In the form of diary/ journal entries, write about someone who's just decided to take up journaling.

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“Standing Tall” by Izabella Engholm

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1-8-2020Dear Grandma, Dr. Hoptmann thought it would be a good idea for me to write to you. I've never kept a journal before, I think it might help me keep my mind clear. If heaven really is real and you can watch over me i'm sure you know about my foster family. They are ok, i guess. I just got here around a week ago and their kids are already driving me crazy. They have a two year old son and a seven year old daughter. Gabby Williams, the daughter, never stops talking and always wants to play barbies, being fifteen i think i'm a little too ...

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“Diary of Pestilence” by Charles Devus

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Death came a reaping to the town.This first week were entered upon the rolesthree new deaths, with all the tokens coming oneach one suffering liken mortality. The second week,being hot, and the air vapid,the mortality was delivered twenty-eight people dead. The third week the canker was spread all up the hither parts of the borough,where divers of the dispossessedhave habitually aboded themselves, it being ancient and much warraned about with alleys and stenchfull places,very like a rustic dunghill,too rich with piss and...

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“Lessons from Lockdown” by Lindsay Thomas

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Dear Diary,Is that how you’re supposed to start these things? I’m not sure. The last time I wrote a diary was my year 6 field trip. I remember I included some leaves from one of the nature walks, labelled with the tree they came from, and won a prize from the teachers for my efforts. I was such an earnest child. Maybe when you’re an adult you’re supposed to start differently? I suppose it doesn’t really matter since nobody will be reading this but me. I have this picture of myself in my head, stumbling across this notebook at some point far ...

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“Can It Be?” by Karen Heise

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Day One: April 2020.Today is the day, I started unpacking and dusting off several journals, I stored in small to medium boxes inside my closet. They unfortunately have been in my closet for years. There were ten or more crammed in these boxes. I don't understand what possesses people to give journals as gifts. Why are people so inconsiderate in assuming, instead of asking; do you have time to write your thoughts in a journal? Would you enjoy one? If they will take the time to ask me, I will be very blunt but not rude, and say; why would I wa...

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“"What now...."” by Kaya Tanksley

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September 15, 2011Where do I begin, er um, Billy here. This is sorta silly because men don't usually keep journals, but here it goes. Today was probably the lowest I have been. Sadie went back to her mother's; she has grown so much, I miss her before she leaves. Anyway, as the door closed, the bottle called me again. Since Sadie was here, I put it out in the shed. What am I doing? Where am I going? I want to be done with this. If for nobody else,then for my little girl.October 1, 2011Sadie just left, my wife thinks I am no good. I can see it...

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“All the things I want you to hear” by Susan V.

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March 20 I’ve been keeping a lot in and beating myself up so much lately that I’m about to bust open like a piñata. My mom suggested I get it out somehow. So here goes. (My sixth-grade self would be super happy right now…) This was my day: “It’s at four o’clock tomorrow afternoon. And yes, I’m gonna come clean about everything.” I tell this to my fr...

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“Not All Heroes Wear Capes ” by Kat Morris

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Monday 1st April 2019 Dear Peter,I have decided to keep a diary because Mrs Hutchinson says it’s a good idea. She said that you can look back on it in a few years' time and read about things you might not remember. I’m worried I’ll forget things like my Mum and my brother and the awesome spiderman costume I am now wearing so I’m going to keep a journal then read it when I’m really old and don’t remember much, like Grandad George.I have called you Peter, after Peter Parker, which is Spiderman’s real name, of course. Mrs Hutchinson also says t...

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“Senior Year” by Danila F. Dias

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October 18, 2020So, uh, I don’t really know what I’m going to write in here. I just bought this random notebook on a whim. Kylie (my friend btw) said she was going to write in a diary this year so she could look back on it when she’s older. I get it, I guess. It’s our senior year in high school. An important year before we go to college and officially become adults... Should I introduce myself? This is MY journal, but I guess it wouldn’t hurt. Hello notebook, I’m Lauren Caroll. I’m 17 years old and a senior at Kennedy High School. It is...

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“Allow me to explain myself” by Arely Rodriguez

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Hey dear diary. I forgot all about you, if I’m being entirely honest, which is something I’ve promised myself I’d do more often. Be honest. You were a birthday present. Courtesy of my mother. A slim, spiral bound notebook. Covered in pink. I hated you. And I did. For years. I was twelve when I unwrapped you and hid you in my closet. I went through puberty, high school, the big firsts, without you. The mere existence of you was an insult. Of course, it doesn’t seem like that. But I knew it was. You were pink. Ever sinc...

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“Welcome to my World” by Sophia Linder

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4-3-2009, 10:11 p.m.Hi. I’m Charlie Dwight.... and my therapist told me that journaling would help me with my anger. So… Ya….4-4-2009, All-dayI brought my journal to school today and Toni Hopper bugged me about writing how I had a crush on my best friend, Finn. Finn defended me which made it even more awkward. Finn knows about my journal and knew that nothing would be about him. Science was about chemical reactions, and in reading, we read Chapter Four of “To kill a Mockingbird” and at one of our breaks I dropped all my papers and Finn helpe...

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“Trying New Things” by A K

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1st January 2020It’s a new year. It’s a new decade. It’s a new era for me. My 17 years of schooling from kindergarten to college came to an end in December 2019. It’s unbelievable to me how much I have done, how much I have learned, but I ask myself could I have done more, could I have done better? I knew I could have done better, but that is the past now. For the next six months until I start work in June, I want to do things differently. I don’t want to become a totally different person because I am happy with who I am, I just want to...

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“Adventures of Journalism” by Carol Rogers

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Day 1, June 3, 2023 Well, today I have decided to take up journaling. I am not sure why I decided to take on such a thing as it escapes me how these people can write about absolutely nothing and make it sound like it is everything. It is day one and I am so totally lost. I don't even know where to begin…Day 2, June 4, 2023 Day two has arrived and I am still as lost as I was yesterday. I thought all day and half my sleepless night about what I wanted to put in my journal. No ideas presented themselves so maybe today will be better.&...

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In the form of diary/ journal entries, write about someone who's just decided to take up journaling.

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✍️ 117 stories

“Standing Tall” by Izabella Engholm

“Diary of Pestilence” by Charles Devus

“Lessons from Lockdown” by Lindsay Thomas

“Can It Be?” by Karen Heise

“"What now...."” by Kaya Tanksley

“All the things I want you to hear” by Susan V.

“Not All Heroes Wear Capes ” by Kat Morris

“Senior Year” by Danila F. Dias

“Allow me to explain myself” by Arely Rodriguez

“Welcome to my World” by Sophia Linder

“Trying New Things” by A K

“Adventures of Journalism” by Carol Rogers

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In the form of diary/ journal entries, write a story that provides glimpses into a person's life at different ages.

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