I started keeping a diary when I was 8 or 9, all the way through high school. I always wondered if my mom or brother was reading them, so I threw them out when I went off to college. I hid diaries in college in my undies drawer, usually.

And now that I live by myself, I still hide it - in a storage drawer with a bunch of videotapes. I also have some personal files on my computer, a list of things I want to discuss in therapy, that are password-protected.