
The Healing Power of Writing:
Transform Your Life With the Written Word
The journey is now well underway. You have a new perspective on writing and have begun to practice daily (hopefully). You have worked to find your own unique voice and also looked at the catalog of styles and genres to see where you want to focus. Is it feeling a bit more cohesive? Well, let’s take a brief detour. Follow me and learn about a new tool that might change your life.
The average person’s head-space is a tangled mess. You’re relentlessly besieged from all sides every day; Your boss, your relationships, that glowing rectangle in your pocket, the pressure to succeed and provide. Stress factors are endlessly multiplicative and technology, as well as social media, are compounding the issue. Everyone’s stresses are their own, though we can experience the same things, there is no one size fits all solution. You do your utmost to filter the noise, but sometimes it’s still not enough.
Though seldom considered, writing is immeasurably powerful to ease stress and provide stability. Spending fifteen to twenty minutes writing daily is a proven method to improve mental health and to boost your immune system. Lost or confused? Putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) can allow you to take something intangible and give it form. Writing can help you process grief, ask a question that doesn’t have an answer, or provide a space to speak your mind when you don’t feel like talking. Just reading that last example sounds peaceful, doesn’t it?
Writing to boost mental health also includes using it to make planners and check lists. There are a staggering amount of factors that contribute to stress. For many, the key to success organization. Now, I don’t mean a clean desk or folded laundry. I mean, to be successful, those individuals had a plan. Taking something that appears insurmountable and on paper can turn that wall into a brick. Career goals? Day Planner? Budget? Having these things in tangible form takes out the guess-work and let’s you focus on your next move. Being more organized in your day-to-day just might be what you are missing to take that next big step.
From the therapeutic power of daily writing to using organization to increase productivity. The benefits of the written word are plentiful. Even just letting your mind wander off while reading a novel can help in its own way. So, if you aren’t on your own personal journey to becoming a writer or you came here just because of the title: thanks for reading, I sincerely appreciate it. If you are beginning the adventure of writing, then this should cement the importance of daily writing. Let the page become an extension of your mind, and remember, don’t be afraid of the results.
