A journal shows your inner beauty. Are these reasons enough to try journaling? Yes! But I don't know where to start. How to start writing a diary? • Online/ Offline or Hard Copy/ Hard Copy – decide first. Many people don't want others to see what they write. I suggest an Evernote account or a private WordPress blog for those writers. And there is another group of people who don't feel capable of writing unless they use a pen and write on paper. You can take a journal with a lock or lock it in a safe place. • Time of day: Many of them don't write because they forget or feel tired at the end of the day. Then decide when you want to write. And keep a reminder until it becomes a habit. The best way to write is whenever you think you want to share something for yourself. Read its uses here. Now that you've got the basics down, you might be wondering what to write. • What did you do today? : This is the simplest journal message. At the end of the week, if you do the same thing every day, at least for the sake of writing something interesting in the diary, you will want to change your