Advice columnist R. Eric Thomas, known as ‘Asking Eric’ answers a question about what to do with old journal entries. CANVA ONE-TIME USE, JULY 1, 2024 Canva Dear Eric: I am 67 years old and have kept a daily diary since I was 15.
I grew up in the ‘70s and things were, shall we say, a little crazy (sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll, as experienced by a woman who went to a parochial school and wasn’t exactly a model of obedience). Times were different. Now, I wonder what to do with all of these volumes of my life.
I’m married, but we have no children and no relatives that I would even remotely consider entrusting the good, bad and ugly of my/our lives to. I feel as though they have historical meaning, perhaps significant to some entity, but finding that entity has been problematic. Any suggestions? It has become such an ingrained part of my life to write every day that I would find it difficult to just stop, but if all of them are destined to end up in a landfill somewhere, I might have to make some hard choices.
Incidentally, I’m seriously optimistic that I have at least a couple more decades of diaries left to write, if I do continue. – Daily Diarist Dear Diarist: What a beautiful gift you’ve given yourself. Please, don’t stop even if you haven’t found a historian or museum that might want your diaries, yet.
Years back, I worked with an organization called SAGE, which collects or al histories from LGBTQ+ e lders relating to their experiences in housing. Our.
