<p>Every day is a gift.</p>
<p>I&#39;m trying my best to remember that. To live that.&#0160;</p>
<p>I&#39;ve always loved the idea of a short diary -- not a journal filled with long entries, mind you -- but a diary, a book where you <a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/2010/10/paper-and-ink.html" target="_self">keep a straightforward record of your days</a>, every day.</p>
<p>I became enamored with the idea <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/nyregion/thecity/16diar.html?ref=review" target="_self">in 2006 after reading about Florence Wolfson&#39;s five year diary</a>. The romantic story (Abandoned steamer trunks! Silk kimonos! Mystery!) has always tugged at me -- Florence lived a life that is both remarkable and ordinary, yet her diary is a magnificent record of the times she lived in.</p>
<p>Two years later, I was reminded of how simple it is to keep a diary by Gretchen Rubin in her <a href="http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/2008/06/your-happiness.html" target="_self">Happiness Project blog</a>. And still, I didn&#39;t start one.</p>
<p>But that all changed this week.</p>
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I found this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811870197/ref=oss_product" target="_self">Memory Book on Amazon </a>while looking for other things. As soon as I saw what it was, I ordered one. I&#39;m pretty sure I bought the last one.
<p>And I started writing.&#0160;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01348975bb0d970c-pi.jpg" style="display: inline;"><img alt="DSC_0084" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef01348975bb0d970c" src="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef01348975bb0d970c-500wi.jpg" title="DSC_0084" /></a></p>
<p>It&#39;s not intimidating to write in at all. So I do it. And I hope to fill it in faithfully, every day, no matter what. On the boring days and on the exciting ones. And I will finish it on November 23, 2014.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e0194cac970b-pi.jpg" style="display: inline;"><img alt="DSC_0083" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e0194cac970b" src="http://www.everydaytreats.com/wp-content/uploads/6a00d8341db04e53ef0147e0194cac970b-500wi.jpg" title="DSC_0083" /></a></p>
<p>For now, it sits on my nightstand waiting for me to write down the minutiae of my days.</p>
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