Blogging seems to be a popular creative hobby not only because it has a low barrier of entry but it also helps you communicate better. On the other hand when I

Blogging seems to be a popular creative hobby not only because it has a low barrier of entry but it also helps you communicate better. On the other hand when I play the piano, do abstract art and write poetry these are important too. To be honest a Creative hobby not only solves the problem of making you more creative but it allows for an escape and release of thinking of other things. Even if you aren't optimizing yourself creatively it helps. Writing comments on HN would be even lower to a barrier of entry and still qualify as creative. I'm sorry I couldn't hold back to go a little meta in this comment ;-)