A diary (sometimes referred to as journal or notebook) is a record (originally in handwritten format) with continuous entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. A personal diary may include a person's experiences, and/or thoughts or feelings, including comment on current events outside the writer's direct experience. Someone who keeps a diary is known as a diarist. Diaries undertaken for institutional purposes play a role in many aspects of human civilization, including government records (e.g., Hansard), business ledgers and military records. In British English, the word may also denote a preprinted journal format.
Today the term is generally employed for personal diaries, normally intended to remain private or to have a limited circulation amongst friends or relatives. The word "journal" may be sometimes used for "diary," but generally a diary has (or intends to have) daily entries, whereas journal-writing can be less frequent.
Although a diary may provide information for a memoir, autobiography or biography, it is generally written not with the intention of being published as it stands, but for the author's own use. In recent years, however, there is internal evidence in some diaries (e.g., those of Ned Rorem, Alan Clark, Tony Benn or Simon Gray) that they are written with eventual publication in mind, with the intention of self-vindication (pre- or posthumous) or simply for profit.
By extension the term diary is also used to mean a printed publication of a written diary; and may also refer to other terms of journal including
electronic formats (e.g., blogs).
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Personal opinion:
I previously used to write journals and diaries in hard copy, the paper was my BFF and I loved my diary, Sophy(her nickname) so much.Then,I switched to e-diaries which was because I got my first phone and we all need to get along with time!
Okay, this is really weird because it came from my prankster brother, he is a darling but very mischievous one! He suggested me to write in a blog because all of what I did was pretty much share my thoughts, advocate for various changes, upliftment of government, yeah, all my thoughts, you know!
That day I found out two things:
-My prankster brother is a stalker.
-How to start a blog.
Yes, I am new to the blogging world, dunno about all the features here but I highly discourage the use of taboo words, and, this is my perception everyone is different, respect my thoughts.
Wanna convey one more thought:
Learn from other's mistakes because you have no time to make them.
That's all, thanks for going through my blog.I will go through yours if you comment below so that I know at least there are people who care.!!!!!
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