Text or Email
When a person’s thoughtful act doesn’t require going out of her way. For example, a colleague shares a note from a meeting that you couldn’t attend or a friend refers you to her doctor and it turns out great.
Call or Say it in Person
When a small effort was extended. For example, a neighbor collects your mail while you’re out of town. A fellow parent drives your child home from one day.
Send a Handwritten Note
When time, energy, expertise or effort was given. For example, when someone gives you a gift for an occasion, an acquaintance lets you pick her brain over coffee or a colleague covers for you at work.
From Good Housekeeping March 2019 Print Issue.
