Who says I don’t?
Not a daily diary type thing, but I have some really off the wall stories I’d like to compile sometime. There have been some real life WTF moments.
I kept a journal (guys don’t have “diaries”) during most of my college years. Half-a page every day, always the same length and style (starts with the date). I discovered that I was self-editing and stopped after graduation. I haven’t looked at them since I stopped, and I’m not sure if I want my kids to read them - I know I don’t want to read theirs!
I got married shortly after college, so I guess my wife is my journal now.
We gave my mother a series of calendars for Christmas each year, where she kept short notes about who visited, doctor appointments, trips and the weather. When she died I asked for the calendars, thinking I could compile the notes and share with my siblings, but it’s a tremendous job.
I’ve had a journal since 1995. Wish I’d started sooner, though.
I’ve had a journal since 1993, updated sporadically at times. Computers and cloud storage have aided the process greatly. About ten years back I recovered early versions of my journal from a Hypercard stack :eek: and integrated it with the rest of it.
No–don’t leave a paper trail.
Yeah, me too. I kept a vacation diary for one of my best-ever vacations (a week in the Bahamas! Whoo!) and…I’ve never looked at it since. It serves no purpose at all now, and very little purpose then.
I take a lot of pictures, and keep them in both physical and digital albums, usually with explanatory file names. (I’m a big fan of self-indexing file names, like “2003-09-18 Carlsbad Caverns.”) My photos are all the “diary” I need.
(FWIW, I just took my first-ever selfie today. I’d never indulged in that bit of egoism before.)
No. In fact, my sister kept all my old post cards and letters I wrote while traveling, and it is downright embarrassing to look at them when she gets them out.
I never take pictures when I travel. I’m just back from five weeks in Africa, and I did not take a single picture. I rely on my memories, which can shift to keep up with my hopes.
This is exactly why I keep mine. 