send thank you notes

of finding the purchase of letterpress cards nearly irresistible, I have plenty of tools for thank you-writing. Thanks to my robust supply, able to send notes to friends who treated me this week.

of motivations: guilt, competitiveness, procrastination from other things, and real, profound gratitude I got two thank you notes into the mail.

for people who helped with our conference last week.

Must now mail all thank you’s or they are for naught…

are critical – and I’m afraid I haven’t written enough of them. But I’ve just taken care of some November events and recommitting to consistent work-related thanking!

Of course e-mail is faster, and more timely, but I’m going for written, snail-mailed thanks. We’ll see how I can sustain this.

Letting people know that I’m thankful for something they gave me or something they did for me is super important. It affirms what they’ve done and let’s them know they’re appreciated.

for sending photos from my cousin’s wedding with spectacular speed.

my friend’s neighbor, completely out of the blue drove me around for almost six hours giving me an intensive middle eastern food tour of LA when I had just asked for advice on good mid-eastern eats in the neighborhood. Thanked him with a note, but still feel like I can’t thank him enough.

my cousin is out of control. on the occasion of her wedding, she sent me a gift (in addition to the gifts she gave at the wedding itself) for helping out improvisationally. Least I could do was send her a thank you note!

i now owe at least three notes-two of which are rather late. this is one of my very worst habits and makes me look so ungrateful. I am signing off line right now to actually pick up a pen and note card!

who paid for lunch yesterday – since I left my wallet on my desk. not on purpose I swear!

Anyway, it’s nice to be treated, (and it’s also nice to send a thank you note.)