eral, even if you’re trying to “move on.”
1. Handwritten Documents — Any Form of Their Handwriting
Letters. Recipe cards. Diaries. Post-it notes tucked into books. Margins of newspapers with scribbled notes. The back of an envelope with a phone number in familiar handwriting.
Never throw away handwriting.
We live in a digital age, and future generations won’t have shoeboxes full of letters to sort through. They’ll have texts and emails—functional, yes, but devoid of the physical imprint of a person. The pressure of their pen. The slant of their script. The way they dotted their i’s or looped their g’s.
Why it matters:
