My personal journals are all in boxes in the loft. I've found it very useful to be able to look back through them and see where my mind was at a particular time. I use a Filofax for planning, and tend to ditch the previous year's pages a few weeks into January.
My father died earlier this year and we've been sorting out generations' worth of personal ephemera. The rule we're using when deciding whether or not to keep something is: does this tell me about the person it belonged to? If not, it can go. Engagement diaries tend to be in the 'not' pile; personal journals, not so much. But all this is also making me more mindful of what I do and don't hang onto.
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Date: 2022-08-18 06:31 pm (UTC)My father died earlier this year and we've been sorting out generations' worth of personal ephemera. The rule we're using when deciding whether or not to keep something is: does this tell me about the person it belonged to? If not, it can go. Engagement diaries tend to be in the 'not' pile; personal journals, not so much. But all this is also making me more mindful of what I do and don't hang onto.