When you write the story of your life you are able to see your life in a much different way than if you never wrote about it. 

Writing requires organizing your thoughts. When you write about your life you are organizing your thoughts. You organize your life into stories, important events, lessons learned or one of a hundred different ways. Writing allows you to see patterns and to connected the dots with a thoughtful review of your past organized into sentences that express complete thoughts and paragraphs that are organized with specific ideas. 

It is like riding a bike across the country. You can experience or look at it in many different ways. Two basic ways would be a micro view and a macro view. A micro view would be to see the whole ride from the seat, pedals and handlebars. You see it as pedaling, as wind in your face, as different smells, difficult climbs over steep hills, as hard rides into the wind and more. A macro view is to use your mind to lift yourself off the bike and fly high above yourself. Then you see it as day 31, on Highway 39, crossing the border from one state to another, the next town is “A” then “B” then “C”, I have $395.00 in cash for emergencies, I feel great about myself for doing this, I have to stay determined to reach my final goal and more.

When you experience life without writing about it, you only experience it from the seat, pedals and handlebars. But writing lifts you up off the bike and provides a much bigger perspective to your life. Writing allows examination from higher places. These examinations improve the quality of your life by providing a bigger view. A view you could never see without the organization of your thoughts through writing.