Single-handedly Keeping The Post Office In Business

Okay, that's a little hyperbole, but I just bought $246.40 in stamps!

My purchase includes:
10 sheets of Garden of Love (Forever) Stamps

10 sheets of Edward Hopper (Forever) Stamps

10 sheets of Go Green (Forever) Stamps

That's 560 stamps, folks. I see a lot of letter-writing in my future! I may have gone a little crazy with the quantity (although, they're FOREVER stamps, and rates go up January 22), but I think it's a good investment.

I'm sure that I will end up using some of those stamps for professional or other non-personal correspondence, but the intention behind buying a ton of stamps was to try to find ways to stay more personally connected with people.

I was really touched last month by the notes that I got in the holiday greeting cards, and it reminded me that a little 'thinking of you' note is a million times better than a note on your Facebook wall/inbox, a text message or e-mail. There's something about going to the mailbox and getting something that *isn't* a bill, junk mail or a request for donations, and knowing that someone took the time to handwrite your name and address onto an envelope and enclose a little message.

I've attempted to be more of a letter writer in the past, and have always gotten hung up on trying to actually sit down and write a giant missive to 'catch them up' on all of the stuff going on in my life and find out what's going on with them. This year, in the 'less is more' and 'progress, not perfection' spirit, I hope to be more connected, more low-tech, and more willing to just put a little note together and drop it in the mailbox.

I'm not giving up my technology, but I am trying to be better about discerning when it serves me vs. being a slave to it.

Friends, send me your snail mail addresses: I'm updating my address book!