Q&A for How to Get Ideas for Your Diary

Who you like, your favorite foods, 100 things to do before you die.

Try not to leave your diary lying around where your mother could find it and mistake for an old book. Keep your diary someplace safe where only you can find it. If it's a notebook, you could label it "History" or something like that so it looks like it's something you need for school.

Of course. It is your diary.

Sure, you could could put in photographs, receipts, ticket stubs, or anything else you'd like to recall that relates to an entry.

You could draw in it around the lines or stick things inside like a scrapbook. For instance, you could use it to keep ticket stubs, stickers, small scraps of paper with drawings, etc.

Yes, there are many things that you can do to personalize your diary and to make it more creative. You can add your favorite sports team logo and colors, pictures of your favorite outdoor places or anything else that interests you.

You can write anything that you want, you can talk to your diary like a person -- you have to express your feelings and write the things that you feel and can't say out loud or tell anyone else.

You can name it anything you want. Maybe you could take inspiration from your favorite character in a book or movie, or your favorite song or music group.

Poems are a great, creative addition to a diary.

Then write about something that was funny or embarrassing. You can write about whatever comes to mind.

Maybe you're nervous? Try meditating before you write. If that's not the problem, maybe you could try speaking your ideas into a recorder, then transcribing what you've recorded onto paper.

No, you don't. You can do whatever you want with it.

Blank diaries are nice because of their flexibility to do anything with them, such as drawing without the lines interrupting, or adding poems or stories to your journal entries. I especially like to write about what happened during my day and doing drawings to accompany when I don't really know how to explain what I mean. Anything is possible while doing this, and remember: it's your journal, have fun with it!

If you really want to, sure. But if you want to keep a regular diary about yourself in addition to that one, you should use the locked diary for that, and use any old notebook for your "Bridgette" diary, since it wouldn't really matter if someone else read it.

You could use pressed flowers and leaves from nature. You could also print pictures of nature from online and tape them onto your diary. Check Pinterest for other ideas.

Of course.You can even name it after some people from history if you like.

Yes. Customize and jazz things up. It is your diary. Let it scream you! You could doodle and add stickers.

Your crush, school happenings. Any secret that you want! Ex friends, feelings of anger or jealousy.

It's your diary. Write what you want. You'll probably want to keep it hidden, however.

Of course! Your diary is there for you to vent and express yourself!