You glance at an e-mail. You give more attention to a real letter.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Letters are something from you. It's a different kind of intention than writing an e-mail.
People respond faster to you on a text than an e-mail. Why is that? Why will they ignore an e-mail, but get back to a text?
At present I answer about 100 letters a month, and read 300 emails.
When someone sends you an email, they are knocking on your door. And when you open the attachment, without looking through the peephole to see who it is, you just opened the door and let a stranger into your life, where everything you care about is.
I would have answered your letter sooner, but you didn't send one.
To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them.
I get a lot of letters from people.
Letters are expectation packaged in an envelope.
The mail amazes me. I sometimes get these letters that are ten pages, and handwritten, from women pouring their hearts out and, for security reasons, I can only respond with a headshot and 'Dear so and so, be good. WM.' It never feels like enough.
Alongside my 'no email' policy, I resolve to make better use of the wonderful Royal Mail, and send letters and postcards to people. There is a huge pleasure in writing a letter, putting it in an envelope and sticking the stamp on it. And huge pleasure in receiving real letters, too.