What is National Handwriting Day?
On January 23rd, National Handwriting Day encourages us to put pen to paper and write out our thoughts. According to the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association, it is a chance for all to re-explore handwriting's purity and strength.
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Although technology speeds up the writing process and makes communication more effective around the world, there's something to be said about writing longhand. Writing with pen and paper is a highly tactile and patient habit, whether it's a journal, notes, or even a letter sent to someone. If it does anything, it makes the body and the mind relax and resynchronize.
Take a look at the options. When we text or email, we can text or email in mere seconds, letters, and words. Our voices are broadcast in real time by phones. Those words cannot be remembered, whether sent or not.
In the meantime, writing longhand feels like taking a deep breath. Before the ink spills onto a white page, jumbled thoughts must be sorted. They must count and be deserving of the lines that will be used to fill it. It's an exercise in faith. It also needs patience, which is why.
