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No more texting! No more IG reels or TikTok’s! Send your friends long-winded emails once or twice a week with links to interesting / funny things you found online that week. Send them what you’re listening to. Send them meandering thoughts on whatever you want! It’s so nice to get one of these and know the other person put so much care and effort into it.
(See also: letters)
Feb 21, 2024
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I think we tend to romanticize letters a lot, and for good reason, but this often comes at the expense of devaluating emails so I just wanted to share my love for emailing.
I send a lot of emails at work and I tend to enjoy it. I like how ridiculous office lingo is, I like designing my special signature at the end of my emails because it makes me feel creative and important. I like sending a long and thoughtful email to my friends or my professors in university, like you would do with a letter but without having to pay for stamps, wait forever for it to arrive, or having to worry if it will get lost.
I also like that it’s not as instantaneous as texting, but just enough for it to feel timely. Also because it’s not suuuper instantaneous, it kinda feels more intimate, or like a rare pleasure.
I like sending emails to my friends. Email pen-palls rock. Send more thoughtful emails :)
May 1, 2024
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Because 1) every one feels like a lovely digital present and 2) I know if you’re using this app, you have thoughts too long for text.
Mar 21, 2024
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last year for lent, me and two pals decided to send each other daily emails. we kept up with it for like 2 months and then got busy and it got sporadic but as of today i have come out of email retirement and we are So Back!!! there is absolutely no dopamine hit from social media that can compare to the excitement felt upon seeing a piping hot, fresh email from a loved friend at the top of your inbox. and writing your own emails? impeccable. like morning pages but on the other end is someone who loves you and who has their own lovely pages to share. it’s such a gorgeous way to find a little time for intentional reflection each day, and to deepen your bond with yourself and some precious people.
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