

Your Representative – This is actually a great way to express your opinions to your Senator or Member of Congress. Or there are a ton of other hobby groups where you can find a pen pal. Pen Pals – Bond with a stranger over a similar interest! You can head on over to the Bullet Journal Pen Pals Facebook group if you want to get started there. You will be making them very happy and you know it.
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Your Grandparents – Come on, if they can learn how to text for you then you can throw them a bone and write a damn letter every now and again. I can really focus on my thoughts and words when I’m writing it down, and I bet you’ll have the same result (hint: lighting incense and listening to ad-free Amazon Music helps). Notifications popping up interrupt my train of thought or the nature of my location (which is usually out in the world) doesn’t allow me to concentrate. I’m never giving the digital message my full attention no matter how hard I try. It’s a lot easier to really communicate, I think, because I always feel distracted with email and text. I think there is a large benefit in sitting down at a desk with nothing but smooth paper, a fine pen, and a message to send to the recipient. Who can argue with structured play like that? Writing letters has given me a great excuse to play around with what supplies I have in a totally guilt free way. Some handle it better than others, like the Rhodia Dot Grid Notepad. I’ve been using it in my Leuchtturm constantly, but I like experimenting with what papers go really well with the smooth liquid ink. Lord knows that I love using my Pilot Metropolitan on anything that will stay still long enough. Use all your fun stationery supplies for a totally legitimate reason!.

