The purpose of this step is to draw attention away from your real journal, so that nobody will go looking for it, because they will believe that they have already found it.
Simply write things about your day you wouldn’t mind your parents knowing like: “Today me and Madison went and hung out after school. Then I came home and made dinner. Now I am just sitting on my bed listening to some music. " That seems like a pretty innocent day, right? Well, that would be because you left out that after you and Madison hung out for about five minutes, you went and made out with your boyfriend. Keep it innocent but not boring.
A good idea is to find little areas in your house with extra space, some closets may have these, or anywhere that covers the object from view, it also depends on the age of your house too. Get a box slightly bigger than your journal and tape it in a covered area so that it can be removed and put back, but is still out of sight. Another good idea would be to hide it under drawers; to do this take the drawer out, place the notebook inside, and push the drawer back in. You need to find what works well for you, be creative and use your surroundings to your advantage.
Put a piece of clear, unnoticeable tape on the corner of the book so that if it’s opened, the tape will be pulled off. Tape it at an odd angle so that if anyone opened it and tried to tape it back it would be different from how you left it. Alternatively, simply cut the tape to where it was almost cut apart, but not quite, that way the force exerted on it from opening the book will rip it apart and the person won’t be able to put it back together. Another method would be to take a piece of hair and place it in between the pages, if it’s gone it may have been read. However, the wind or other conditions could have also removed it, so this isn’t exactly foolproof.
