I may be one of the last humans on earth who still enjoys sending mail. Oh, and my dad, too. Nevertheless, I persist in my goal of trying to reinvigorate the world’s love of snail mail.
Quick project summary: This project requires very little explanation but here are some of my favorite snail mail writing concepts!
-Start with an old fashioned address book. I like having an address book separate from the excel spreadsheet on my computer because it allows letter writing time to be non-screen time.
-Find cheap stationary you love. For me, this is the Target brand of notecards that are all less than 5-6 dollars. I send probably 8-10 cards on an average week so I go through nearly a whole pack of notecards weekly.
-Make it a campaign. This winter, I started a 100 days of snail mail campaign to honor my grandparents who loved sending and receiving mail. Over the course of 100 days, I sent one letter each day and I put a little number on the envelope to the recipient.
-Make the letter writing a treat/routine. For me, this means that I’ll try to write a note at the end of each work day as a way to close out the day or I’ll dedicate some quiet time on Sunday evening to letter writing.
Things I loved about this project: As a somewhat anxious person, I love routines almost as much as I love ice cream (almost but not quite as much). Letter writing is a great little routine to have – it’s such a nice way to take time away from the screen and you can brighten someone’s day with what you send, too. I love receiving texts or thank yous from friends who get my cards and I love hearing back from folks who I haven’t been in touch with for a while. For me, letter writing is the perfect little project: a single letter can be done fairly quickly (with your 5, 10, 15 free minutes), it brings you a moment of calm/joy, and it puts a smile on someone else’s face, too.
What I would do differently: I don’t have any return address labels and I definitely need to purchase some!
Things I also enjoyed while doing this project:
-Listening to music/podcasts
-Drinking tea
-Basically anything you can do/have as background noise/activity!
100 Little Projects 
Oh, I do love snail mail, too. I have a couple of penpals that I write to about once a week, just little notes about everyday. Sometimes we share a wee bit of artwork, a patchwork quilt square… nothing fancy. It’s just a really nice experience.
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Love that. Sending and receiving mail is the best! Especially in recent times it makes such a huge difference!
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I do so agree. It doesn’t need to be all that fancy. I’ve been writing weekly, or so, with my SIL and it’s been really nice. I don’t normally speak at family functions as her husband is such a bully and just a nasty person. But we’ve had quite a good time writing to each other. Last week, we even got together for a couple of hours (masks included), and it was nice.
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