@serenussage
I love what you wrote. It is so true. I, like you loved to read and expand my vocabulary. I read because it gave me access to worlds and information that you could not find in the real world. Even when doors were opened, they were closed for me. So I read. At a young age I discovered books like The Prince, Dante's Inferno (A Divine Comedy), The Communist Manifesto, Art of War, Candide, and more. I fell in love with books written in the past. Nothing modern at all. The Neoclassics and the romantics came later. It helped me a lot because I loved to read but then this taught me to write. Which led me to write lots of passages and poems and stories and more. Then I found public speaking which was a different world, but because I learned the vocab and I learned to write, it helped me with speech, and developing the confidence. It is great to have all three because you can develop your thoughts and your ideas with ease. Yes sometimes with revising them a few times over.
Even with AI out there utilizing that to write isn't a bad thing. However, the proof is in the proverbial pudding. When you have to express your ideas and thoughts to someone after letting AI write it up for you. If you have no idea what you are saying means there is a disconnect with your words and ideas. Keep growing my friend and great read!