I think I still struggle with texting. Where people place TQ I still make it a point to type it out. Though, when we are trying to zip around through the day, these abbreviations do help get a long list of pending communications screaming for your attention out of the way.

With the younger generation however, it is very concerning. It is not just their writing, it is their entire capacity to focus and think. The millennials are nothing compared to the generation that is coming up next. It is a bizarre phenomenon where mental capacity may actually be shrinking due to the screen time and our the perpetuation of bite sized info. Don't make video's longer than 3 minutes. Don't write blogs longer than 2000 words, or better yet - twitter - my goodness. It is great that we have arrived at a communication at the Haiku frontier - but the effect it has on the development of this generation worries me.