Diaries

It puzzles me when people show off their diaries to others. For me, my diary is a completely accurate record of what's going on; the good, the bad and the ugly. It's bare, and I don't sugar coat anything. At the same time, I don't make anything sound worse than it was. It just is.

I could never show it to anyone, because for ever more I would write it knowing someone might look at it. I would have an audience in mind. I would self censor and completely compromise the integrity of the writing, and then it would be nothing more than an aesthetes dramatisation of my life.

I keep a blog for the world, but my diary is for me.