Some of the shortest thank yous I’ve ever sent are the ones I think about most. A line dashed off from an airport gate, two sentences inside a card I almost didn’t send, a quick reply under someone’s post late at night. What follows is 55 short thank you messages, but instead of sorting them … Read more
Some of the best graduation messages I have ever sent were one sentence long. Not because I was rushed, and not because I did not care enough to write more. It was because, in that moment, one sentence said everything that needed saying, and adding more would have just been noise. If you are staring … Read more
Short get-well messages are not a lesser version of the long ones. Sometimes a few honest words, sent at the right moment, land better than anything elaborate. These 50 messages are organized by where you are actually sending them: a text, a flower tag, a group card, a quick email, or something that needs to … Read more
Short uplifting messages work because they respect the moment. They say what needs to be said and stop there, without qualifying the warmth out of themselves or adding a second sentence the first one didn’t need. These 55 are organized by where you’re sending them, because a midday text calls for something different than a … Read more
Not every message needs a reason. Some of the best positive messages arrive on an ordinary day, for no occasion other than that someone was thinking about you and wanted you to know it. What makes them work is not length or sentiment but honesty: something true, said simply, sent to a specific person who … Read more