We had a vendor in to introduce us to her new manager and touch base on business needs last night and today. When we returned from lunch we found a nice corporate branded leather bound journal waiting at each of our desks.
You have to appreciate the soft pebbly feel of leather on you’re fingertips, or the way leather smells. As I thumbed through the waiting untouched vanilla colored pages I couldn’t help thinking about how digital blogging. Does anyone actually write in journals these days?
Back in the early nineties when I was in the National Guard our unit did a three week stint in Honduras. Being in a tent my only option was to write, so I took some time at the end of each day to write about my experiences.
Looking back in it today is painful. Not because of the memories, its the handwriting that is without question brutal to read. And I came from a generation where penmanship was graded. I look at my father’s handwriting and it is amazing to look at and read.
I like to blame it on the fact that I am a lefty, in truth I think as the world has become more digital, the need to write in a visually pleasing way has gradually been declining. It will be interesting to see how my son’s handwriting develops in this even more saturated digital realm we call Earth.
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