When you start writing you don't really grasp just how beneficial putting your words on a page can be. It's the key to really refining your thoughts, as well as making sense of the world around you.
Living in the digital age, which definitely has its fair share of ups and downs, has actually made writing a lot more accessible, and helped to create communities of writers all around the world. Which isn't a bad thing, in such a disconnected world that we live in today.