6 reasons to keep a personal diary

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

What associations arise in your head when you hear the word "diary"?

I am sure that either something connected with school, or with romantic girls, furtively writing poetry in a notebook under the pillow. Meanwhile, keeping a personal diary can be useful not only for schoolchildren and writers, but also for you. Moreover, it can really change you and your attitude towards the world. Below you will find six reasons to start recording your daily life.

In our digital time, when the tools for recording information are undergoing a real revolution, the forms of journaling can be very different and largely depend on your preferences. Someone may want to record a video or sound clips for this, others will prefer to use one of the many special programs or online services, and still others will remain faithful to a good paper diary and pen.

It doesn't matter what tools you use, the main thing is to strictly adhere to two principles that have remained unchanged since the days of candles and goose feathers. Firstly, the diary must be personal, that is, inaccessible to a wide range of people, and secondly, you must be extremely honest with yourself, otherwise it all loses all meaning.

So how can you benefit from journaling?

How do you really feel?

A diary can help you understand and articulate your feelings, usually buried deep inside. Modern life often has such a pace that a person rushes like a horse in a race, ignoring his emotions and sensations. As a result, we have constant stress and mental breakdowns. You will now have a legitimate time for introspection, which will give you a deeper and more realistic view of yourself, your life and work.

Point of view

A flurry of information falls on us from all sides, which contains dozens of very different opinions on various topics. The only trouble is that these are all other people's opinions. What do you personally think? Do you have time to formulate your point of view on important topics of the day?

Give a steam out

Sometimes there are really difficult days. You are frustrated, confused, defeated, angry, confused. It is even possible that you cannot talk to someone close about it. Keeping everything inside will drive you crazy. Express your emotions on paper. Then read it and smile.

Life is cool

We read and hear many fascinating stories about different people. Why not write a bestseller called My Life Story? Imagine that your diary will be published after … well, sometime later, and try to fill it with such events so that future readers cannot come off. This is a great way to make your life more interesting and deep.

Hello my Name Is…

Yes, do you really know well who you are? Are you sure of your desires and goals? Get to know yourself in the present. Many people are so intertwined with job and family responsibilities that for them the delivery of the annual report and the purchase of a fur coat for their wife can overshadow their actual dreams. It's time to sit down and think (and be sure to write down) your real aspirations. And a lot, a lot, carefully, but strictly, erase from your life.

Message

Imagine that you were digging through the trash in the attic and found your father's personal diary. Throwing everything and not being able to tear yourself away, flipping page after page until the evening. Here he meets your mother … here is your birth … here he is worried about work … complains about his health … Can you imagine?

So why are you depriving your children of these sensations? They need to learn about you and who you really were.