What do you include in a diary?

Answer 1

I personally keep a diary, numerous ones I have kept in the past and the best way to keep a diary runnning is to give it a name as this will help you relate to your diary and help you feel as if it is a person, your best friend who never tells your secrets.

You should start of with a basic factfile about yourself : Your name (naturally) your age, your family etc.

You should slowly introduce names to your diary so it doesn't get confusing later on.

When writing your diary you should write down EVERYTHING you did so you have a clear picture of what you did. Include:

~What you did

~How you felt

~Who you were with

~What were your feelings

Try include photos, letter, stickers and drawings as these will make your diary more vivid.

And after the beginning of writing your diary is done you simply write what you did as in the example below. (An extract from my own diary but nothing juicy)

15th of August 2011

Dearest Starra,

I woke up this morning around ten. Normally I would just close my eyes and go back to sleep. But Matthew and Jessica were been very noisy and I just couldn't concentrate on what I was doing. Mainly dreaming.

~

I finished my jobs or at least I thought I had. But the bags, hats and scarves weren't quite up to Mums standard so I have to redo them tommorow. Another great way to spend my day.

You know I am really looking forward to going back to school. I want to show the more mature and sophisticated side of me.

Yours truly,

Elizabeth

Answer 2

In a diary, you can include personal thoughts, experiences, emotions, events, goals, reflections, and any other content that you want to document or explore. It is a private space where you can express yourself freely without any judgment.

Answer 3

In a casual diary, it is completely up to you what you focus on. A common way to go about it is to simply write about the most significant things that occurred on the day of the entry and possibly mention your reactions to them.

Of course, its still a diary if you do not always stick to this form; you could just decide to write about something that has happened in the past which has nothing to do with the day at hand, but usually it is good for what you write about to bear somerelevance with the time that you write it. I know someone who even decided to include some poems in their diary - so as I say, its up to you.

Answer 4

In a diary (also called a personal journal), you can write or write about:

• include the day of week and the date / year.
• What you did "today".
• Who you saw or talked to today.
• What reactions you felt to the persons you saw today.
• Conversations you had with other people.
• How you felt about someone else.
• What happened in your town today.
• Did anything important happen to you?
• What was most important about today, even if it was an ordinary day?
• Write about problems and your feelings
• What do you think could solve your problems?
• What's secretly on your mind that you can't tell anyone?
• Do you like your life?
• If you don't like your life, why?
• Pick one of your problems and write 4 sentences about it.
• Write 2 sentences about what you think about those 4 sentences-- do you think you said everything in 4 sentences? Do you understand your own problem?
• What makes you happy? sad?
• What makes you giggle? cry?
• What do you feel when you wake up? Go to sleep?
• Who ARE you, really?
• What's something nobody knows about you?
• If you met your favorite celebrity, what would you say and why?
• Draw a picture of "you"-- yes, you can draw and doodle in your diary.
• Draw a picture of yourself 5 years from now.
• What do you want to "be" or "become"?
• What annoys you to no end?
• Did you smile today, feel happy?
• What did you feel while doing washing dishes or an ordinary activity?
• Look out your window--write about what you see.
• Think of your best-best friend--- write about why they are your friend.
• If you don't have a friend--why not?
• Write and tell yourself what you most like about yourself....
• Do you want to change anything about yourself?
• Why?

THOSE are just some ideas!