Writing is a crucial skill to learn for any individual, working in any field. I consider myself a writer, and plan to do so for the rest of my life, but so many people overlook the value of writing. Writing is important to everyday life and society, and its neccessity is not noticed as often as it should be.

Often times I hear people say that they aren't writers, or that they don't need to be because they work in a particular job that most dont believe to involve writing. The funny thing is, even people who do not consider themselves writers, need to know how to write well in order to be successful. For example, a scientist, is a profession where writing is not considered a crucial skill. However, when a scientist or medical professional makes a breakthrough on a study, they need to write up the results of their research.

This is just one simple example, but people use excuses like their job, or inability to write well, as reasons not to write. People need to stop making excuses for why they don't write, and just start putting their ideas onto paper. It's like any skill, it takes practice to be successful at it, so if you never write, your skills may be a little rusty.

For those of you who haven't written anything in a while, you may find it very therapedic to get all of your thoughts and emotions out on paper. Journaling is an excellent way to organize your thoughts, keep your brain sharp, and to work on your writing skills for when you will inevitably need them.

Don't lose all of the skills you learned throughout your life and stop writing. Writing is one of the fundamental aspects that drives our society, so we need the members of society contributing to the conversations that occur with their writing.