Writing a journal or articles is a lot like rubber-ducking. It gives you time and space to think about the subject more deeply, reach new conclusions, and compartmentalize a topic. Thinking about something also makes you learn it better and connect it with more concepts in your head.
There are very few people who regularly write as an exercise in thinking, though. But there are very few who would not benefit from it.
At the risk of being rude, what you're saying from some perspectives may read like "exercise this...", "exercise that..." and how no one dares to speak out against physical exercise. Well... that may be because it's mostly universally good for people (with definite exceptions). Writing is like exercise for the mind. Are there other ways to achieve most things than exercising your body or your mind? Yeah, I would say so - there are many paths to success, knowledge, wisdom, balance, expertise, wealth, and so on. But is exercise of the mind bad or detrimental? Generally, no. And that's why few people speak out against it.
There are very few people who regularly write as an exercise in thinking, though. But there are very few who would not benefit from it.
At the risk of being rude, what you're saying from some perspectives may read like "exercise this...", "exercise that..." and how no one dares to speak out against physical exercise. Well... that may be because it's mostly universally good for people (with definite exceptions). Writing is like exercise for the mind. Are there other ways to achieve most things than exercising your body or your mind? Yeah, I would say so - there are many paths to success, knowledge, wisdom, balance, expertise, wealth, and so on. But is exercise of the mind bad or detrimental? Generally, no. And that's why few people speak out against it.