The thing about writing a blog post is that good writing requires clear thinking, and clear thinking is useful!
It would be nice if we could tap into that benefit in personal journals without publishing a blog, but as far as I can tell, most people write differently when they write only for themselves. There’s a number of benefits of writing for an audience, even if that audience turns out not to exist. When I blog, I feel forced to justify my reasoning and investigate alternatives. I feel the need to explain something a little deeper than whatever literal series of events that I’m talking about.
Exactly. That’s how I end up watchingvery few shows, because I’m always in an internet rabbit hole or clarifying my thoughts about something. I tried writing for myself and that ends up being a mess of unreadable and sad streams of consciousness. Audience –real or not- shifts your brain into “I need to make sense” mode.
Harder, but better.
And the thing is, after doing that for over a decade, I feel clarity for *so* many things. I’ve learned and pondered so much through hundreds of posts. I see the difference when solving issues with people who never write. The ability to dance around angles for a specific problem is big and writing helps tremendously with that.
More importantly, I think blogging needs to proliferate these days because most people need to make sense of things and get more clarity in their lives. Social media and Covid have done mass damage in this sense.
Write it down. Explore. Your mind is free.