Six (6) Crisp Reasons to Your Writing Ability

"Step into the scene and let it drip from your fingertips." -MJ Bush

1. You have the power to create your own world and cater to your mental health.

Imagine what Anne Frank had to endure during the Holocaust (genocide of Jews carried out by Nazis). In a surrounding with many high tensions, civil unrest, and not knowing if she'll live to see tomorrow, Frank used writing as her second world throughout, until she was captured by the ruthless Nazi Gestapo or the Nazi police. She used writing as a medium to find sanity. She kept a diary during the Holocaust, where she wrote about love, growing up, how things were at the time, and her friends.

I promise I’m not writing about the history of the Nazi-Jewish world. But you’ll get just a glimpse.

Anyway, let me continue.

Anne Frank fancied writing. In the cramped house where her family and others were sheltered, tensions were high, excluding the war outside. There was just not enough space for everyone. But Frank created her unfiltered and unlimited space in her mind, she wrote about her experiences and desires. I can’t fathom out what her life would’ve been like without a way to express herself. And that’s what writing gave to her, a way to keep sane and foster her mental health during difficult times.

Frank although was not the only person who kept a diary. Many others like her used writing as an escape.

Also, did you know during World War One, soldiers kept diaries too? During such a deadly time, where uneasiness was pervasive, why would writing be something to even consider when they couldn’t decipher their future? But it was fairly a reason to write in the first place. They wrote about their struggles, the little things, the big things, the partial good things, and even poems, to ease their psychological state.

Want a free ticket to an amazing destination? Writing renders a free ticket to get away for a while. I wouldn’t understand if you turn it down. "Just do it," like Nike says. ;)

2. Writing documents history.

Apart from the fact that Anne Frank and WWI soldiers wrote for sanity, their writings are prominent sources of first-hand accounts of history today. We know about some of the excruciating living conditions during their time, because they wrote about it. Otherwise, our world would have not known such history. And history is very important to understand the root of certain contemporary actions.

3. Writing helps you reflect and reform

You can go back in your head re-think some things you've done wrong, and right as well. Writing them down, reflecting, and connecting the points, births new ways and ideas to change the trajectory of your future actions. Take the reflection process as failing on an exam, and going back to study and make connections to see where you went wrong, and where to improve for the next exam.

Boom! It's just like that. So as your days go by, and thoughts are preoccupying your mind, relieve them in writing, and process it smoothly along the way as you breakthrough new horizons. Plus, you can always come back to your writing and think or reflect much better again, to wrap your head around similar potential happenings.

4. Writing is all in all an imperative communication tool.

In the workplace, in school, reporting incidents, everywhere generally, writing is a primary communicative mode. Your boss will not always ask you to address things verbally, nor will your teacher, or your local government, etc. Remember, writing documents history, serving as a reference. You don't want to be caught up in a situation when you have to clearly communicate your thoughts, or others', and you chicken out.

You may have heard Martin Luther King's speeches, or John F. Kennedy's, or more recently, Barack Obama. Notice how outstanding and eloquent their words were? It was rooted in writing. Writing is the core of communication.

5. Writing makes you more productive.

You are more likely to get things done when you write them down. So "get down on it, come on get down on it" (Yeah, from a song by Kool and The Gang.) Be "Kool" (cool) too, and get down on it with writing those goals down. Okay, according to author Mark Murphy, his writing study shows that is obvious when you review things over and over you will remember them, but writing is like a biological process that helps embed memories for the long-term when we are conscious about something. His study showed that barely 20% of people were able to achieve the goals they wrote down because they remember it so clearly, and was more aware, in comparison to the rest who didn't write down their goals. Be on top of your game and write down your goals; productivity would change your life.

6. Writing stimulates brain activities.

There are left and right sides of the brain. The left side is more logical and objective, while the right side is more creative, and subjective. When you are writing, you are thinking, analyzing your thoughts, in the same way, you are also being creative in organizing them. All angles of writing are in your favor.

Overall, take things one step at a time, the more you write, the better you will get. Writing is spicy. The words, terms, phrases, and sounds that craft good writing are all intriguing. Start writing now, and hold that pen, pencil, or keyboard close to your heart, there is nothing to regret.