Diaries may conjure up visions of middle school girls writing about crushes or anthropologists uncovering new material about a significant historical figure; however, journaling is a tool available ...

Ms. Koppel is the author of “The Red Leather Diary.” I love diaries — physical, bound paper books filled with handwriting — more and more as the digital has ...

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 ...