I’ve been having a lot of fun with a journal dedicated to selfshipping, and I saw a couple people saying they wouldn’t know what to do with their own version, so here are some ideas for a selfship journal and what you could include!
write down how you met your fictional other
sticker page of things that remind you of your f/o! (you can start them mostly blank and add to them in the future if you don’t have a big sticker collection)
collage of images of your f/o
if you enjoy art, draw your f/o and doodle some things that you associate with them
playlists for your f/o: if one song is especially meaningful, you could write it out in full
make a list of things you love about your f/o
make a list of things you would like to do with your f/o
poetry or quotes that remind you of your selfship
print out a shipping template, glue it in and fill it out!
list of favourite quotes/moments from your f/o
collect a colour palette for your f/o
use the notebook as a journal, but write from the perspective of your self-insert in their universe
design some fankids and what they would be like
brainstorm what relationships you have with other characters in your f/o’s universe (friends, enemies, family members)
if you have dreams about your f/os, write them down! or you can write down what you would like to dream about, and try to manifest it
letters to your f/o (or from your f/o)
use an OC template to write details about your self-inserts
wedding plans, if applicable
use the journal to explore some AUs for your ship
review the media your f/o is from (do you like it? do you recommend it? what do you think are the themes and how well are they explored?)
collect photos of fashion you think your f/o or your s/is would wear
use the journal to vent to your f/os and write down what you think they would say to comfort you
list the things that remind you of your f/o: smells, sounds, activities, locations, colours, foods, anything at all
if you ever gets stuck, you can always use a selfship ask game and fill out all your answers in the journal as well!
I hope this helps! Go forth and love your f/os and yourself as well!
