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Stories that show how a few words can change everything.
I Don’t Know If I’ll Ever Send This, But…
Ever find yourself going over a conversation long after the other person has probably forgotten it? Thinking...
Autumn: A Time to Pause, Reflect and Reconnect
There’s something about autumn that feels like a natural turning point.
Summer holidays are over, routines...
What to Say to Someone You Haven’t Spoken to in Years
Sometimes people drift out of our lives without anything dramatic happening.
Life gets busy. We move,...
The Things We Mean to Say
There are things we say easily, happy birthday, thank you, sorry for your loss. But then there are the...
For When I’m Not Here
A place to leave the words that matter
There are times in life when the hardest thing isn’t knowing...
Writing Isn’t Going Away. It’s Becoming More Important Than Ever.
A recent post by Steven Bartlett on LinkedIn could almost have been written for Very Important Notes.
His...
When Words Break – and When a Note Can Begin to Mend
Most family rifts do not begin with a single, dramatic moment.
They begin quietly.With something said...
Why I’m writing my own eulogy notes
My best friend died recently.
I was sad to go to her funeral, of course.But I was even sadder when...
Real questions, real notes
From a thought to a note
People often come to Very Important Notes with thoughts that are unfinished,...
The notes people don’t realise they’re writing
The notes people don’t realise they’re writing
Until they start
Not every important note is about...
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