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Send This Simple, Cheap and Truly Wonderful Gift This Holiday
Recently I received a handwritten Thank You note. It was odd because it was thanking me for a handwritten Thank You note I had sent a few weeks ago. Of course, I did what anyone in this situation would do -- I sent a handwritten Thank You note in response.
If this sounds ridiculous, it is. In truth, however, my new note-exchange friend was just as excited and surprised to receive a handwritten note as I was. These days, email and texting have made it extremely efficient to send notes -- but it has killed the intangible impacts that handwritten notes deliver.
I have been sending or delivering handwritten notes for years. It is a practice that derives from a former boss who had a habit of leaving me handwritten notes of appreciation regularly. At the time, I was young, inexperienced and impressionable, and the notes always made me feel like the work I was doing was important and having an impact.
More important, it motivated me to give even more effort.
And while the value of handwritten notes is clear, finding the time to handcraft a written message can be difficult. With these planning and preparation tips, however, you too can send off personalized notes in less time it takes you to power up your iPhone and fire off a text -- well, almost.
