I’ve never been the sort of person who keeps a diary. There was that fluffy padlocked notebook in my tweens, but I only ever occasionally remembered its existence. If I could find it now in the ruins ...

Some call it a journal. Others say log, diary, chronicle, or notebook. Whatever the word, the key idea is that you create a written record of your thoughts, feelings, and memories at regular time ...

As many of us try to decide on New Year’s resolutions, mine has dropped in my lap. For the coming year, I’m going to try recording every book I read. The idea was prompted by my two recent columns ...