Have you ever wondered why writing is important? This guide will explain how it can improve your mental health, your career prospect and much more.
Writing is the backbone of the modern world. Without it, we wouldn’t have any science, technology or culture. We use it every day of our lives, usually without thinking about it.
But why is writing important to you?
You might think that you need only to be a good writer if you plan on becoming an author or novelist. That’s not true, however: writing can help you in all walks of life from career to your relationship.
“Write Every Day” is common advice. Indeed writing is an important and inescapable part of our daily life. When a person learns how to write daily, a whole world of possibilities open for them. They can pen their thoughts, create a story and can make their own illusionary world. Writing promotes one’s ability to pose worthwhile questions. Writing is something which is enduring, it always leaves an impact on others. It makes thinking visible. Writing daily makes you seem more professional and genius.
BENEFITS OF WRITING
There are so many benefits to explain why writing is important and explore the best ways you can improve your writing skills.
1) CLEARS YOUR MIND
The human brain has many limitations. We have limited short-term memory, we forget things, we can’t focus on more than a few things at a time, random thoughts are generated all the time.
How many times have you gotten stressed over all the things you needed to do?
When tasks pile up, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. We find it hard to juggle multiple problems at once and when that happens, our problems often seem larger than really are.
Writing things down forces us to put our thoughts in logical order. Rather than jumping back and forth between trains of thoughts, writing down what’s on your mind lets us look at our problems one by one. By writing down what you have in mind, you can quite literally take it out of your head and put it on the screen or the paper. If you want some practice, try writing a to-do-list every morning right after you wake up or whenever you have free time. This will give you a great plan to tackle the day ahead of you while also getting you into the habit of putting your problems down on paper.
2) CLARIFY YOUR THOUGHTS, EMOTIONS, IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES
Sometimes thoughts and ideas pop into our mind, but they are unclear and incomplete. They are like embryos that we need to develop. Writing is a great way to explore and better understand what you really have in your mind. It’s a forcing function that can help you clarify and better formulate your thoughts, ideas and emotions.
When you write your thoughts, ideas and emotions down, you get the opportunity to express, extend and complete them. You get to reflect on what you are thinking or feeling. You get to observe from the outside looking in. Furthermore, you also get the opportunity to add context and establish links between past and future events. This enhances the raw information (i.e. your thoughts) a lot.
Writing enables you to reflect your life experiences. This lets you express what you felt, thought, enjoyed, liked or disliked. These are valuable insights that you could not easily get to.
3) INCREASES YOUR CONFIDENCE
Writing something on any topic everyday increases self-confidence and helps a person to overcome the fear of rejection and poor writing. Writing something everyday, even a little will help to overcome underconfidence. It helps to make us understand that we don’t need any inspiration to write. Writing daily gives us the confidence that we can write on whatever topic we want.
4) MAKES YOU CREATIVITE AND IMPROVE YOUR IMAGINATION
Writing everyday increases creativity. A person writing daily will eventually notice that this creativity begins to thrive. Good ideas for writing on different topics will come out. It will help in exercising creative muscles.
Writing engages your mind in a creative and exploratory process. It can greatly help improve your imagination. When you write, you need to create mental images. Describing those elements in detail strengthens your ability to imagine.
Writing helps to express ideas, thoughts and emotions in unique and imaginative ways. When you write you will understand that it increases your ability to imagine the world from various viewpoints which is valuable as knowledge workers, as the product of our work is used by people with varied backgrounds with different expertise and focus. This gives you the opportunity to see the world differently, both at a personal and professional level.
5) MAKES YOU UNDERSTAND AND HEALS YOU
Writing helps you understand how you truly feel. It leads to a deeper understanding of yourself. It helps us understand our viewpoints and what people think of us. Writing helps you accept the past and move to the future. It helps you to look back at what you have truly written and understand the true meaning of your life.
Writing helps you identify with yourself and know who you truly are deep down. When I read through my past write-ups, I could see my state of mind and mood. Truth is, most of us have not been able to understand who we truly are. We are unaware of our strengths and feelings. We don’t know where we are able to derive our strengths from but writing deals with impediments and helps you grasp strength from what you’ve least expected.
Writing of the things that hurt you, past experiences helps you become stronger than that current situation. It helps you overcome them and move forward. Writing is a good way to keep a record of the post so you’ll never forget about it. I always find myself reading through my past works and I always found it fascinating.
Writing helps keep the past so you can savor moments that you could have potentially forgotten and increase your level of gratitude. When you are able to look back and see how you have navigated and handled situations in the past, you’ll feel more confident in yourself and have more courage to do so in the future.
6) EXPLORE MANY MORE OPTIONS THAN YOUR MIND ALONE EVER COULD
When you write things down, you give yourself the opportunity to explore topics in a much deeper way. You can explore each branch of the “knowledge tree” one after another. You could do this with your mind alone, but you will lose a good portion of the leaves you touch. When you write, you don’t lose anything, you can go much wider and deeper. This opens the doors to systematic thinking and exploration.
7) BETTER PROBLEM SOLVING
Writing daily forces you to come up with new ideas regularly and so that forces you to solve the very important problem of where you get the ideas. What’s the answer to that problem? Ideas are everywhere!
In the people you talk to, in your life experiments, in the things you read online, in new ventures and magazines and films and music and novels. But when you write regularly your eyes are open to these ideas. By writing about problems, you clearly identify the key issues you need or want to solve. At work I always start by writing down the key points, before I even think about how to solve the problem. It also enables setting clear goals and objectives.
Having a clear problem definition that you can observe and share is essential for problem solving, both when you’re working on your own or with a group of people. With it, you can brainstorm, evaluate different approaches and find creative solutions. With written problem definition, you also get to track your progress toward the resolution.
8) MAKE BETTER DECISIONS
Writing has the key role to play for decision-making. Given the opportunity it creates to be more objective and to think critically, it helps make decisions that truly weigh the pros and cons and optimizes the result. Writing gives you more time to reflect. This enhances the quality of your decisions as it gives you the opportunity to reconsider options and potential outcomes. You can also help yourself and your team using decision trees, flowchart and diagrams and leverage writing to document your decisions and the rationale behind those.
9) STRESS RELIEVER
We all face difficult and stressful situations. Writing not only lets you know more about yourself but also helps with emotional well-being. By taking the time you need to process your emotions, you can quickly feel better. Expressing emotions is a great way to relieve stress and understand more about what you’re going through in life. Writing is a way to heal.
Writing your thoughts daily on the paper helps to purge out toxins from the mind. The writer can easily give vent to their feelings so that the worries and frustration that have been spreading in your head can be flushed out. The skill is also a stress reliever as writing down disturbing thoughts helps to erase them from the mind. Reading your writing will result in deep reflection and will help you know about the issues that are regular and have proved problematic for you. The importance of writing is that it acts as a stress buster so that problems can be addressed and sorted on time.
10) IMPROVES YOUR VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, SPELLING AND SYNTAX
Speakers have helpers with them. They can set the tone. They can use facial expressions. Their stress level can be felt. They are also directly connected to their audience. When you write. whether for your future self or for others, you don’t have that luxury. You are disconnected from your audience. You are alone to write and they are alone to read. So you need to level up your game in order to be understood.
The more you write, the more you will learn. You will improve your vocabulary and expand the realm of ideas you can express. You will improve your grammar, spelling and syntax.
Here I’m not a good writer, but after writing on a lot of topics I realized I have lots of improvement in my grammar, spelling and vocabulary.
11) HELPS IN COMMUNICATION SKILL
Everybody wishes they were a better communicator. Knowing what to say and when to say it. Let us defuse conflicts, spread important messages and convince people to do what we want.
The more you write, the better you can communicate with others. This is helpful in various contexts. Personal and Professional.
In your personal life, you can prepare better speeches, better express yourself and write better letters to your friends, family, neighbors and your close ones.
In your professional life, you can write better resumes, better memos, better instructions for your colleagues, better documentation, better presentations, etc. The better you write, the better you can express yourself. And the more you do it, the better you get. By improving your communication skills, you will gain tremendous leverage.
12) MAKE YOU CONNECTED WITH OTHERS
Writing facilitates connection. Whether through notes, memos, letters, emails or social media, writing enables you to communicate with people near and far, creating and maintaining connections. Writing lets you get in touch with people you have never met otherwise. And is the same at work. if you write a lot, you will get to connect with many others, even long after you have left.
13) SELF-REFLECTION
We spend too much time running away from reality. We do this by going out with friends, keeping busy, watching Netflix, reading books, etc. There’s nothing wrong with it. But we all need to think on our own. We need to take time to self-reflect and do some introspection work.
Writing is a wonderful way to self-reflect. Journaling, for example- allows you to explore your emotions, experiences and increase your self-awareness. It’s all about self-care. How can you not blame yourself if you don’t take time to understand what you are going through and reasons behind the past actions. Writing will help you better know yourself and work on your personal development. It will help you grow with period.
14) MAKE AS A HOBBY
Writing as a hobby is that it can help to improve your memory and cognitive function. By constantly coming up with ideas and putting them into words, you exercise your brain and improve your ability to think critically. This can also help to stave off age related cognitive decline.
Writing can be a fun and enjoyable activity in and of itself. Whether you are lost in a world of your own creation or simply jotting down your daily thoughts, the act of writing can be a relaxing and rewarding pastime. Overall, there are countless reasons why everyone should consider making writing one of their hobbies. From personal expression to practical skills, the benefits of writing are vast and varied. So grab a pen, paper or laptop and give it a try, you never know where it might take you.
15) THANK YOU NOTES
You know that wonderful, warm- fuzzy feeling that comes over you when someone goes out of his or her way to spoil you, treat you, welcome you, bless you, support you or help you out? Of course you do. The feeling is gratitude and it feels even better when you express it!!!
A handwritten card or note of thanks is one of the most heartfelt and meaningful ways to express gratitude. Maybe you can’t repay your recipient for the nice thing he or she has done, but you can reflect thoughtfulness with the time and care you put into writing and sending a warm, gracious thank you card or note.
16) SHARE WHAT YOU THINK, LEARN AND KNOW
Writing enables sharing what you have in mind, what you are learning and what you know about it. It can help you and others grow. Sharing is one of the main ways to improve your learning.
17) KEEP TRACK ON EVERYTHING
If you try to keep everything in your head, you will certainly forget many things. Forgetting things doesn’t always matter, but sometimes it can negatively impact your work and projects and even reputation. Write things down, you will never forget anything. Let the system you rely on remember everything for you.
18) ADVANCE YOUR CAREER
There are many ways in which writing can help you to advance your career. Let’s explore a few of those.
· Better communication skills are essential in the workplace. We have already discussed how writing can improve that. Whether you write emails, reports, documentation, presentations or other types of documents, writing will enhance your professional image and effectiveness. Good writing can help you build a personal and professional band.
· Writing can serve you in various other ways in the workplace: conflict resolution, mentorship, training, networking, leadership. The list is quite long.
· You can also document and highlight your achievements, which can help you showcase your value and write better resumes or portfolios.
19) MAKE BETTER FIRST IMPRESSION AND GAIN INFLUENCE
Your image depends a lot on your ability to write well. As we interact more and more online, our important first interactions also happen via written communication. You have more chances to be read before being seen or heard. The more skilled you are at writing, the better impression you can make. Writing well helps you better convey professionalism, clarity and consideration. This will lead to a positive and lasting impact on readers. Writing can also help you to gain influence. Writing well and improving your communication skills will help you to be clear and persuasive. It will gain respect and influence among your peers and colleagues.
20) MOTIVATING OTHERS
Human life is very hectic where people are running from one task to another without realizing why and how about the situation. After some time life becomes a habit and people fail to even contemplate their action and their reason for doing the work. At this point, everyone needs someone to motivate them so that they can break the existing mold and do better.
Just as writing the words are therapeutic, similarly reading the words written by others prove motivational. It helps a reader to align with the writer and understand his perspective and viewpoints to adopt it in their life.
FINAL NOTE
Writing helps to connect the brain and heart to the words so that writing looks focused and reflects the personality of the writer. It is a complex process that is also empowering because it enables the brain to give a shape to emotions, feelings and experiences so that others can understand your thoughts.
The Momma Clan 
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