Likewise, some diarists keep a diary for diverse reasons and they end up making entries in numerous diaries. As such, it is always advisable to keep making entries on a regular basis. Even the conditions around the diarist are in constant change. This very idea that diaries are only worth keeping when some ‘events’ happen is arguably incorrect as the human life is such that there is always something happening at some level. Some diarists write during times of a crisis – emotional or financial or when they have a health issue, others when they are very happy or have received something extra-ordinary. The kind of time, whether good or bad, lucky or unfortunate, happy or sad too plays a big role. It has been observed that while many write entries daily, as if taking a bath, others let weeks and even months go by without so much as writing a few lines. The diary becomes an integral part, a part of the diarist’s routine. It is true that once a diarist, always a diarist. It might be just a record keeper for a common man, but as Dame Ellen Terry, another stage actress who became the leading Shakespearean actress in Britain, says, “As a rule, the diary is a document useful to the person who keeps it, dull to the contemporary who reads it, invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it.” With journal one can track record of mistakes and successes and this written record can come in handy later when one is feeling down. It’s indeed amazing how telling our own personal story can make a huge difference in our well being. While writing one re-lives the events and process them without fear or stress.
Now, research has shown that writing can do wonders for the writer’s health – both physically as well as mentally. It is not only a permanent record for posterity, but also it acts as a cathartic release for the people writing them. Some of the most successful and influential people who with their sheer hard work and passion became a part of history kept detailed journals of their lives.
KEEPING A DAILY WORK JOURNAL FULL
Surprisingly, even the good ones who keep one are not very sure the very purpose of recording each day’s happenings and events.Īdrian Albert Mole, the fictional protagonist in a series of books by English author Sue Townsend on this account has this to say: “I have decided to keep a full journal, in the hope that my life will perhaps seem more interesting when it is written down.” But Mary Jane “Mae” West, the American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, and whose entertainment career spanned seven decades, has gone to another level when she said that “I always say, keep a diary and someday it’ll keep you.”
Bad girls don’t have the time.” If we ignore the gender part of this statement unarguably, the world is full of bad girls. Not many people keep diaries and journals, and to justify on their behalf American actress of the stage and screen, and known for her husky voice, outrageous personality, and devastating wit, Tallulah Bankhead says “only good girls keep diaries. This is the time to replace our diaries and table calendar. So the New Year with the month of January is making a big noise – a noise which is musical to some and to some it is just another month.
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