10 Reasons You Should Write Something Each Day

給你10個理由讓你每天都寫東西

The written word is a part of every day life. At its most basic, writing is a way of communicating. This is the one inalienable characteristic of writing itself, whether you're communicating with a colleague or friend or you're actually communicating with yourself - though a shopping list, for instance.

記錄是每天要做的事情的一部分。寫東西是溝通的最基本的一個途徑，這是寫東西本身不可磨滅的特征，無論你是否在與你的同事、朋友、尤其是你自己本身溝通--即使是一張購物清單。

Aside from the fact that writing is an inescapable part of every day life, there are many good reasons you should make a good session of writing part of your daily routine, even if it's just a few hundred words. You don't have to be a pro to reap the benefits of creating the written word.

即使是把每天都不得不寫東西這個事實放在一邊，這里仍然有很多很好的理由，讓你應該寫下一份有關你日常生活的書面安排，即使是只有幾百個字。你不必像一個職業寫手一樣從文字中獲取利益。

1. Remove stress from mind, place on paper

Writing can be therapeutic. It can be a way to vent all the pent-up frustrations burdening your mind into a far less volatile form, paper (or screen). You can address your anger, fear, worry and stress without bludgeoning the person who embodies those emotions for you with a paperweight.

Writing can serve as a form of cathartic stress relief where you finally get to say what you can't say out loud, in real life. Just don't let your vented feelings get into the wrong hands, or you may end up paying some pretty hefty blackmail cash.

1.釋放內心的壓力，將之訴諸于紙面上

寫作能成為一種治療手段。它能將那些因挫折而加載在內心的激烈的不穩定因素在紙面上（或屏幕）發泄出來。你可以通過紙筆來發泄這些情緒，而不是通過棍棒。

寫東西，那是一種服務，就像是一種瀉藥，能減輕你在現實生活里面的壓力，這些壓力是你最終要說的但是無法大聲說出來的。只是，不要用錯誤的方式發泄，否則你將付出重大的代價。

2. Sweep Your Mind

A daily writing habit gives you regular time to sweep your mind for forgotten tasks and ideas that have been fermenting in the back of your head without your knowledge. It allows you to take the unordered thoughts floating around your head like lost puppies in zero gravity, and turn them into ordered plans and actions.

This is the fundamental principle that the mind sweep and weekly review are based on: getting everything you can think of out of your head, and into a written format. This simple process can save your life when things are getting overwhelming and complicated.

清理你的內心

天天記錄是一個簡單的活兒，能夠將那些你內心中無意中已經發酵醞釀好的的想法與任務再找出來，訴諸在紙面上。你腦海里面那些未確定的想法就像是迷失了的沒有重量的寵物，在你的腦海里面轉呀轉，記錄能將這些想法成為確定的計劃和行動。

這就是清理內心最根本的法則以及每周回顧的基礎：將所有你所想的從你的腦袋里面拿走，記錄在紙上。這個簡單的過程，能在你遇到那些無法處理的困難的時候拯救你的生活。

3. Keep Your Writing Skills Sharp

Write every day to keep your skill with the written word sharp. Like any skill, the ability to communicate clearly, concisely and aesthetically degrades without practice. As a result, many people who don't write regularly can freeze up, lost for words, on something so simple as an email to a friend.

Writing every day, even in a stream-of-consciousness, unedited format will maintain and gradually improve your writing skills, and since dealing with the written word is a fundamental part of daily modern life, there's nothing bad about that.

維持你的寫作水準

每天寫一寫，能讓你的文字應用水平保持"犀利"。和任何技巧一樣，自如明晰的表達，這種技能不練習就會退步。結果就會是，那些從來都不會規律性寫作的人，他們的文字技能被"凍結"，很多事情都不能做好，即使是寫一封電郵給自己的朋友這樣簡單的事情都做不好。

每天都寫作，這沒有任何壞處，即使是每天在意識里面寫，沒有固定的格式將不斷的逐步地提高你的寫作水平，因為寫作的用語是你日常用語的一部分。

4. Make Some Pocket Money

If you're not a professional writer, pocket money is probably all you'll ever want to earn from your words. But if you've got a knack for it and just had a great dinner at a new restaurant and written about it for your daily pages, then isn't it better to have a shot at getting that review published instead of letting the piece do absolutely nothing?

These days, it's easy to submit to many publications without spending considerable time and money doing so. While you're unlikely to get too many bites without a good track record as a writer, it's certainly easy enough to be worth the effort, and your wallet will be pleased.

賺點零用錢

即使你不是職業作家，你也大概曾經想過用自己的文字來賺點零用錢吧。不過假設你已經擁有了熟練的技巧，你在餐廳里面享受一份大餐，并將這美好的感受寫了下來，那么為什么不把它發表出來？

在當下的世界里，很容易就可以出版許多書籍，這并不耗費你太多的時間與金錢去實現它。當你在寫了很多之后，仍然抓不住"作家的靈感"，這件事仍然值得去做，因為這太容易了，當然，你的錢包會變得開心多了。

5. Turn the Noise Off

Get away from the constant low-quality input and output systems of day-to-day life, such as meaningless small-talk and weather conversations, text messaging, Twitter, checking the mailbox, and most email and many websites. You receive and create barrages of useless distractions that don't help you or the people you know; sitting down to write lets you get away from it all.

It's important to keep the noise to a minimum so you can focus on creating and receiving strong material, things that are really worth reading and writing.

讓噪音消失

趕緊從那些每天必經的沒完沒了的低質量的"輸入與輸出系統"旁邊離開吧，像是那些毫無意義的短聊和關于天氣的討論，短信，Twtter，檢查郵箱，以及最多的寫電郵以及瀏覽網站。你在不斷的承受這些毫無作用的讓你分心的事物的攻擊，還創造它們，你知道這是毫無幫助的，無論是對你還是對于其他人來說。坐下來涂涂寫寫，能讓你完全的避開它們。

重要的是，讓這些噪音變得最小，讓你能將注意力集中到那些值得你去讀以及寫的材料上。

6. Enhance Your Communication Skills

Use daily writing to enhance your communication skills. In this culture, communication is so often hampered because we don't know how to express ourselves, whether it be verbal or written. Writing regularly can hone the skill of self-expression, something that is useful in written communications such as email, and that can translate into improved verbal communication.

If you have trouble communicating what you want or asking tough questions, regular writing will give you a mind for structuring words quickly to achieve the desired affect in a diplomatic way.

提高你的溝通能力

用 每天的寫作來提高你的溝通能力。在這種培養當中，溝通是如此經常地受阻，因為我們不知道如何去表現自己，使用語言還是書面形式呢？規律性地書寫可以培養我們的自我表達的能力，一些例如郵件之類的書面交流可以改進提高語言交流的能力，如果你有欲說難言的難題，那么規律性地書寫將會在交際上幫你快速組織言辭并取得想要的效果。

7. Know What You Want

Part of the reason so many people do not get what they want in life is because they do not know what they want from it. Certainly not the main reason that people don't get what they want, but in so many cases it is the obstacle. How can you get what you want or achieve your dreams if you're not 100% clear on what they are?

Writing each day gives you time to think carefully and reflect on what you want to achieve the most, and develop a clearer, achievable image and plan for that result.

知道自己想要的

生活中人們往往不能得償所愿，一部分原因是因為他們不知道自己想要什么。雖然這不是主要原因，但往往是一個（不小的）障礙。如果你不100%的清楚你夢想什么，有如何去實現他呢？

每天寫東西能讓你有時間想想自己最希望實現的東西，從而制定一個清晰可行的景象和將其實現的計劃。

8. Develop Your Analytical Skills

Writing regularly develops your analytical and rational skills. Working through your problems with a piece of paper encourages you to think things through clearly, in both linear (sequential) and non-linear (creative) ways. The best solutions come from a mix of both logical and creative thinking.

Many people tend to panic and react emotionally to their problems, but if you're used to solving them by processing each component of the problem in writing, you'll develop a better approach and skill set. You'll at least pause to think through the situation before hitting the panic button next time something comes up!

培養自己的分析技能

規律性地寫作培養你的分析和推理能力。用一張紙從頭至尾地寫下你的問題（通過這種連貫或許不連貫的方法）來鼓勵你去清楚地想問題。邏輯性和創造性的想法會交匯出最好的解決方法。

許多人傾向于情緒化地處理問題，并容易感到恐懼。但如果你過去通過書寫來加工問題的每一部分，你將會培養出一種更好的門路或許技能。至少在下一次有事情發生時，你會在恐懼前先想想怎么解決問題

9. Get Away from Technology

In #5 we talked about turning the noise off for a while, which comes from all sorts of sources - not just tech-related sources. But another problem of ours is our dependence on technology, and it seems that everything that can be done on a computer, is done on a computer.

If you opt to use a pen and paper instead of a computer, you give yourself valuable time away from technology to gather your thoughts without constant, meaningless interruptions and distractions. But more importantly, you give yourself time with the tactile and real.

遠離高科技

我們談論關于"關掉噪音"，噪音是來自各種源頭的，不僅僅是與技術相關的源頭，還有其他我們所依賴的技術上的問題，看起來似乎沒一樣東西都能在電腦上辦到。

如果你選擇使用一支筆和一張紙而不是一臺電腦，那么你就不會因為在電腦上毫無意義的浪費自己的時間，還因無法集中精神而難以匯總自己的想法，更重要的是你可具體的感受到利用了自己的時間.

10. Meet Yourself All Over Again

In a fast-paced society it's easy to forget things like what you believe in and what you're doing this (whatever this may be) for. Letting words flow out of your brain unedited can introduce you to a part of yourself you'd been censoring from yourself to cope with everyday life. Why did you start down the path you're currently on? This is an important question whether you consider your current path to have begun on the weekend, or a decade ago.

Discontentment, disillusionment, and unhappiness often come from forgetting why we're doing something (or, on a different track, not having a good reason for living a certain way) and it is important to keep those simple reasons at the forefront of your mind or you run the risk of letting your life become a series of boring, menial actions.

It's not only important to remind yourself of your motives for your current actions; it's important to monitor your actions to see if they align with your life goals so that you can change them. Sometimes, the only way to keep such a close monitor on your actions and goals is to write about them every day.

再一次全面地認識自己

在一個腳步匆匆的社會中,忘記自己信仰和所向是很容易的（不管怎樣說這也是很有可能的），讓那些未經編輯的文字從你腦袋里涌出來，他們能帶你重新認識那個被你日常生活所壓抑的自己。你為什么走上現在這條路？這是一個重要的問題，無論你考慮的這條路是周末才開始的，還是已經開始了10年。

不滿，絕望，不開心經常是來自忘記了自己為什么正在干這些事情（或許,在一段不同的軌跡上,沒有一個好的理由去活得明明白白）， 要時時回想這些原因，這很重要。否則你的生活就可能變得無聊,卑微。

審視你目前的所作所為很重要，但是考慮他們是否符合你的生活目標同樣重要，這樣你可以調整他們。有時候，每天寫點什么是能讓你的行為與目的保持一致的唯一方法！

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