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I love journaling but haven't had a whole lot of time to do so lately

For myself, I just use a pen and blank journal with a pretty cover and pretty pages, no prompts or anything. I try to write in it when I can, but honestly, it is oftentimes months in between entries. When I do write, I fluctuate between trying to catch up with what's happened since the last entry, and just jumping right in with whatever is going on at the moment. I try to keep it no pressure so I don't feel compelled to fill in missing periods, especially as I find writing therapeutic and don't want to make it a chore.

For my girls, I have a separate journal for each of them - just a blank lined A5 size notebook and coloured gel pens. For DD1, she got an entry a day - just one page, talking about what we did that day or the little things she does that amaze me. DD2 was meant to be the same but I have completely fallen off the wagon for her and she only has a few entries, compared to DD1 having an entry every single day, without fail, from the time she was 8 weeks old, until just before DD2 was born 19 months later. Yikes....poor DD2

I used to journal a lot pre-kids... just a simple, pretty journal that wasn't too heavy or big so I could carry it with me easily if I wanted to. I loved going to coffee shops and just journaling, or ending the night writing in my journal. It was a good way to let it all out. I just tried to be as honest and real as possible, and wrote whatever came to mind or whatever I might be feeling at that moment. Sometimes I'd come across quotes that really "spoke" to me and I'd jot those down too.

This is one of my journals - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1593596383?keywords=journals&qid=1454300701&ref_=sr_1_12&sr=8-12

I love moleskin too.

I tried this (for the same reason) - I just had a file on my laptop and would write on my lunch break at work usually. But I am prone to obsessive rumination and I found it actually made me worse. If I ever try it again, I would need to restrict myself to only positive things, things I'm thankful for etc.

I really like the 5 minute journal. http://www.fiveminutejournal.com