things for the sake of enjoyment

I was talking to a friend today who, amongst other nuggets of brilliance, suggested taking up a daily routine of writing. Writing, simply for the sake of writing, and this is a fantastic suggestion. It immediately transports me back to a time in fifth grade when we were occasionally (even habitually?) given the assignment of writing - not that essay business you tread through in the years to come - but writing for itself, for pure enjoyment. We could write about anything, I absolutely loved it, and I'm going to take that up again.