Joy of Handwriting

Handwriting is important for learning and memorization.

Research indicates that handwriting stimulates the brain areas responsible for learning. This is associated with muscle memory and is one of the techniques used in language learning to incorporate movement in order to memorize new words.

Many of your great ideas may come during ordinary activities like washing dishes, walking, or showering.

We often overlook the impact that routine tasks, physical activity, and motion can have on our cognitive processes. In fact, handwriting can help us think in a more dimensional way, as opposed to the linear process often associated with typing on a computer.

Handwriting may seem messy, just like our thoughts, but it allows for creativity and errors, just like the thought process itself.

Although graphology is not widely accepted as a scientific discipline, it carries some truth in suggesting that personality can be identified through handwriting.

Writing by hand is an unconscious movement that reflects your personality. It is the way you curl the tail of "y" or how you draw the loop of your "g".

It is about perceiving your emotions and feelings, even without reading the full text.

Handwriting forces us to slow down. And that, you ask, is a good thing?

When we write by hand, we're less likely to switch screens like we do when typing. We don't have to deal with pesky red Grammarly underlines, and we're not constantly interrupted by notifications.

While writing by hand, we disconnect from the outside world and immerse ourselves in our own thoughts. We become present in the moment, practicing mindfulness. Isn't that great?

Mindset can be shifted or affected by many things.

But for me, journaling on paper with a pen was the most life-changing process of my life.

After completing my first journaling notebook, I flipped through the pages and realized how depressing my reflections were at the start, and how light-hearted I sounded one year after.

And it is not only about journaling.

Writing is an emotional act. And when you do it by typing, you lose that sense of leaving the true mark behind.

Think of it as a manuscript. Think of it as a memory lane.

💡Keep a notebook with you to jot down ideas anytime, anywhere. - Austin Kleon

💭Try using fountain pens for your initial drafts - Neil Gaiman