So, I have been giving some thought to my personal happiness plan and have embarked on the first step already.

Letter writing.

Something that has bothered me for years has been the lack of communication in our so-called social spheres. We have all kinds of tools to talk at people but nothing that really makes a conversation possible. We have blogs with commenting systems, Facebook walls, Twitter conversations (if you can call them that), and text messages on our portable devices. All of these technologies make it easy for us to communicate and they have their own strengths and weaknesses and none of them are perfect.

But I don't think that these technologies make it possible for communication. I think they provide us an easy way to get someone's attention for a micro-second, discuss something quickly, and then allow us to move on to the next thing. To me, there isn't any communication going on.

So, I am going to try and bring back the writing of letters. Letters that require a pen, paper, an envelope, and a stamp. No typing, no planning, just a plain letter. The letter is a lost art in the world now and I think it really needs to come back. Writing by hand forces people to really think about what they are writing. Letters also allow you to say things that you may not say in a public forum such as a blog or an e-mail. (Yes, people, e-mails are public unless you encrypt them.)

Are you ready to write me a letter? Are you ready to receive a letter from me? I challenge you to get on board with me. My first letter arrived today and I am going to write the response tomorrow. I am jazzed like you would not believe and this is just a letter. 

I can't wait to get my next letter.