the diary will be more orderly - take instrument readings, describe the type of precipitation, wind direction, cloudiness at the same time every day. If you want to record the climatic picture of the season, it will be enough to record once every 1-3 days. For a weekly diary, increase the frequency of entries to 3 per day.
Step 4
Choose the shape of the diary for observations. If you are pursuing scientific or professional goals, it is better to prefer the electronic option. Start a file, create a table in it for the entire observation period, head all the columns - you just have to enter the data, and then organize them. For diaries in a more free form, you can use a file without tables or create a log of observations on the Internet. You can make it private or, if you find it interesting not only for you, open access to viewing information and the ability to comment.
Step 5
Lovers of material carriers of information can also make a choice depending on the purpose. For school observations of the world around, special diaries are issued, which are sold in stores with textbooks. For personal notes, you can create a separate notebook or create a scrapbook, in which you can supplement the notes with drawings and photographs that will make your observations more vivid and interesting.
