When people start a diary do they write things that've happened in the past?

Question

When people start a diary do they write things that've happened in the past?

Answer 1

you could. usually when people start a diary they write it about things that have happened that day, or the day before. but your diary is your own private thing, so you can write it however you want.

Answer 2

I have been keeping diaries since I was 12( unfortunatly, most are lost now which is why I started one online). I use mine  for many things, sometimes just to keep me"sane." This is mine:

http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rala...

This is one of my friends:

http://www.xanga.com/Kuja105

he's not around anymore;_;. I'm glad he made one, so I have this to remember him

Answer 3

no, ,just start from the day you got it.

Answer 4

Perhaps just a summary of recent things & how your doing?

If you write too much, it'll be a biography instead..

Answer 5

yes and their hopes for the future

Answer 6

no what is in the present

Answer 7

I guess that really depends. I've kept journals off and on all my life and usually I just pick it up and start writing about whatever is going on as if there never were a break.  Right now though I'm thinking of restarting after the longest break ever.  About a year and a half ago I went through a series of huge life changes and was supposed to start then but I was battling depression and never managed to follow through.  I'm doing better now personally but still adjusting and feel that writing would be helpful to me now that I have some hope, so when I do start I will probably go back and explore the changes that brought me here.  I think it would be a good way to get back into the habit and would help me understand things.  Also I have always enjoyed looking at my old journals years later, but it works better when they are more comprehensive, so if I at least summarize the recent past I think it would make it a more useful personal reference.

The main thing about journals is to never worry about what other people do.  Do whatever makes them work for you as a tool or a resource or a solace.  They are entirely personal and there is no right or wrong, there is only you and what is helpful to you.

Answer 8

A diary is a daily journal so normally people would write about current events.....