When you capture your experiences, feelings and thoughts in "black and white", you see what you are thinking, and you nail down (anchor) those thoughts and ideas running around in your head so you can study them and ask yourself "Is this really true for me? Is this me? Is this what I want?".
If I can't read what I write, how do I know what I think? - Scotty Reston of the New York Times
When you discover your truths, you now have data, information and knowledge about yourself that you can use to plan for your future and to respond to unplanned events.
Writing about yourself is a way to evaluate what you have done, what you are doing and what you need or want to do. That leads to self/personal-development and career development and - if you want - LifeWork development.
There are many other people, websites and processes that implore you to write about yourself. Here are just a few.
Unlike paper diaries/journals, if you use your personal blog to do eJournaling - to create posts about yourself - you can edit, revise, develop and hyperlink your posts as your life and work evolve.
That process of creating, reviewing, reflecting upon and revising your posts, focuses your mind and your thinking and engages you in an empowering conversation with yourself (and others, if you wish) that provides a foundation for lifelong career/lifework planning and decision-making.
If you don't already have a personal blog, or if you just want a blog for career/lifework planning, please consider registereing for a free (for basic services) account on this community blogging platform.1
If you choose, you can have a restricted career/lifework planning "conversation" (comments and replies to posts) with other LWPS members who might be your friends, a family member, a school counselor, a career counselor, etc.
So click on the Getting started with your LWPS account here or in the Brief Description box to the right.
1 Click on the "About LWPS" link in the upper right corner to read the purpose and value of LWPS and learn why LWPS is unique.