It’s no surprise that as technology has become increasingly integrated into our daily lives

the traditional act of writing with a pen has been somewhat forgotten. The ease of word
processing documents, as well as the development of applications that allow us to sync our
notes across multiple devices, has made the purpose of handwriting almost redundant.

However, why is handwriting still important in the digital age? Okay, here I am going
to give you some powerful benefits to write by hands.

First of all : Writing by hand boosts your creativity. Writing by hand helps you think
outside the box. It gives your mind free reign to breathe and express itself
outside your usual daily routine.
Your mind can replay the same worries in an endless stream of consciousness.
But when you’re writing, you’re not likely to write down the same thoughts over
and over.
In this way, writing by hand pushes your mind forward towards new
observations and conclusions. It forces you to slow down and fish out those
shiny pebbles of insight from your stream of consciousness.
And this is a proven fact. In one study, children assigned to write essays by
hand were found to express more ideas than those writing at a keyboard.

Second: : Writing notes by hand has many cognitive benefits. Handwriting reinforces our
reading and language processing skills. Writing by hand allows time to slow down the
thought process enabling the writer to think about the words, how they are spelt and the
structure of the writing; all making the writer more adept at the language they are using.

Handwriting can also improve our memory. Whilst it has been argued that typing notes at
the time may allow us to focus more on what we are actually listening to, research has
found that writing creates unique pathways in the brain causing those who wrote their notes
by hand to remember the content more than those who typed them.

Finally there is another, but no less important , writing by hand combats dyslexia.
Dyslexia is caused by a disconnection between the auditory and language
centers of the brain. And writing by hand helps join those centers together.
Students with dyslexia struggle with learning to read because their brains
associate sound and letter combinations inefficiently, says language specialist
Marilyn Zecher. Learning cursive helps with this decoding process because it
boosts hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills and other brain and memory
functions.
Although cursive is becoming increasingly rare in public education, it’s still
often a powerful therapy for dyslexia.

In conclusion in many ways, handwriting is still less restrictive than its digital counterpart
and has many advantages both functionally and creatively. Additionally, there is another
important point that handwriting can also improve our memory and although is a powerful
therapy for dyslexia. On the other hand, as the writer Isabel Allende says, writing by hand is
a process, a journey into memory and soul.