Thanks so much to Thalia-Maria @notesbythalia for asking me all about wellness, mental health, and postcards! The full post is live at notesbythalia.com—check it out to hear my thoughts on finding a healthy work-life balance, scheduling time for self-care, and using postcards as a way to slow down and rediscover the joys of more intentional messaging. 📷: @piccadilley #mentalhealth #wellness #selfcare #worklifebalance #mindfulness #slowmessaging #slowingdown #slowfood #slowliving #snailmail #postcards #interview #founder

Always headed to the mailbox. 📮 #postcardsubscription

Such a great haul of postcards from Vancouver, B.C. this week! 🇨🇦 Coming this month to a #postcardsubscription near you!

The Washington Post recently published a great piece on why people should still send postcards. In an article entitled "Don’t post that Instagram. Send a postcard instead," author Jen Miller said: "At a time when I can (and have) FaceTimed my mom from a volcano in Hawaii, I am still a writer of postcards. Anytime I stop somewhere notable, I’m sure to send one to my mom, my dad, my nieces and nephews, a handful of friends and, until she died in 2019, my grandmother. I started doing this in 2017 when I spent the summer going to the 18 states I hadn’t been to yet. The habit stuck, for two reasons. First, for me: It forces me to take a break from whatever I’m doing on the sometimes weeks-long road trips I take. The act of picking out postcards, sitting down to write a message, address them and affix a stamp, is often enough to remind me not to rush from one spot to the next. And while I don’t often remember what I wrote, I can still see some of the writing locations: a bar in Hilo, Hawaii, a table at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café in Walt Disney World, picnic tables at the Indiana Dunes National Park and Bandelier National Monument. ... Second, it’s an easy way to make someone’s day, because while that exact image might have been printed on thousands of postcards and sent to thousands of people, the ones I’m sending are coming from one person only: me. Instead of an Instagram or Facebook post, a physical postcard is personal. ... A week later, my friend Katherine sent me a picture of the postcard after it arrived at her home. “I find them intimate and one of the kindest acts,” she told me. “Who takes time to write? Buy stamps?” At least for me, it’s the same person who still drives a stick-shift car: both experiences are more tactile than their digital counterparts, and make the act of traveling a more hands-on journey." —@washingtonpost #sendingpostcards #papermail #travel #reasonstosendapostcard

Some of the prettiest postcard packaging around! These cards from the @hamiltonwoodtype collection & printing museum are coming to all subscribers this month. 💌