Thank-you notes, gratitude, real life.

A good thank-you–a real thank-you–means something. It is notable, memorable, important.

–TS, April 2007

Last April Esquire Magazine‘s Tom Chiarella wrote a piece on thank-you notes; as part of his unlikely experiment in doing them, he wrote 91 handwritten ones in one week. It’s called “A Little Gratitude: How to Change the Way the World Sees You, One Thank-You Note at a Time“. We liked it 7 months ago when it came out, and we like it now. For the same issue, Chiarella also wrote “How to Write a Thank-You Note“.