Diaries became a very common thing in last centuries. Nearly every human has ever been keeping a diary. It's a good way to look at yourself from another point of view, to tell of your private life (and nobody will know), to get some new ideas. You can also write down the thoughts of others you liked, some quotations, books you've read, films you've seen, places you've visited, and when you read the old diaries, you see the life of its author, which is very useful and also extremely exciting. There is such a kind of books and even films imitating diary style as 'Basketball diaries' or a well-known story of Bridget Jones. If you want your diary to be read and discussed by other people, try to keep an internet diary on one of numerous sites that provide this opportunity for free.
However, there are some problems of keeping a diary. The most common of them is that somebody will find your diary and know some of your secrets. If you're afraid of it, protect your diary by a password (if it's on your computer) or keep it in a usual notebook so that nobody would suspect it to be the reflection of your private life. Then, when you write there too much and too often, you become dependant on it. You start to dislike live communication and leave for the world of memories. Don't. Diary is just a tool for life.
Do you keep one?
