snail system

Write about daily events and our emotions and impressions of these events -> this one might seem obvious but as someone with OSDD or DID or PDID or whatever, you never know when dissociation might take a memory away from you. Keeping track of how you guys felt at the time is a good way to not only process the emotions, but also make sure that you have this event written down.

Sketch our appearance in innerworld and any glimpses of headspace -> our amnesia functions in a weird way, I won't go into detail here but as the host I don't have access to the innerworld. Others will often find it comforting to draw themselves and areas of headspace they often visit, and this also helps me slowly piece together what they and headspace looks like.

Write down when we split and possible reasons why, along with discoveries of other alters and areas of headspace -> like I said, you never know when those memories will get taken away, so it's always good to have it registered. Sometimes when confronted with evidence that it happened, your brain might remember. Otherwise, you have it written down, so that helps.

Sketch and write about past traumatic events or our current emotions -> don't be scared to let it look ugly! Let littles sketch ugly animals (just kidding, your draw beautifully littles), or draw representations of past trauma or write poems, or even just draw a cup on the table. We honestly find it helps to not limit ourselves.

Glue little souvenirs to the pages -> this is just a fun one, but gluing down tea packets and tickets and such to the page, or maybe stickers or drawings our friends made of us is always fun!

If you like more of the bullet journal style with trackers and system rules and everything like that then we're not saying you shouldn't do that! This is just what helps us the best, especially when we leave tracking to apps like Simply Plural.

April - what’s your favorite time of the year?

Apples - favorite fruit?

Bees - what’s your go to spring outfit?

Blossom - what’s your favorite flower?

Bubbles - Do you like bubble tea?

Changes - what signals the changing of the seasons to you? 

Collegiate - did you go to or are you going to university? what are you or did you study?

Comfort - who is your go to comfort character?

Cream - do you wear make-up?

Crush - any irl or online crushes?

Daffodil -  do you like to garden?

Daisy - do you have any pets? If not, do you want any?

Exciting - ideal type of unplanned adventure?

Favorites - what’s your favorite show, movie, and book?

Flowers - what’s the nicest thing someone has surprised you with?

Fun Facts - what’s something people would never guess about you?

Grass - do you get hayfever or spring allergies?

Hobby - what hobbies do you have or want to get into?

Holiday - favorite springtime holiday?

Introspective - what’s one thing you would have done differently in your life?

Jam - favorite thing to bake?

Kiss - what was your best kiss?

Lemons - what’s your favorite type of dessert?

Light - night owl or early bird?

Love - what’s your love language?

Matcha - what’s your go to coffee/tea order this time of year?

Meadow - do you prefer the beach or the woods?

Money - what would you do with your life if money was no object?

Music - what’s been on repeat lately?

New - what would you do if you won the lottery?

Ocean - what’s your favorite sea creature?

On/Off - what are your biggest turn ons and offs?

Partner - describe your ideal partner.

Past - what advice or wisdom would you bestow on your younger self?

Persona - what’s your mbti? your enneagram type?

Picnic - describe your ideal spring afternoon.

Pride  - what is something you’re proud of?

Quaint - do you prefer the city, countryside, or suburbs?

Rain - what’s your favorite type of spring weather?

Recommendations - do you have any fanfic recommendations?

Sage - what life advice would you give to someone younger?

Stars - are you into astrology? If so, what are your sun, moon, and rising signs?

Striking - what’s your favorite color?

Status - what’s your relationship status?

Thrill - what is one thing you’re looking forward to?

Touch - do you like hugs?

Travel - if you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?

Universe - do you think there’s other life out there or are we alone in the universe?

Vernacular - what language do you wish you could speak or want to learn?

Warning - what would your warning label say?

You - what’s one thing you like about yourself? One thing you dislike about yourself?

Youth - do you feel your age?

what can we let go of or move on from?

what habits can we prioritize to keep our inner world nourished and alive?

in what ways can we slow down?

song lyrics for a specific mood

spotify codes for favourite songs

receipts from a trip

envelope for gifts from any small children you know

pages to press flowers in

ticket stubs

fortune cookie readings

daily three-card tarot pulls

watercolour paper for art

page cutouts

watercolours just in general

pressed flowers

other dried herbs

sketches (taped or glued in)

morning/evening routines

colour in the leftover paper backing from stickers and glue/tape it in

friendship bracelets that may have broken or come off

grocery lists or other shopping lists (glue in if written on other paper)

book quotes

block poetry (you'll have to take a page out of a book for this)

mental health goals

halloween: candy wrappers

fabric scraps

family recipes

different textured papers

stamps

To do lists: even if you never look at it again, writing down wishlists, to do lists, random things you want to do in the future, either with your life or like things you need to do right now, is really helpful to remember them later. Breaking down large tasks into smaller bits is also something we do often. I will recommend though using an app like notion to keep the most important of those ideas because you might lose track of it in your journal.

Envelope and trinkets: have a little envelope glued at the last page or at the first page (at the first page will avoid the paper from having bumps) to keep little trinkets and glue stuff you find like business cards and so on you have no use for. Who knows if you'll forget that experience or the day you found that? Besides, it's just fun.

Paint and use mixed media: recently we have been using paint, watercolor, post its and even coffee to express ourselves in our journal. Try out all sorts of weird and wacky forms of self expression and media for your art! it might be fun.

Especially if y’all struggle with any variation of amnesia

Positive relationships; people who are your friends, will help confused alters/parts, how to contact them, history with them, what they look like, etc.

Negative relationships; people to avoid if they try to reach out, what they did, why it’s bad, who specifically they hurt, etc.

Body information; birthday, school history, height, eye color, things that may need to be known to mask during conversations.

What certain alters/parts need or are trying to work on; ex. “XX is trying to keep their money plant alive,” “make sure ZZ’s cup is clean.” Elaborate on it and why it’s important to them.

Daily/Weekly/Monthly chores; pretty self explanatory. For monthly chores it’s good to keep a date log/reminder to gauge when it needs done again.