I've been practicing my cursive lately. I keep a lot of journals so it's easy and helpful. Such a curious skill to work on. It really emphasizes that people who created our culture knew what they were doing. Cursive is beautiful and easy on the wrist. It's alaps relaxing to write rather than jittery and stressful like print.
shorthand of some kind is even faster
it's also a kind of lost art like calligraphy