Karissa, I think there is so much going on around us that if we stop and tune in to it all, we would be flooded with ideas for improvements, needs, observations, analysis, contemplation, etc. How anyone can keep track of these wonderful pearls of information we may want to refer back to without recording or documenting them somehow is beyond me. How one chooses to record this information is as varied as the individuals. A journal, diary, or whatever we call it, it's an extremely valuable tool. Barry Westling