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“The goal for your handwritten page is not to be consistent with someone else’s style, but with your own.”
― Brenna Jordan, The Lost Art of Handwriting: Rediscover the Beauty and Power of Penmanship

“Keeping a journal is a great way to practice handwriting while simultaneously sorting out thoughts. The writer and poet Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001) kept diaries for decades and defended it as a worthwhile pursuit: “I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.”
― Brenna Jordan, The Lost Art of Handwriting: Rediscover the Beauty and Power of Penmanship

“The writer and poet Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001) kept diaries for decades and defended it as a worthwhile pursuit: “I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.”
― Brenna Jordan, The Lost Art of Handwriting: Rediscover the Beauty and Power of Penmanship

“Handwriting in a journal can offer a wealth of self-care benefits. James Pennebaker, a psychologist at the University of Texas, researched the effects of daily journaling by hand. He discovered that journaling, even just for a few minutes a day, built up T-lymphocytes, cells in the immune system, and reduced the symptoms of arthritis and asthma. Further research suggests that writing in a diary about life events also relieves stress and promotes emotional well-being.”
― Brenna Jordan, The Lost Art of Handwriting: Rediscover the Beauty and Power of Penmanship

“Handwriting has always provided important clues to culture and society norms. We can look between the lines to discover where we have been and what we value.”
― Brenna Jordan, The Lost Art of Handwriting: Rediscover the Beauty and Power of Penmanship