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I’m screwed then, because I hate handwriting.

For me, it’s slower, less legible, less archivable, less shareable, and harder on my hand muscles.

I only write in caps (to make it more legible), and if I have to write in cursive (which is almost never), it’s completely illegible.

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I was kind of embarrassed by my handwriting in my mid twenties. So I spend an hour now and again over a couple of months practicing. I was amazed about how little it took to improve. My motivation for practicing, was way higher than in elementary school for sure, but having now observed my kids and their friends reach adolescence, I believe that general fine motor skills keep improving into adulthood. So “age” likely played a part in my improvement as well.

Handwriting is a skill, like anything else, and can be improved through intentional practice. This is a good guide and practice workbook for learning and practicing practical handwriting:

https://a.co/d/4HmGcC5

To be clear, there are a number of things I’m bad at that I feel motivated to improve.

Handwriting just isn’t one of them.