I've found keeping a diary to be more difficult and more rewarding than it might popularly be thought to be. There are different approaches, from logs of events

I've found keeping a diary to be more difficult and more rewarding than it might popularly be thought to be. There are different approaches, from logs of events to records of thoughts/feelings, with varying levels of detail, and there are inspiring published diaries of all stripes to take as an example. I completely agree with the author about the latent connections between diarizing, privacy, self-awareness, awareness of one's public image, and the internet era. I think it'd be a great idea if diaries were a standard unit in secondary lit classwork.