Essay

Not many people like writing. I don’t know more than five persons that frequently write. I am not talking about writing as a university or high school exercise. I mean that way of expression that lets exorcise your demons and makes you and others feel better. In fact, writing is a very useful tool that can give the writer many positive fruits such as being an anti-stress tool, it is also a way to understand ourselves and it is the best way to learn to express what we mean.

We live in a society that is full of competition, deception, tension. There are many ways to get out of them, at least for a while. For example, you can go out with friends or you can travel. However there is an option that not much people do in order to get rid of our everyday stress. Writing about your problems is a good way to understand them and maybe find a solution. It is also a good option if you have to stay one day at home and have no one to talk with in order to express your problems. Because sometimes we just need to say what we think and then, we feel better.

Secondly, not much people really know themselves. There is a feeling of being lost in this age. Some might say it is just a postmodern condition of the individual. However, the fact is that there are lots of people that just don’t stop and think. Or maybe they think but they actually can’t get to a conclusion just because they are not doing it right. Let me explain this. If you write, you have all the time you want in order to think and rethink what you want to say. In other words, your inner self can best express when writing. The contrary would be, for example, a commute, when our thoughts are constantly interrupted by different facts that are happening around us. We don’t stay focused, we are just thinking in a way a modern writer would express using the technique of stream of consciousness.

Last but not least, the importance of writing can also be found in the way we improve our expression abilities. Put simply, the more we write, the more we express what we want. You may not find this interesting because maybe you already are a powerful communicator. But, trust me, many people need to do this more often. Especially when you are using another language, you become more familiar to structures and vocabulary the more you write.

As a conclusion, writing is a very helpful activity. It can be done by most of us. Moreover you will become a better writer little by little. There are other fruits from writing apart from earning money or making a living. Few people practice this activity but it is very useful in many different ways, and most of us have nowadays the possibility to write.