I never had a good handwriting in school(2010), but it was legible atleast. I never wrote much in college(2014) other than for exams. Since then, I've rarely pi

I never had a good handwriting in school(2010), but it was legible atleast. I never wrote much in college(2014) other than for exams. Since then, I've rarely picked up a pen. Recently in December I was doing an online course and taking notes, and noticed how atrocious my handwriting had become. I tried to fix it and write "neatly", but it was a slow process. Something really helped though - changing the pen I used. The previous pen was a Parker ball point pen with a relatively thin and tapering bottom. Hard to hold, didn't glide well, and had to put pressure to write. I bought a much cheaper(<$1) gel pen with a thicker and non-tapering bottom - that really helped my handwriting and helps me write for much longer without any pain. Sorry for making it sound like a marketing pitch. Lack of sleep made me revert to my previous profession. It's one of the reasons why I quit marketing actually, but that'd be digressing. Try out a few pens to see what fits comfortably in your hands. If you haven't written for a while, it'll take a few minutes to warm up but it'll be back to normal soon. It's just like how using a keyboard of a different size is difficult at first.