Diary is a special private book where we record memorable day-to-day activities or important activities that might have taken place at any point in time in our lives. It is a private place where we also pen down our thoughts, feelings and any other memorable events maybe from our workplace, school, homes and other places we might have been.



Most people take their dairy very important because they have some very important and private information written in it which they don’t want any other person to read. There are different diaries for different purposes. There are health diaries which are used to record information about health and nutrition. The food diaries are used to record menu tips, food ingredients and how to cook. Events diaries are used to record everyday events and activities, academic diaries for academic purposes and so on.


Using a diary may sound so simple because it is just a book. All you need to do is to get a pen and write whatever you want but this is not true. You need to clearly outline and write on a dairy in an orderly manner so it will be easy for you to find any information you have written at any certain date without wasting much time. We are going to take you through some guidelines on how to use a diary effectively.

1. How Big should your diary be? – This should be your first thought when getting a dairy. You need to decide on the size of dairy you should get. This depends on the information and activities that you will need to record in the diary. If you record information in a diary every day or every week, you will need to get a big diary but if it is once or twice a month you can get a smaller one.

2. Be Honest – After you have gotten the right kind of diary, the next thing you will want to do is to start writing on it. You need to be honest about anything you want to write. Write down your honest feelings, thoughts, and opinions without thinking twice about it. This way you have succeeded in recording the correct information about any events or happenings.

3. Title Each Record – After deciding on honesty, the next step is to Title each record or events. Give it a befitting heading or title so you can easily know what that particular record is all about at just a glance. The title should correspond with what the record is all about but shouldn’t be too long. Give it a precise and straightforward title.

4. Date – This is very important when writing in a diary. Every event happens on different date. Make sure you date every events or record as it will enable you to easily check or sought out any record you may be looking for. The date should be preferably at the top left corner of your record. Maybe an event occurred five days ago and you want to record it today, write today’s date on the top-left corner then include the date the event occurred in your write up. This is the perfect way to date a diary.

5. Be Detailed – When writing an event on a dairy try as much as possible to be detailed. Include the exact date and time the event occurred as it may be used for future references. Pen down everything that happened and everything you can remember. This will give you a detailed picture of that particular event anytime you may want to remember it in future. For example, you are walking down the road and you saw an accident just happened, it is best to keep a record of the exact time and date the accident happened.

6. Clear and Correct spellings – Always write in a clear manner and let your spellings be correct. Dairy is private but a dairy can assist in investigative purposes. People may want to read your diary in case of an event that happened years ago which they need to know about. Make your spelling and writings very clear and easy to understand. Punctuations, spellings and grammar usage should be perfect without errors.

7. Write Each Event/Record on a separate page – To have a well written orderly dairy, it is best to write each event or record on a separate page. For example, if you have written an event or recorded something on page one, turn to the next page to record the next event. If you record two different events on a single page you might get confused with dates and it will not look orderly.

8. Create a schedule – This is important if you record repeated patterns of events like if you are a student and you have an academic dairy where you record event that happens every day in school. You can create a schedule to record events maybe every day, once or twice a week. It totally depends on you and the extent in which you record events or any other thing you write in the diary.

9. Keep your diary safe but easily assessable by you – After you have successfully written on your diary in an orderly manner, the next thing for you to do is to keep it in a safe place so it will not fall into the wrong hands. Make sure it is perfectly safe but easily assessable by you. Don’t keep it in a place you will find difficult to remember. You can keep it in the drawer close to your bed and lock it up with a key. This way it is very safe and easily assessable by you.

These are the steps you need to follow in order to have a perfect and well-ordered written dairy. Your diary is part of you so make sure it is safe because it can cause you a great harm if it falls on the wrong hands because every private and important information you might have written on it can be used negatively by a wrong person.

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We all have important things that we don’t want to forget. It may be a doctor’s appointment, the birthday of your favorite cousin, you may want to call your mum at a particular time or you have a very important job interview to attend in the next few weeks. There are so many things that people want to remember. Our brain can’t hold all these information so there is need to write them down in a diary either paper or digital diary. It is very important to write down important events either previous events or an upcoming event in a diary so as to keep records of them and remember them.

Types of Diary
There are two types of diaries, the paper diary, and the digital diary. These two different types of diaries have the same primary purpose which is to keep records but they have different functionalities and features.

1.Paper Diary


The paper diary is the first type of diary in existence. It has been in existence for decades and centuries. It is the traditional diary that is commonly used by most people. It has both advantages and disadvantages. We are going to have a look at the merits of using a paper diary as well as the demerits.

Pros:

• Easy to Use - The paper diary is easy for use for all people. There are many people mostly older ones that do not know how to navigate their way through the digital diary. They don’t know how to use it and this is really a big problem for them. The paper diary is very easy as you can easily write anything you want to write just with a pen. Simple without any hassle.

• Control - Paper diary is great for any pattern of writing. You control how you write and decides on the pattern that is easy for you to remember. You can write in alphabetical order or by date. Any pattern that you think works better for you is ok!

• No loss of Information - There is no occurrence of loss information or malfunction of app. A digital diary could malfunction at any time but with paper diary, you are sure of your information at hand whenever and at any given time you need it.

• No Annoying notifications - When you use a diary you don’t receive any notifications or beeps that could be annoying to you. Paper dairy does not make any noise, all you need to do is to open up your diary and read through.

• It improves your writing and your brain - When you write in a paper dairy it improves the way you write and also stimulates your brain better than the digital diary. Modern phones and devices have word suggestions that when you’re typing you don’t have to know the correct spellings of words, you can just select from the suggested words. With the paper diary, you don’t have such functionality, you need to think about how to correctly spell any word. This is a great way to stimulate and improve your brain.

Cons:
• A paper diary could easily get missing. It is just a paper, so we don’t give too much importance to it like we do our phones or other devices.

• It may not be adequately organized like to digital diary since you can write anyhow and any pattern we like.

• It has lesser security measures as it might fall into the wrongs hands thereby leaking of your important and private information.

• A paper diary could be easily torn apart which invariably lead to loss of valuable information.


2. Digital Diary 


Digital diaries are new modern diaries. They are digital platforms or apps where we can write, store and share our personal information. It is an electronic organizer that you can use to keep information and also keep track of your day-to-day activities. There are many merits of using digital diary and some demerits too.

Pros:

• High level of Security – Digital diaries provides a high level of security. There are different security features or measures you can take such as using a password to secure your information from unauthorized individuals. By applying security measures to your digital diary you are sure that no unauthorized person will have access to your personal and private information.

• Reminders – Digital diaries have notification and reminder functions that notify you of important events. Maybe you have a doctor’s appointment in a few weeks time and you want to make sure you remember, just use the reminder and notification function. This is an easy and effective way to remember important events at any particular time.

• Easy Sharing – Maybe there is any information you want to share with your co-worker, friends or family members, digital diaries enables you to easily share information between other people who are linked with your diary. You only need to sync your diary with theirs and you can share information with them at any time with ease.

• Quick and Easy Editing – The digital diary makes it easy for you to edit your information. If you make any mistake and wants to change it, you can simply edit what you wrote.

• Safe and Secure Storage – By using digital diary you can store your information easily on the cloud. Even if you lose any information on your device, you can still retrieve them from your cloud storage.

Cons:

• Difficult to Use – Not everyone knows how to operate a digital diary. Most older people don’t know how to operate a digital diary. They find it difficult to navigate all the steps.
• Online Privacy – Since your diary is online, your information may be at the mercies of hackers.

How to Choose

Paper diary is good to keep short-term information because it may tear apart with time or easily get missing. Digital diaries are more advanced, it is always with you as it is installed on your phone which you use every day. Digital diaries are safer, more secure, has reminders and cloud storage features. If you want to keep information for long-term go for digital diary.

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