Step 2: Create Your Journey Book

What is the Journey Book?

The Decision Makers Journey Book is a personal portfolio that

helps you look at your own decision making strategies
invites you to talk about real decisions with a planning partner
gives you a place to document and demonstrate your strengths and growth as a decision maker

What will your Journey Book include?

Table of Contents

Your Personal Front Page

Starting Point Profile

Chapter 1: A Portrait of Myself as a Decision Maker

A Good Decision: And What I Learned
A Bad Decision: And How I Recovered
A Strong Decision Makers Review

Chapter 2: A Plan of Action for a Real Problem
An Options and Outcomes Brainstorm
An Action Plan
A Strong Decision Makers Review

Chapter 3: A Portfolio of Plans, Milestones, and Accomplishments
A Letter to Myself
A Record of Progress and Strengths

The Decision Makers Guide
Steps Strategy Sessions Print Me Notes

How do I create my Journey Book?

This on-line guide will walk you through the 7 steps in the DECISION MAKERS process. Each step

describes a decision making activity for your and your partner to do
asks you to take a Time Out for a brief Strategy Session
lets you move out of the on-line Guide into a word processing program so you can write, format, and print your text.

You have already completed Step 1, your Starting Point Profile. Now, in Step 2 you will create the front page of your Journey Book. But before you begin, take a minute to learn how to do COLLABORATIVE PLANNING with your partner.

Take Time Out for a Strategy Session
Collaborative Planning: A Strategy for Working Partners
>> View the Collaborative Planning Strategy Session (pg. 1). (If you do not have your Strategy Session worksheet with you, you may click here to download a copy.)

Creating Your Personal Front Page

Use your computer, pictures, or pen to design and print your own front page. Let it tell a story of who you are and where you are in your journey—right now.

Who are you?
Where are you known: your school, your work place, your community?
Include some clues to your identity (a nickname, phrase, picture, poem).

>> Begin Designing Your Front Page (Word Document)