Snail Mail
My co-worker received a hand-written letter from an old friend and has been corresponding with him in that medium. Very cool.
I like physical letters. I got a letter from a German girl i spend one long night with in Hongdae. I met her off Facebook, then I showed her around the clubbing street - I knew it like the back of my hand.
I tried to get a postcard from this guy i liked. He asked me to send one and i did, but he never sent one back. I really hate that and will forever hold a grudge over it.
One very cool guy from Indonesia sent me a Postcard. I met him on Reddit. I told him that if i go to Indonesia I'll let him know. Gave a stranger my address, clearly I'm not big on internet safety. Although I like to believe that most people are good.
I collect hoard postcards. It's hard to find ones that have pictures of my city (i suppose i can print my own, but I'd rather buy.)
Most of the ones i have are themed (like African American Art) or pictures of the local universities. At a local vintage store, i found some old postcards from 1920 or so. Some used, some unused. I'll be putting some those in my scrapbook page dedicated to my hometown.
Postcrossing isn't super appealing to me. It's cool if you're a collector, but i like ones a bit more personal. Like the one i got from Indonesia was a guy i was talking to for about a year. I can look at the card and say “this is from a friend”. I can imagine him writing it for me. I know his name and what he looks like.
Unfortunately, i don't have many friends right now. But i still keep buying postcards.
I do this often. I do things for the uncertain future instead of the present.