But with a five-year diary, you don’t need to do very much. I always have time to record a tiny bit about my day. And there is no pressure to make the prose beautiful, or tell a crafted story ...

July 15, 2019. The day after my first big breakup. According to the little dog-eared five-year diary I keep in the drawer next to my bed, I cycled into work in my biggest pair of sunglasses and my ...