Writing is a way people can express their feelings and ideas without explicitly speaking them. For me, writing is the way I feel more comfortable and confident in expressing my feelings and ideas openly. Contrary to when I speak, I tend to contain most of them. I feel that writing also gets us exposed to ideas that aren’t our own. Through writing, we can get a grasp of other people’s ideologies and sentiments. In some cases, we might identify ourselves with a way of thinking or a particular feeling. But in a more personal use, writing can help us keep track of events and emotions that we have experienced. For example, journaling or having a diary. I used to have a diary. It was a gift from my mom for my 12th birthday and I wrote positive and negative things about numerous events. I wish I had kept it.