Maybe it has something to do with family influences. My grandmother wrote a diary every day for years and introduced me to the idea when I was 11. For the first 10 years my daily entries were a few short sentences, if that. From 1971 I started keeping a full page diary and have done so every day since then.
I won’t bore everyone yet again about the full details and sheer pleasure of having all (full page) diaries transcribed and in electronic, searchable format…but having tackled the task during lockdown(s) I really can’t imagine now how I ever lived without that. It really is an amazing experience being able to find anything, in years of diaries, with a few keystrokes.
Stephen