Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is for when you're planning to handwrite a note,
Speaker 1: begin by typing a first draft. That way, you can
Speaker 1: process your thoughts like you normally do, but create a
Speaker 1: clean note that can be treasured. Emails and texts are great,
Speaker 1: but they can't compare to the warmth that comes through
Speaker 1: in a handwritten note of congratulations, condolence, birthday wishes, friendship,
Speaker 1: or love plus an email maybe archived or deleted, while
Speaker 1: a handwritten note may be treasured for years. I am
Speaker 1: a big fan of sending handwritten notes. However, if you
Speaker 1: are used to typing everything and being able to edit
Speaker 1: for clarity, link and style, it can be difficult to
Speaker 1: get a handwritten note right on the first try. Because
Speaker 1: handwritten notes are special, we want them to be just right,
Speaker 1: and sometimes when we immediately put pen to paper, our
Speaker 1: notes may end up off the mark. If you don't
Speaker 1: get it right in the first draft, you've wasted the
Speaker 1: card or stationary and the time it took to write.
Speaker 1: And if you have messy handwriting, you may find that
Speaker 1: as your hand gets tired, each attempt is even messier
Speaker 1: than the one before. For momentous occasions, the advantages of
Speaker 1: paper correspondence outweigh the drawbacks. You just need to work
Speaker 1: around them. Here's how draft your message on your computer. First,
Speaker 1: edit to get your words right. Then once you're pleased
Speaker 1: with your message, you can copy it by hand onto
Speaker 1: your stationary or a card. No wasted time or ationary,
Speaker 1: no risk of your handwriting getting messier by the draft.
Speaker 1: With a type draft, you can get it right the
Speaker 1: first time on paper. If you struggle to find words
Speaker 1: in your personal correspondence, you might try keeping templates on
Speaker 1: your computer for common occasions. When you write a note
Speaker 1: like death's, birthdays, marriages, babies, and new jobs, just use
Speaker 1: brackets to indicate the spots where you'll add text customized
Speaker 1: to the person. Then copy and paste the template and
Speaker 1: choose the right message for this occasion. Once you are
Speaker 1: happy with the wording, write it onto your card. If
Speaker 1: you like to know what you've written in your notes,
Speaker 1: you could keep all these typed drafts in a single document.
Speaker 1: For most of us, though there is no real reason
Speaker 1: to save these drafts. The value is in being able
Speaker 1: to type and edit the drafts so we can pen
Speaker 1: notes that we are proud of without lots of paper
Speaker 1: piling up in the trash can in the process. So
Speaker 1: today consider doing the opposite of what we probably did
Speaker 1: as kids writing reports. In this case, you want to
Speaker 1: type the first draft then handwrite the final copy. You
Speaker 1: will get the benefits of both worlds. In the meantime.
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making
Speaker 1: the most of our time. Hey everybody, I'd love to
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