Record Book Time!!!!

Late September is record book time for 4-H'ers. Every year we do a new record book for our projects. The record book is composed of four main parts: Your calendar, where you list all the 4-H events and which ones you go to; The project journal, the main part, where you record your goals for the year, your expenses and everything related to your project; The permanent record is next, and you keep this through your whole 4-H career, and it has your offices through the years and presentations and such; Last is the 4-H story, here you write about the experience you had that year, what you did, and how 4-H has changed you. Record books can be hard, but they're so worth it. To be able to look back on what you did five, ten, even fifteen years later is great. Plus record books prepare you for all the record keeping you have to do as an adult. Every time I start to dread doing my record book, I remember just how important they are, and how they contribute to the adult I will be.