Why should we all be writers?
The more I think about it, the more I believe that we are all writers; not public but private ones.
To progress in the art of living, I see a pattern in four pillars—clarity, calmness, consistency, and patience. Writing helps to develop all these aspects.
Learn to self-reflect through writing privately and make massive progress in your life.
Why should we all be writers?
Clarity.
Life ceases for the rest of us just when we are getting ready for it.”― Seneca, On the Shortness of Life.
“I wish I had XXXX.”
Whether we like it or not, our life is counted. 2000 years ago, Seneca was already treating this topic “On the shortness of life.” What should we say now, with all the distractions available to us?
Reflecting and acknowledging that we are responsible for our lives is crucial. Work with the end in mind, define where we want to go, create intentionality in our lives.
There are many ways to do this, but writing will, at one point, be part of it.
I use the “life plan process,” which is an exercise that helps to write down your big picture. It brings clarity to my daily life.
Calmness.
Our lives are complicated. We go through so many things, internally and externally. This creates a lot of emotions; anger, fear, sadness, joy, energy…
The thoughts crossing our minds and bodies all day long, consciously or unconsciously bring energy or fear, clarity or confusion, happiness or sadness.
Understanding that we are responsible for our emotions is a game-changer.
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” ― Viktor E. Frankl
It’s a very dynamic process; you can train every day. And here, again, writing is an excellent tool for progress.
I’ve been journaling every day for more than 5 years. It helps me manage my emotions, reduces drama in my life and increases energy. (see: The one thing I do to transform my fear into energy.)
Consistency.
We all know that there is no success without effort. To improve my craft, to develop a project, to learn, I need to practice. I need to trust the process and create activities. I need to find meaning, pleasure in it. Writing helps to review what works, what doesn’t work, fine-tuning, tweaking, and planning. (see: How do you start doing the things you want to do?)
Patience.
Everything in life which has value comes from the compound effect. Love, relationship, business, knowledge, money…
To get access to it, we need to maintain our consistency and discipline, and whatever results, to continue with patience for long periods.
It’s so hard and sometimes so easy to stop. But don’t… write about it in your journal instead. It will help you come back to a state of clarity, manage your emotions (fear of not succeeding), and reinforce your patience.
Most of our successes come from self-reflection. Writing is a tool that supports you in managing this complexity and progressing in the art of living.
Enjoy the process.
I love writing. It makes my mind quiter. It makes me see and be awar of my thohgts. It shows me holes in my thoiries. It makes my light and happy. Thanks for your post – and the wonderful Blog.
Thank you Jenny for the feedback 😀 and for sharing what writing does for you.
Thanks for this inspiring post, I really enjoyed it. I’ve been trying to write more lately – I usually write when something big happens in my life, but now I’m trying to just do a little bit every day and I’m seeing a huge improvement in my calmness and mental clarity already.
This may be a silly question, but one thing that puts me off writing each day is the thought of accumulating journals. I already have so many, and I don’t want to lug around boxes and boxes of them with me my whole life. What do you do with your journals? Do you keep them all?
Hi Amelia, thank you for reading.
It’s not a silly question 😀. I got it often. I tried several options.
And the one that works best for me is to journal digitally.
I use Evernote with one note per year and a daily entry with the date.
Have you already tried?
Have a great day.