Live to write or write to live!

I took a memoir writing class last Saturday after having been encouraged by multiple people to write. The instructor (a witty and overly chipper actress from the Guthrie whom I immediately fell madly in love with and wanted to make my best friend)challenged the class to write for five minutes every day using a prompt or idea. So, even though my plate is already. Way. Too. Full. I am going to try. I actually found that I can write quite a bit given only five minutes. Some of my writing I may post on here, and some I may keep to myself, and given that I am in a very emotional and introspective phase right now, I will perhaps benefit from the writing more than any reader.