Writing is one of my most favorite things, Taking a pencil or a pen and writing on paper is such a satisfying experience.
Many of us, Don't write every day. Now that we have a vast array of cell phones and electronics and it makes sense. Why waste paper?
While these things can be applied to digital writing, I'm a little more biased when it comes to physically writing.
It Helps Declutter The Brain
We are all so busy these days, So many little snippets of info to continually remember, So many holidays, Life situations and promises to remember. Writing lists help us declutter our brain and focus on what is essential in front of us. When we are cluttered and overwhelmed it can be hard to focus
Allows You To Understand What You Are Up Against Fully
Sometimes I felt so stressed out and overwhelmed with the things I know that need to get done, But when I sit down and write down the list of things that I have to do, I realize it's not as scary or as intimidating as I originally had thought. I know that my goals are quite achievable and I was overreacting.
Often we are over dramatic with what needs to get done. Writing it down puts it in an easy to understand format.
Allows You To Delegate
Or even remove what isn't necessary, It's easy to feel like we have to do a ton of things, But once we write it down, We see that many items can easily be crossed off because they are unnecessary.
Also, When we are super overwhelmed, there are often tasks we can delegate to someone else because it doesn't require our personal touch necessarily. A great example of this, Is your grocery shopping or cleaning.
Writing things down makes a big difference, And whether you prefer to check off apps, Like Wunderlist, Or good old fashioned pen and paper, It can make a big difference in your productivity level to write it down.
Written goals are very important.. A written goal brings clarity and focus. It gives you a direction. And by rewriting your goals you not only reaffirm what your goals are.You may also find new insights that bring more clarity and focus to your goal and life.
It’s definitely a good thing to write things down. When I was in school my English teacher said that you remember things up to 300 times better if you write them down. I don’t know if it’s actually true or she just wanted to make sure we write everything down and didn’t slack in class hehe
RIght? It is true. I'm not sure about the 300 times part, But in general. I notice when I write my grocery list down, Even if I forget to bring it. I still remember it better if I don't write it down at all.
Oh my God this is so true. To do lists really do make you feel better; you're right. I'm thinking back, and it does make you feel empowered. I remember one very specific time when I was in a really scary place financially. I had to make so much money in the next week. I was terrified. I sat down with a piece of paper and wrote down how much money I needed for what by which date. I felt capable. And I felt brave for facing it.
I'm also a huge fan of writing. Although, I'm a fan of typing actually. It can come out faster. I know that slowing down is also beneficial, too. It does feel more intimate, doesn't it?
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Well said. @kaylinart we must most write down our goals and mission about what we want to achieve as we work towards them every day of our life. Great motivation, just what i needed this evening. Many thanks
I can totally relate to this! There's a saying in my country that goes something like this: "A fool remembers, a smart person writes it down." Everything is easier to comprehend when it's written down.
For me writing help in the form of :
Stress buster : Whenever I'm too much stressed or having a pressure in life be it work, relationship or anything for that matter I try to jot down everything and almost anything that comes to my mind in the form of rhythmic poetries.
Memorize : I have been learning things throughout my teenage by writing it down when it comes to academics and believe you in me its so much easier to remember things which you have written than you have heard or read.
We are so beclouded by technology that we've forgotten that stuffs written are easily remembered because we tend to write it down the way we can easily remember. We should go back to the days of writing down stuffs in our diary.
Writing things down allows you to have a better handle on them. If you let them float around in your mind, you lose perspective much more easily and never gain control them.
Basically your way to drain many of the things that happen to you daily is through writing is interesting in fact not everyone has that way of venting so to speak
So you can free some space :)
Yet again, completely agree! We're on the same ---page--- about this. Sorry, bad joke, I had to.
The mental decultering is one of the best aspects. I've recently started using a great app called Ike for this. Check it out. I won't go into too much detail here as I want to write about it fully but check it out.
Of course, one can never do without paper and pen(cil) though.
Very good way of doing things. I have a very busy day every day and making lists in order to prioritise is a must or I might literally go mad. I also set up simple systems into which I integrate random once offs.
I prefer the good old pen and paper. I needed to make a list of things that I had to do the other day. I told my girlfriend that I would make the list when I got home. She didn't understand why because she would just use talk to text in her phone. This seemed much simpler to her. I'm not sure what it is but I just prefer pen and paper
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