"The purpose of National Handwriting Day is to alert the public to the importance of handwriting. National Handwriting Day is a chance for all of us to re-explore the purity and power of handwriting."

National Handwriting Day was invented by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA) website and is to be celebrated on January 23rd. Most people nowadays are stuck in a cubicle typing away on a computer. Even typing isn't an enjoyment to many people anymore (except when they're doing something such as typing a story or article).

The art of handwriting is now almost obsolete in today's technological world full of spell checks and easy-to-change fonts and font sizes. But it's still here- most of us don't have the time to type up a grocery list or find a program to type music. National Handwriting Day lets us all take a step back and realize what a pencil, hand, and paper can do.