Dana Miranda is a Certified Educator in Personal Finance® who's been writing about money management and small business operations for more than a decade. She writes the newsletter Healthy Rich about ...

Handwritten letters carry personality, emotion, and presence that no digital message can replicate. The deliberate slowness of letter writing actually makes you think more carefully — and communicate ...

Writing down your goals in great detail, including in a letter to yourself, might feel a bit awkward, but it's a practice that's worked for many successful people — and neuroscience supports it. "I ...

The act of writing letters may be written off as obsolete, but the power of the written word remains as potent as ever. Here’s why your mind benefits when your hand writes. In the age of instant ...

Writing yourself a letter is a good way to identify the things in your life that matter — as well as those things that you can let go. By Melissa Kirsch A few weeks ago, a reader of The Morning told ...

"What is healing, but a shift in perspective?” — Mark Doty, Heaven’s Coast Transactional writing — or letter writing — gets you beyond what you thought you could not get over. With all the other ways ...

This story was originally published on April 24, 2025, and has been updated. The art of letter writing is not dead. Rachel Syme, a New Yorker staff writer, learned that during the early days of the ...

You don’t need perfect penmanship. Here are a few ways to build the habit. By Elizabeth Passarella Several months ago, I got a handwritten letter from my sister. We were raised to be prompt thank-you ...

Writing a letter was more than simply passing information; it reflected patience, care and emotional connection.

"What is healing, but a shift in perspective?” — Mark Doty, Heaven’s Coast Transactional writing — or letter writing — gets you beyond what you thought you could not get over. With all the other ways ...