The Importance of the Hand-Written Thank You Note | Shannon Wright

As a kid, your mom always made you write thank you notes after your birthday and Christmas, or whenever you received gifts from someone.  They were a chore, they were annoying, but they mattered (or so your mom said).

As an adult, thank you notes are the way to tell each other, “I’m thinking of you and am grateful for your thought of me, too.”  They are appropriate in private, personal relationships and in professional, work settings as well.  Thank you notes tell the person you are following up and being professional enough to write out a handwritten thank you note for them to keep.  You put thought and effort into something for them, after they put thought and effort into you. 

It is important to send these because people appreciate the gesture and it could get you brownie points if you’re interviewing for a job!