I began writing a diary in English
three weeks ago; something I have never done in Spanish. Why I started a diary
in English? Just to record my daily experiences and at the same time practice
my English writing skills. In addition, I have heard so many times that keeping
a diary helps to express your emotions.
In reality, it’s very challenging
to write something personal every day. Until now, I have jotted down nine diary
entries in twenty days, so I am batting for 450. Each entry comprises five or six
unconnected sentences without looking up words in the dictionary, googling for
synonymous, or consulting my words-to-impress notebook: just free writing.
Up to date, most of the recorded
events and experiences in the diary have been routine activities that I do,
such as where I went some day, what I bought at a garage sale, whom I came
across, and so on. Other entries describe changes in mood. For example: I woke
up with great attitude on December 1; I felt anxious because of a family
problem on December 10; and I got to know a beautiful teller at the bank on
December 13. With hindsight, even though I started the diary only three weeks
ago, some events look very distant in time and so unimportant.
I began writing a diary in English three weeks ago; something I have never done in Spanish. Why DID I start a diary in English? Just to record my daily experiences and at the same time practice my English writing skills. In addition, I have heard so many times that keeping a diary helps to express your emotions.
ReplyDeleteIn reality, it’s very challenging to write something personal every day. SO FAR*, I have jotted down nine diary entries in twenty days, so I am batting [] 0.450. Each entry comprises five or six unconnected sentences without looking up words in the dictionary, googling for synonyMS, or consulting my words-to-impress notebook: just free writing.
[**] Most of the recorded events and experiences in the diary have been routine activities that I do, such as where I went some day, what I bought at a garage sale, whom I came across, and so on. Other entries describe changes in mood. For example: I woke up with A great attitude on December 1; I felt anxious because of a family problem on December 10; and I got to know a beautiful teller at the bank on December 13. With hindsight, even though I started the diary only three weeks ago, some events look very distant in time and so unimportant.
In essence, writing the diary has been an enriching experience. Fortunately, if some day I became a famous person, I would have tons of material for my memoirs.
Good work, Alex. I too have found writing in a diary every quite difficult, even in English. You can add "jotted down" and "hindsight" to your words-to-impress notebook! Thanks for writing here -- I was starting to feel lonely.
*I think "Until now" implies that something has just changed.
**"Up to date" is not right here.
Thanks for you comments.
ReplyDeleteI need to review all these words: so far, until now, up to date... I made similar mistakes in other posts.