Day 13 why keep a diary? to analyze and collect ideas. for motivation if you record successes. for goal setting. ideas limit perception and are in fact needed for the joy of the ego. like I realized this is a success collecting success is also for the ego. confidence (as well as not confidence) interferes with the correct assessment of the situation and leads to injury. well, goals are good only as small guidelines for interaction with society. for an organism that is constantly changing and mortal, the goals are simply not applicable. so why write a diary? probably just for better understanding of words. words for others to somehow interact. so readers are a must for a diary. I will note that there are other effective ways of interaction: painting, dancing, etc.