Let's Bring It Back: Letter Writing

I made a post about this before I revamped my blog, and I thought I'd write on this again. However, I wanted to take a slightly different approach on the topic.

Writing letters to people is a great way to communicate with our friends and family. It can be a simple "I hope you're doing well" to more detailed on goings of your life. Given our situation with the Covid-19, many of us are missing out on an essential aspect of our social lives. Yes, we have our technology to communicate via text, call, social media, and Zoom, but there's still something . . . missing.

Let me clear: writing letters won't necessarily fill this "missing" aspect of our social lives. We're all used to having the choice of whether to go out or not, and now we don't have an option. We have to stay at home to be as safe as possible, for ourselves and for the people around us.

Writing letters to our friends and family helps us to pass the time. Even if you're attending school or have to work, there's still some free time that pops up during our week.

I've been writing letters with friends - pen palling, if you want to call it that. It's always exciting to receive a letter in the mail, and sending a response out is just as gratifying.

One thing I always stress with my friends and family is that there's no pressure to respond in a "timely" manner. I just tell them to respond when they can. Our schedules can vary, and even if we have fixed schedules, when our free time happens can change depending on the day or week.

For me, writing letters with my friends and some family has been fun during the pandemic. We aren't always able to immediately send out a response. The fact that we're sending and receiving letters from each other definitely adds a bit more connection during the pandemic.

This is the main reason why I think we should be writing more letters. I think that, in many cases, you don't have to physically write the letter unless you really wanted to. You can type it out and print it, and send it that way. Even if we don't expect (or even get) a response, the sentiment is still there.