This document summarizes the author's hobby of writing and its benefits. The author enjoys writing down information, keeping a diary of private thoughts, and using mind maps and summaries to study. Writing helps the author remember mathematical formulas and express feelings to relieve stress. Research discussed shows that writing improves memory, mood, and communication skills. It also engages multiple areas of the brain and has been shown to increase cognitive functioning as people age. Expressive writing can provide psychological benefits by processing trauma or stressful events. Overall, the document argues that writing makes people smarter, happier, and more persuasive through these mental and physical advantages.

1. All About My Hobby: Writing
Interpersonal Skill Class 2016
Original by Siti Salwa Syafawiyah (1406571754)
October 8, 2016

2. Why does writing by hand become my hobby?
I can remind easily information that I hear after it is
written down systematically.
Writing a diary is my alternative to devote
something that no one have to know.
Mind mapping or Summary is most effective
visual tool to prepare my any exams.
Writing can make the words that I will say more
effective and efficient.

3. Before
What is done?
• Hard to remember mathematical formula
• Having a bad mood
Burdens feeling becomes lighter
After
• Writing the formula down in the notebook and
highlighting its difficult part
• Writing about my feelings in my daily diary book and
remembering positive aspects of life to make a
gratitude
• Mathematical formula is getting easier to memorize
Advantages
• Writing by hand is also shown to increase memory and retention.
• Writing about feelings can improve mood and give a sense of well-
being as it helps flesh thoughts out in an orderly manner, leading to
burdens feeling lighter.
In both emotional intelligence and hard sciences like mathematics, writing help me
communicate highly complex ideas more effectively
25% 50% 75%
25% 50% 75% 100%
• Burdens feeling becomes lighter

4. Making a better learning
process
Benefits Detailed Explanations
Sharping the brain
Inspiring creativity
Using more of the brain
According to Lifehacker, writing stimulates a part of the brain
called the Reticular Activating System (RAS) that acts as a filter for
everything your brain needs to process.
According to The Wall Street Journal, some physicians say that
writing — which engages your motor-skills and memory is good
cognitive exercise for baby boomers who want to keep their minds
sharp as they age.
Taking pen to paper inspires more creative thoughts as it is a
slower process than just typing on a keyboard.
The linked regions of the brain for reading are activated while
writing by hand but not while typing or texting.
Science research shows that handwriting can benefit our minds in a number of
ways
Writing can
make us
smarter
Source: The Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis 2008

5. Expressive writing has psychological benefit as it deliver therapeutic value
Much of the research on writing and happiness has dealt with it
2005 2008 2013
A 2005 study showed that victims of
trauma who wrote about stressful
events for 15 to 20 minutes three
to five times over the course of a
four-month period had an
improvement in both physical and
psychological health.
A New Zealand researcher monitored
the recovery of biopsy wounds on 49
healthy adults who wrote about their
feelings for 20 minutes, three days in
a row, two weeks before the biopsy.
Eleven days later, 76% of the writing
group had fully healed while 24 % of
the control group had not.
Dr. Marc Seifer, a graphologist and
handwriting expert who wrote The
Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis
in 2008 noted that writing a calming
sentence can calm the person down
and retrain the brain.
Source: www.psychcentral.com
76%
24%
% Recovery Students
Fully healed
Not healed

6. Source: www.psychologytoday.com
• Writing can help the brain to develop the logical functions
required for successful math and science learning
Writing makes
you smarter,
happier and
more
persuasive
• Writing is a thinking exercise that keeps your brain “in
shape” as you age
• Counting blessings through writing can enhance one’s
outlook on life
• Writing frees up mental bandwidth
• Writing leaves an impact at scale through words
Writing can be an incredibly useful outlet for many people...
considering these brief researches for all of writing benefits
• Studies show that writing about trauma is a powerful way to
come to terms with what happened, and to accept the outcome.

7. Thank You
Siti Salwa Syafawiyah