A diary is often treated like a private little habit—something you do when you’re emotional, bored, or trying to “be more ...

I have long toyed with the idea of keeping a journal or diary. I like the idea of keeping a record of my life, something to look back on to remember how I felt about things in the past and see how ...

Most of us assume that learning another language is very difficult. You need special skills to remember both vocabulary and grammar rules and, at the same time, must be able to converse fluently with ...

This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. I’ve made the promise to myself so many times: I will keep a diary. I like the idea that one day, decades into the future, I can turn over the ...

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