Dear Diary

By Holly Day

Dear Diary,

My therapist wants me to write a diary to help me manage my depression. I have no idea how it'll work, but I didn't have the energy to argue with her.

All I want is for life to go back to the way it was before I walked in on Christopher and Jason. Or maybe not because I don't think I'll ever be able to forgive Christopher for cheating on me in our bed, but I want to function as I did before that moment. Before I lost everything.

Do you remember Lars Olsen from school? I do my best to stay away, but it's like he's magnetic and pulls me in every time I see him. I shouldn't be dating. I don't want to force my crazy on anyone, but he's asked me to dinner. He deserves a sane partner, so it would be unfair to go, wouldn't it?

• Language: English
• Publisher: JMS Books LLC
• Release date: Sep 29, 2022
• ISBN: 9781685502331

Holly Day

Holly Day and Sherman Wick are the authors of several books about the Twin Cities. Sherman Wick received his BA in history from the University of Minnesota and has been a member of the Minnesota Historical Society for several decades. Holly Day has worked as a freelance writer for local and national publications for over twenty-five years and teaches writing classes at the Loft Literary Center.

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Dear Diary

By Holly Day

Published by JMS Books LLC

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Copyright 2022 Holly Day

ISBN 9781685502331

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Thank you to Gabi Cervenka and Leonie Duncan! You are the best.

Dear Diary was written for Dear Diary Day, which is celebrated on September 22nd. Diaries help us process our thoughts and document our lives. And while the first known use of the word diary was in 1605, Emperor Marcus Aurelius kept a diary in Greek as early as 200 A.D.

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Dear Diary

By Holly Day

Thursday, September 8th

Dear Diary,

The therapist is a cunt, and I spent $9.95 on you. There was one journal for $8.95, but it had flowers on the cover. I’m not a flower kind of guy, or maybe I am, but it was red. I’m not a red diary kind of guy.

Okay, here goes. According to the cunt, I’m depressed. Surprise, surprise. It doesn’t mean I’m insane, it’s only my brain screaming for a timeout. It looked like she believed herself when she was talking. I know better. I’ve gone insane. Christopher has turned me into a crazy person.

Dramatic? I hate that the voice in my head sounds like Christopher.

Okay, so I’m depressed—is it like being an alcoholic and saying it out loud is part of accepting it will make it easier to get over? It doesn’t matter. Since I’m depressed, I have to write three positive things every day. Homework from a therapist. Can life get any worse?

It can. I know. You don’t have to inform me.

1. My breakfast