I do not write diary entries. I�ve tried that before. Part of my day-to-day life is not worth discussing and another part should not be discussed in writing where it could come back to haunt me. There�s nothing particularly interesting in a blow-by-blow account of getting the kids to clean their rooms or of writing a brief and what I think about while doing these things I�d rather not say.

My relatives, particularly my in-laws, would be shocked to discover that I don�t say anything and everything that comes into my head. Even the principal of the kids� school has indicated that I�m blunt. (Okay, so I told him that others have said I am blunt and he didn�t disagree. Still, the man is perfectly capable of disagreeing.) There has to be a point to what I�m saying though because I�m even more practical than I am blunt.

So, I�m trying a different approach. I plan to magnify small areas of my life. Everything looks more interesting under a microscope.

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