Write_On 2016 Recap
Thank you for participating in the 2016 Write_On Challenge, our most successful challenge to date. 10,000 of you wrote nearly 300,000 letters in the month of April -- it turns out many of you have been missing letter writing in your life!
If you struggled with writing 30 letters in April, take heart, you're not alone! The Write_On Challenge is a "challenge" for us at Egg Press and Hello!Lucky too. But we've yet to hear anyone say they regretted writing any letters and we've found that for some of us who've completed 3 years of the challenge now that the letter-writing muscles get stronger the more you use them. At Egg Press we have a dedicated letter-writing desk year-round that's always stocked with pens and cards and stamps and during Write_On (in the interest of friendly competition!) we keep a Write_On score card in the studio so everyone can mark their progress.
“Letter writing requires concentration and we’re always multi-tasking so much these days that it’s really challenging to hunker down and focus on one thing. It’s so worth it though, not just for the end result, but for the meditation of being in your thoughts, connected to your feelings about the person you’re writing to.”
Two of the biggest things we've learned are that having a dedicated place to write letters really helps and that by creating a regular habit, it becomes a regular habit, whether that's a weekly or monthly thing for you. We also get sooo much inspiration from hearing from you all and enjoy browsing the #write_on feed on Instagram (currently at 14,234 posts!). What an inspiring movement this has grown into!
“Allow yourself to make mistakes, embrace the typos, scratch-outs, poor penmanship, and any other “imperfections”...that’s what makes letters so endearing!”
“I love hearing the stories about letters written and/or received. I’m a sucker for sentimental, endearing, sweet, sad, and happy letters. I cry no matter what it’s about, as long as it’s written from the heart.”