WRITING

Travelers going into new territory keep track of what they see by writing in a journal. Scientists make notes of their experiments. Sailors kee records in a ship's log. Many Scout patrols have a trip log in which they write about each of their hikes and campouts.

Try keeping a journal of your own. Get a notebook and write a little every day about what you have done and seen. Write about school, activities with your friends and family, and what you observe in your neighborhood. You can include drawings, photos, stories you have cut from newspapers, and anything else that interests you.

No one but you ever has to read your journal, though you might want to share it. Some people write in journals every day for many years and can use them to remember what they were doing long ago. But even if you write just once in a while, putting your words on paper will give you a new way of understanding yourself and your world.

Badn-Powell, Scouting's founder filled his journals with a lifetime of adventures.