I keep a journal. I write in it when there's something on my mind. I don't force myself to write in it every day, or at all, that would be ludicrous. Sometimes

I keep a journal. I write in it when there's something on my mind. I don't force myself to write in it every day, or at all, that would be ludicrous. Sometimes I write in it all of the time. Deep thoughts about life get indiscriminately mixed in with movie reviews, shopping lists and the fact that the name of the guy who unblocked the drains was Nigel. I write more than I read. Sometimes I search it for practical information (what was his name again?) which is why I keep it digital. So if I really want to, I can find out how I was generally feeling in, say, 2006, and what sort of questions were on my mind and what ideas I had. Usually the answers are: pretty much the same, and stupid ones, kind of like today but worse. So it turns out that I don't want to review my journal much. But I only know that I don't want to because I have the option, so it has a reassuring function, and writing helps me think in the first place. When it comes to photos, though, I'm with Ray Davies: People take pictures of the Summer Just in case someone thought they had missed it And to prove that it really existed People take pictures of each other Just to prove that they really existed Don't show me no more, please