What I've learned from Mindful Writing

I've only ever been 'mindful' about my writing in English class, when writing stories, when writing papers, etc. In English class, I think about ethos, pathos, logos, audience, tone, etc. But outside class I never gave these things much conscious thought. I would write emails, messages, chemistry homework, journal entries, letters, cards, social media posts etc. all the time, not thinking much about how I was writing them or how to improve. But Mindful Writing made me realize that these basic elements of writing are applicable and necessary to all forms of writing. Even if it is simply a shopping list, the audience matters; a shopping list will look very different if it is intended for someone else to use, as opposed to just me. So I guess I was considering these elements of writing, or at least some of them, but not 'mindfully,' not consciously. Mindfully writing everything, not only English assignments, will improve how I write every day.