I started writing this to tell you what you should be doing more of, but I had trouble getting into the flow.
It wasn’t until I realized that I was about to tell you what to do, instead of sharing what I think would be beneficial for you to try, that things started to unlock.
The truth is, I don’t like when people tell me what to do.
Yes, give me advice and provide a different perspective, but don’t tell me I must do something.
Ultimately, it’s my choice whether I choose to do something or not, just as it’s your choice.
So today, instead of telling you what to do, I’m sharing five reasons why I believe you should write more.
5. Writing Is Another Way of Speaking to Yourself
Sometimes I have full conversations with myself. The topic always changes, but the outcome is the same: clarity.
Writing is a perfect outlet if you feel weird talking out loud to yourself.
Think about it this way—many of the world’s greatest writers began their journey by having deep conversations with themselves, especially fiction writers.
Those dialogues you love to read (and sometimes quote) started with someone conversing with themselves.
But the goal here isn’t to be a great writer just yet. It’s simply to create a ritual that connects you directly to you.
4. Writing Helps You Organize Your Thoughts and Life
From quick to-do lists to long journal entries, writing can be integrated into everyday life easily.
However, the writings that truly make a difference and change my perspective are the ones where I face what I’ve been fearful to even think about.
We all have those “forbidden conversations” we’d never share with anyone, no matter how much we trust them.
Those are the topics that should be indulged in more often. Those sessions are powerful enough to change your thought process, your outlook on life, and break down your fears.
3. Writing Turns You into Your Own Guide
We normally look outside ourselves to find guidance and answers. I know I’ve done it way too many times and, unfortunately, have been a victim of other people’s limitations because of it.
But don’t get me wrong—I’m not saying never look outside yourself. I’m simply saying start looking inside of you for the guidance you seek.
We were all taught to seek guidance from outside ourselves, and it has served its purpose. After all, we do learn by watching other people do things, and then we take what resonates with us and do it our way—that’s what makes us human.
But at a certain point, we have to stop looking to others for answers that are already inside us, waiting for us to find them.
Writing is the guide that leads us to those answers we’ve been searching for, sometimes for years.
2. Your Writing Doesn’t Have to Make Sense to Anyone but You
When I write, I always feel like the words are already in my head and I just have to write them down. Whenever my writing sessions don’t have that flow, it simply means that I was either stressed or being too hard on myself.
In five years of blogging, I’ve written plenty of articles that didn’t make sense at the time, but when I returned and read them months or years later, they became crystal clear.
Sometimes when we write, it’s not for the person writing at the moment—it may be for the person reading it ten years later.
Writing unfiltered from the heart creates tiny bridges that lead to answers, or resolutions to issues that will arise.
If it doesn’t make sense at all for you, it’s probably meant for someone else, and you won’t know until the time is right.
1. Writing Preserves Your Ideas
One of the best feelings I’ve had is when I get an idea, immediately bring it to life, and then write about the entire experience.
We as creators always forget how an idea came about and the process of how we accomplished something. Writing has helped me understand that most of the ideas I’ve had, and the things I’ve created because of those ideas, didn’t come from something I desperately tried to figure out.
Most of them came when I was either relaxing or having fun doing something totally unrelated to the idea.
As an example, the idea to write about writing today came when I was filing my nails at six in the morning. (I’m an early riser and my nails were about to be four weeks old, and somehow doing them first thing on a Monday morning was the best way to start my day.)
Today, 09.22.2025, is also the 5th birthday of this blog, so I already had the urge to write something, but there was nothing solid yet.
In past years, I’ve written a newsletter to celebrate the passing year and thanked my subscribers for sticking around, so writing an entire article was never the plan.
Five years ago, I started this blog to share what I’d learned. Over time, the articles slowed down as I focused more on filmmaking for my YouTube channel, but writing never left me.
The fewer articles I published, the more journal entries piled up, and the more newsletters I sent. Over time, my style shifted toward personal stories—so you could decide what to take from them instead of me telling you what to take.
Writing has enhanced my thinking and creative process to the point where I wholeheartedly believe that if something isn’t flowing, I’m not going in the right direction.
Writing Changed My Life
I cannot imagine what my life would be like if I never wrote and published those first ten articles five years ago.
I can’t even say that I’d be hoarding my words, because I doubt I would have written more than a few sentences over the years.
Starting a blog was something I dreamed about doing more than 10 years ago, and the fact that I get to celebrate a blog that has been publishing stories, advice, and creative thoughts for five years now is the definition of a dream come true.
I know I will continue to write, and one day I’ll publish a few books as well, but today I just wanted to share with you why I believe you should start writing more.
I’d love to know which reason resonated with you more, so let me know in the comments below. And don’t forget to join my newsletter—I seriously allow my creativity to roam free there.
Questions You May Have
Do I have to be a good writer to start journaling or blogging?
Not at all. Practice makes progress so the more you do it, the better you’ll get. Just start writing.
How do I start writing if I’ve never done it before?
Write how you talk. Your voice is already unique so ignore all the rules of writing and do it how you want. That way it becomes easy to get into flow.
What’s the difference between journaling and blogging?
Journaling is private, just for your eyes only and whoever you want to share it with. It’s where the raw, unfiltered ideas begin. While blogging, on the other hand, is for sharing what you’ve learned.
