corresponding via snail mail
Because I’m a sucker for a great card, I enjoyed Holly Becker’s article on Simply Stated today, How to Be a Card Sender. In the last year or so I’ve been trying to remember to mail cards to my family and friends for special occasions like birthdays and holidays, and when J’s away, I send him a card every week or so. My goal is to start sending cards to people for no other reason than to say hello.
Sometimes I regret that I can’t do all of my correspondence via snail mail or even email. As I’ve mentioned before, I hate talking on the phone. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s a phobia or something. Maybe a phone fell on me when I was a child. I try to get away with email as much as possible, but I know that often the situation require more than a message from my Gmail account, and I feel guilty when I can’t act accordingly.
If only everyone I knew would jump back on the card-sending bandwagon to send a message. How uncomplicated life would be!
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1) I think I’m wired to refuse to send cards when I’m socially required to, and much prefer to send the random hello. I feel the same way about gifts.
2) It just occurred to me that MY phone phobia is because of some horrible prank calls made by my classmates long long ago. Sigh.
I totally agree about cards and admire your resolution to use them more. I have always loved stationary and used to make my own in college. I always peruse the card section of every store and have quite a collection. Alas, my memory always fails me and I never send out birthday cards on time — and end up sending the last minute email.
I HATE talking on the phone as well. The worst is when you just start dating someone and your forced to make small talk on the phone. Ugh..its painful. I’m curious to know what other people think about Skype? I can’t quite decide how I feel about it. I hate using at work with my boss while he’s traveling but have had fun using it with friends overseas. I find webcams to be terribly unflattering and want one of those masks that Judy Jetson had– the one with her ‘done-up’ face that she slipped on over her cold cream and curlers. The hardest (and most awkward) part is when (and how) you say good-bye. Let’s just forgo all this technology and go back to sending telegrams, letters and card!