Jill says her diary is meant to be a chronicle, one that her kids can read to know what she did. I think mines more abstract. It's on that my kids (should I ever have any) could surf through at random and learn two things: Dad knows what he's talking about. Dad was a pretty dark, lovesick shark. Actually I think we could all benefit from learning that first one early on. This is why i'll just have one of my friends raise my kids as practice kids. .Steve