I prefer a journal. Why. Mallory Pike from the Baby-Sitters Club (my favorite book series ever) clearly states the reason. And she also explains what the differences are between a journal and a diary.
"The difference between a journal and a diary, as far as I can tell, is that a diary is a recording of daily events and you're supposed to write in it every day." Here I use my own example of a diary entry for let's say.. spring break
Got up. Ate breakfast, poptarts. Went to Pokecommunity. Posted at threads. Did some new art. Watched tv. Went to Pokesho. Had Subway for lunch. Read. Surfed the net. Watched more tv. Cleaned room. Ate dinner. Went to bed
Mallory goes on "Pretty dull, huh? But a journal entry would be much more deep and sensitive and interesting. Also, I dont write in my journal every day, just whenever I feel like it."
One of the reasons I love the Baby-Sitters Club.
And if you wanna know what book that quote was from, it was "Mallory and the Mystery Diary".
I actually have my journals from when I was in the 5th grade. I dont do them in spiral notebooks anymore though, I do them on wordpad documents on my laptop.
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