Know Your Audience: Who

While writing in a journal is fun,  keep in mind that there will be an audience to read it whether they are friends, family, or yourself, keep in mind who will be reading it in the future. Some opt to have private journals discarded for personal reasons. Take Queen Victoria for example. After her death, she had one of her daughters (I believe it was Princess Beatrice) edit her journals and later published to the public. The censor was perhaps done to keep a particular image of the Queen and to protect some of her privacy.

Keeping this in mind...

Who are you writing to?

• Future Self
• Family
• Friends