As a writer, it goes without saying that I've always gained a sense of calm and perspective from putting pen to paper. That said, as I've got older, the opportunities for some good old-fashioned writing have become few and far between - I'm either tapping away online for my job, or I'm doing one of the gazillion other things that adulting requires.
But I know that the act of physically writing soothes me - as a child, I was a voracious diary-keeper (much to my teenage embarrassment, naturally) and writing helped me to work through problems, escape from reality and open up new avenues of thought, all in one fell swoop.
