How to Keep Your Diary a Secret
Buy yourself a diary that looks like a book., Hide your diary., Don't write, 'Do not enter' across the spine of the book, as this will make people want to read it even more! , Get a fake, obvious diary., In your real diary, open to random pages and...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Buy yourself a diary that looks like a book.
Like, don't buy a diary that says 'diary' across the front.
Just buy a cute one that could be a school textbook, or whatever.
It's a good idea to buy your diary when you are out alone, so that nobody gets suspicious. -
Step 2: Hide your diary.
Not in the typical places, like under your bed or in a pillowcase.
Hide it between the mattresses of your bed, In that purse at the back of your closet you never use, or even tucked away in the back of your bookshelf. ,, Across it, write, 'my diary, do not enter'.
Inside, write a few pages of fake entries. ,, Example: "So, yesterday I was writing in my diary, and..."
, nobody will suspect a thing. , They will understand and leave you alone.
But if you have truly nosy parents, they will be suspicious of you and not know why you don't want them to read your diary.
Talk some more, calmly and respectfully. -
Step 3: Don't write
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Step 4: 'Do not enter' across the spine of the book
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Step 5: as this will make people want to read it even more!
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Step 6: Get a fake
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Step 7: obvious diary.
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Step 8: In your real diary
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Step 9: open to random pages and write fake entries there
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Step 10: Let them know you have a 'fake diary'.
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Step 11: keep your fake diary obvious and in-reach.
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Step 12: If possible
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Step 13: put a book cover over your real diary so it looks like that book
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Step 14: and slip it back into your bookshelf.
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Step 15: If you find your parents skimming through your diary
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Step 16: sit down with them and talk.
Detailed Guide
Like, don't buy a diary that says 'diary' across the front.
Just buy a cute one that could be a school textbook, or whatever.
It's a good idea to buy your diary when you are out alone, so that nobody gets suspicious.
Not in the typical places, like under your bed or in a pillowcase.
Hide it between the mattresses of your bed, In that purse at the back of your closet you never use, or even tucked away in the back of your bookshelf. ,, Across it, write, 'my diary, do not enter'.
Inside, write a few pages of fake entries. ,, Example: "So, yesterday I was writing in my diary, and..."
, nobody will suspect a thing. , They will understand and leave you alone.
But if you have truly nosy parents, they will be suspicious of you and not know why you don't want them to read your diary.
Talk some more, calmly and respectfully.
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