I did try to start a blog many, many years ago, but I can never get over my fears that whatever I put out publicly will inevitably be used against me, by someone with power, in one way or another. (Yes, including this comment.)
Writers aren't necessarily writing without worries. Some are merely more afraid of the consequences of not writing.
CTRL F for privacy in this thread shows way too few results imo.
Let's say no publishing for the privacy concern. There are a lot of claims that writing is helping the writers think thru things clearly or understand better. I want to explore writing for decision making. What is a decision I should "think thru by writing"? Maybe writing lets the writer weigh pros and cons and be more at peace (for a longer time) with a decision.
Anyway, I have a dozen more open tabs now to check out the the blogs people shared in this thread. Also, recently there are lots of blog posts telling others to write more.
Speaking of open tabs, I have started to think that writing down things is like closing those open tabs of thoughts in the head.