The 10-year journal offered by the website PrintablePlanners.net has been updated for 2012 and is ready to download and print.

A fun and functional way to keep track of business and personal life happenings, the 10-year journal printable planner format has room for jotting just four lines' worth of notes per day, for 10 years.

"This style of journal has become more and more popular," observed Kevin Savetz, the site's creator. "It's part diary, part logbook, and it's exciting to see it unfold over the years. You can look back and see what was happening in your life on any date, which helps with everything from professional goal-setting to a family scrapbook."

The journal has one page for each day of the year. For example, one page is labeled "July 5," and then there are 10 sections on which to write what you were doing on July 5, 2012, 2013, 2014, and so on for an entire decade.

"This 10-year journal is 365 pages long, and downloads in one convenient file," Savetz said. "But you can choose to print just a few pages at first, to make sure you like this approach before continuing. Because there are only four lines per day, it's not an overwhelming task to keep up with this type of journal, and most people find they enjoy it a great deal."

This style of journal is not only great as a reminder of times past, but also for more practical uses such as taxes or a record of medical events. If you need more room, PrintablePlanners.net has separate lined planner pages you can add.

The journal is free in a PDF users can print out and write on by hand. There's also a $4 option that provides the journal in DOC format so it can be opened in Microsoft Word or another compatible word processing program. Then, just type directly into the journal on your computer.

There are more than 80 sites in the FreePrintable.net family of free printables sites created by Savetz Publishing, Inc., a company devoted to creating useful and informative web sites of interest to consumers and small businesses.