About three-and-a-half years ago, Jill came across some diaries she had written as a kid. 

Stirred emotionally by the glimpses the entries provided of days gone by, the 1990 St. Cloud Tech grad got caught up in one of those few-and-far-between, “eureka” moments.

“I suddenly realized how much value there is in journaling,” she said. “There's so much going on in life, we tend to forget all this great stuff that happens to us. Finding those childhood diaries really showed me how valuable journaling is as a tool for realizing our growth, realizing how far we've come.”

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Unfortunately for Schoenberg, the intrigue ended all too quickly. None of the diaries were complete,” she said. “There were only a few entries in each one

Why was that? Schoenberg wondered. Why, like so many other people, did she start a journal with great enthusiasm and all the intention in the world of keeping at it, then months later find the keepsake laying on her bookshelf, covered in dust?

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