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# Take the easy way
- URL: https://www.plainfinance.net/take-the-easy-way/
- Published: 2025-01-28T10:36:18.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-25T12:27:53.000Z
- Author: Gary Bandy
- Tags: #Migrated-1749137416019, #sqs, #Import 2025-06-05 15:30

> Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.

So said Saint Thomas Aquinas. 

Let me paraphrase it: not every long document is worth the time it takes to write it and read it. 

Remember that when it comes to writing your next long-ish document. 

Think about whether you are making your job harder than it needs to be. Perhaps a short document will meet the need. Perhaps you can write in shorter sentences that take less effort for you to think up, and less effort for your reader to read. 

**There's nothing wrong with taking the easy way to get the job done.**