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It is already a widely known fact that even a few minutes a day devoted to reading may affect your life in many positive ways. But we rarely find anyone talking about the benefits associated with the activity of writing. And it turns out there are many.
There’s no need to be a laureate, Nobel-award-kind-of published author, nor to be a writer/poet of the stature of St. Teresa of Avila: daily writing, modest as it may be, creates habits that help to develop skills related to problem solving and concentration, thus making your life better one letter at a time.
We wanted to share three good reasons to make writing part of your daily activity:
1. It improves your communication skills.
As explained by Sherelle Walker in a note for SciLearn Blog, our heads are often filled with disjointed, random thoughts all scrambled together with scattered ideas and something blurry on top. Maybe some other thoughts are better defined, but still kind of incomplete, showing some loose ends. Writing down your thoughts (even in a diary, to keep track of your progress on those matters) helps better develop your skill in communicating your thoughts, ideas and opinions to others. Since you have already written them down, you will at least remember the main points you wish to bring up.
2. It helps you organize your day.
“To-do” lists can be annoying, but they also happen to be useful. Writing down what is still pending can help you to manage your time more efficiently. Who knows? You might even find you have an extra hour or two a day just to let your mind wander around! Writing helps creating narrative structures, which in turn form an archive of memories sewn together as sequences of events. These structures have a cause-effect relationship that shows you the relationship between what you do and what you get out of it.
3. It reduces anxiety and helps in coping with difficult situations.
Alfredo Álamo recently posted a story on Lecturalia, on how a university conducted a study that involved following 60 people who had just been fired from their jobs.
Those who took the time to write on a daily basis, regardless of whether it was just taking some brief notes or writing a few paragraphs in a diary, found new positions much earlier than those who didn’t, and suffered considerably less psychological damage.
When writing, both your breathing rhythm and your cardiac activity slow down, and several areas of the brain, associated with thinking and memory, become active — exactly the kind of effect achieved through meditation.
Kujiunga na kampeni yetu ya Lenten 2024 Ni jambo la kawaida kwamba hata dakika chache za kusoma kila siku zinaweza kuwa na matokeo mazuri maishani. Lakini ni mara chache sana tunapata mtu akizungumza juu ya faida zinazohusiana na utendaji wa kuandika. Na inageuka kuwa kuna wengi. Hakuna haja ya kuwa mshindi wa tuzo ya Nobel, au mwandishi wa aina ya kuchapishwa, wala kuwa mwandishi au mshairi wa kimo cha Mtakatifu Teresa wa Avila: kuandika kila siku, kwa kiasi kama inaweza kuwa, huunda tabia ambazo husaidia kuendeleza ujuzi unaohusiana na kutatua matatizo na umakini, hivyo kufanya maisha yako kuwa bora barua moja kwa wakati. Kwa hiyo, tunakuambia sababu tatu za kufanya kuandika kuwa sehemu ya shughuli yako ya kila siku: Inaongeza ujuzi wako wa mawasiliano. Kama ilivyoelezwa na Sheryl Walker katika maelezo ya SciLearn Blog, vichwa vyetu mara nyingi hujazwa na mawazo yasiyo na uhusiano, yote yamechanganywa pamoja na mawazo yaliyotawanyika na kitu kisicho wazi juu. Labda baadhi ya mawazo mengine ni bora kufafanuliwa, lakini bado aina ya kukosekana, kuonyesha baadhi ya mwisho huru. Kuandika mawazo yako (hata katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu, ili kufuatilia maendeleo yako juu ya mambo hayo) husaidia kuboresha ustadi wako katika kuwasiliana mawazo yako, mawazo na maoni kwa wengine. Kwa kuwa tayari umeandika, angalau utakumbuka mambo makuu unayotaka kuzungumzia. 2. Uwezekano wa kupata Inakusaidia kupanga siku yako. Orodha za "vitu vya kufanya" zaweza kuwa zenye kukasirisha, lakini pia zinaweza kuwa zenye manufaa. Kuandika mambo ambayo bado unalazimika kuyafanya kunaweza kukusaidia kutumia wakati wako kwa njia bora zaidi. Ni nani anayejua? Huenda hata ukagundua kwamba una saa moja au mbili za ziada kwa siku ili tu akili yako izunguke-zunguke! Kuandika husaidia kuunda miundo ya hadithi, ambayo kwa upande wake huunda kumbukumbu za kumbukumbu zilizoshonwa pamoja kama mfululizo wa matukio. Mifumo hii ina uhusiano wa sababu na athari ambayo inakuonyesha uhusiano kati ya kile unachofanya na kile unachopata kutoka kwake. 3. Uwe na mtazamo wa kweli Inapunguza wasiwasi na husaidia kukabiliana na hali ngumu. Alfredo Alamo, mwanasayansi wa utafiti wa utafiti wa Lecturalia, aliandika hivi karibuni juu ya utafiti uliofanywa na chuo kikuu cha Italia ambao ulijumuisha watu 60 ambao walikuwa wamefukuzwa kazi. Wale waliochukua muda wa kuandika kila siku, bila kujali kama ilikuwa tu kuchukua maelezo mafupi au kuandika mafungu machache katika kitabu cha kumbukumbu, walipata nafasi mpya mapema zaidi kuliko wale ambao hawakufanya hivyo, na walipata uharibifu mdogo wa kisaikolojia. Wakati wa kuandika, mzunguko wa kupumua na utendaji wa moyo hupungua, na maeneo kadhaa ya ubongo, yanayohusiana na kufikiri na kumbukumbu, yanaanza kufanya kazi - hasa aina ya athari inayopatikana kupitia kutafakari.