You Are Here: A Mindful Travel Journal

I've suffered from depression on and off for a long time and have come a long way in the last 6 months when I started therapy for some recent issues. I also get some secondary anxiety and indecision issues to go along with it. I'm planning a road trip all across the united states to last a couple months for this coming summer and bought this journal as a travel companion to help me guide myself. I cracked it open a few weeks ago while I'm still in the planning phase and it is perfect! Lots of space for doodling, thought logging, guided mindfulness exercises, beginners meditation walkthroughs, areas to help you prep for your trip where you can stick ticket stubs, write contact numbers, etc. And all this stuff is prompted for you. I mean this thing is beyond perfect. Got me started on some meditation exercises and has really helped me maintain a calm demeanor. I'm so excited to fill it up when I'm traveling.

Although I am still writing in this journal as my trip isn't for another two months, it does offer a chapter to work on in preparation. (as well as chapters for the trip itself and follow up afterwards) The content within is great and definitely gets me thinking of ideas to write down. There is plenty of space to write, draw, paste pictures and make the journal your own. With the limited ability to find single trip travel journals, I was happy to find this one. I look forward to filling it up!

This is a great book to stimulate the kind of thinking you need to write a good travel journal. A lot of great tips to stimulate creative thinking. I found it very helpful in overcoming writer's block.

I gave my sister this gift for her study abroad experience in Italy and she absolutely loved it! She wrote in it every day and it made wonderful memories for her! Many of the prompts in the book help you get started with your writing! Asking about what you see, hear, smell, taste, etc. Very cool!

It had a lot of interesting prompts about things you could or should notice -- but they were on every page and after a while it was annoying. Sometimes I just wanted blank pages. Some of the prompts, for example: "Have you had any crazy dreams? Draw them as a cartoon strip here." "How does it feel to sleep in this place?" (That one wasn't so bad) "How has performing your customs and rituals made you feel?" I guess the idea was to be "mindful," but to me it was overthinking and I just wanted a journal to write in. I wish I hadn't written anything in it at all, so I could get my money back.

I am a very frequent cruiser with almost 300 days in three years. How many ports and sea days have I breezed through going through the motions of regular travel, although fun, but some of those memories were lost due to not being "present". This is such a unique way to remind you to be in the moment of your vacation. I'm not one for looking for the "spiritual" side of travel but I took a chance on purchasing this book. It was so much more fun than a record of your daily trip activities and I'm going to get another one when I go on my next adventure. I wish that they offered this book in a spiral bound version also so it would lay flat. It was harder to use because it kept wanting to close when I was doing my "artsy" thing. Buy it, you'll like it.

Love this journal. It contains pages with titles and things to think about prior to your journey, while on your journey and after the journey is over. Provided suggestions for thoughtful entries. I used this on a major international trip and was glad I did. I would buy this again for another out of the country adventure.

I gave this travel journal to my cousin who is going to study abroad in Australia for six months, and it has excellent prompts. I wish I had had this journal when I studied abroad - hopefully she uses it and cherishes it! The size is small so it shouldn't be a burden to carry around, and it seemed durable so it should last her entire trip.

BEST journal I could have asked for. The prompts were perfect and so much space for my own ideas and mementos. I like this product. Will buy again.

This book is not blank, but divided into sections, asking questions and inspires you to write about different experiences (sights, smells, sounds... ) I find these a lot easier than just to fill in blank pages. The cover feels weird and sticky. Would buy this again for another trip.

We’ve all stared at maps. We’ve all found the little ‘you are here’ logo and thought ‘yes I know I am... but where am I?’ Well this ‘You Are Here’ is very similar. Essentially it’s a travel diary, but it’s so much more. It nudges you to be ‘mindful’. Indeed ‘mindfulness’ is a state which the author encourages. An awareness of any given moment, coupled with the realisation that this moment is unique to you. It’s a transient state by definition, but one which can be repeated over and over. As Uncle Bulgaria might have said, it will have you ‘making good use of the things that you find’. You see, the book can be serious one minute and irreverent the next. It has moments of humour to titillate you on one page and moments of karma on the next. So, why not throw in a Womble reference in a book review? It’s what I thought of in that moment, and it’s just the sort of thing the author is encouraging you to do. It doesn’t matter whether you want to write existential prose or a limerick about a waste paper bin, it’s whatever that moment brings. ‘Deface me’ the book suggests, if that’s how you feel... This book will bring out the ‘you’ in you. Whether it’s reflecting over something that’s just happened, succumbing to the need to swear about the blister on your heel, or describing something about that bloke in the cafe opposite – the one with stubble like Desperate Dan, who’s holding an espresso in one hand and scratching his backside with a plastic fork with the other. Who knows what the moment will bring? What you can be sure of is that ‘You are Here’ is a journal which will help you to record it. This is a wonderful concept for a book. If you’re going on your travels make sure you get a copy. It will bring your diary to life and put you in touch with yourself far more than a blank sheet of paper with the date on top. This book tells you it’s an ‘analogue antidote to a digital world’. It is just that, so much more fun than yet another dubious app! Great idea Emma Clarke.

I have just received it. Seems interesting to explore. Looks like no other traveling journal. Leaving photos to have a hint of what's inside.

Bought as a gift for a friend going on first travel adventures, but I think I will be buying myself one fo my next backpacking trip....had some really good (and original) ideas, helpful prompts and suggestions to really make sure you remember to be 'in the moment'...which we can sometimes forget when stressing about flight times/paperwork/money and all the other worries travelling can bring!