Hello, from a new member,
Having found that many online searches for good tips on shorthand led here, I was glad to be accepted to join you.
My interest in Gregg shorthand began back in high school, when I saw classes offered; my mom let me borrow a text book on it from her earlier years. I’ve never taken a class, as it happens, but have harbored an abiding interest in learning it, which has turned out to be a very slow motion project, as I’m nearly 70 and am just becoming slightly fluent in just the basics. I’m looking to make a push and become an habitual Gregg shorthand writer in everyday life, and use longhand as little as possible, just because I love the simple squiggles!
I vacillated a lot before this recent settling down to make a final push. I won’t likely learn abbreviations for special professional terms and phrases, as for business and commerce, or legal, medical, or chemical settings, and so am reconciled to learning those I’ll need in ordinary writing in my own setting, borrowing as I go from a shorthand dictionary and a phrase book; because of this, I shall lay aside further concern about comparing systems and versions for their potential speeds, which seem mostly based on professional use. I also recently found I can write in Gregg shorthand fairly small, without too much straying onto the line above or below, and it might actually look shorter than longhand, as well as being easier and faster to write!
I’ve begun to write my Do-List in both longhand and shorthand, as a transitional measure.
That’s about all for now. A friendly salute to all, and on we go!
Gently onward,
~ Serry.