A timely read for me as I contemplate writing something for my kids. Maybe a mental note to burn my diaries at some point.

We don’t need to set them in stone for all to read, because probably by the next day the thoughts or feeling will have changed anyway, on to something else. The purpose of a journal for many is for self expression, for working through what plagues the heart or mind. It’s not written for the public at all.

Is it right to publish Joan Didion’s diary posthumously, without her consent?