i’m not a big texter

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onto today’s topic: i’m not a big texter 📱 

if i were to rank my preferred methods of communication, texting would be pretty low down there. dragging out a conversation over multiple days with hours in between texts is tiring, and it doesn’t actually feel like anything was even said.

my dislike for texting paired with the fact that i was traveling this whole year was pretty frustrating. 😣 timezones made phone calls hard and they were obviously more time-consuming when i was on the go. it was easier to send updates through texts, but it still felt distant.

if it’s a rapid text conversation, fine. that feels more real, but generally speaking, i prefer to call or facetime my friends and family. even better, meeting and talking in person, but of course distance often makes that difficult, so i’ll settle for seeing their faces on my phone.

i even schedule monthly calls with friends who are similarly always on the go. texting feels like a chore sometimes, and having that face time feels refreshing. i want to see my friends’ faces, their expressions, and hear their excitement when they’re telling me about their recent wins. 🏆️ 

we’ve all shifted to relying mostly on texting for communication, and it disappoints me. relationships aren’t a couple words that form a chat history. they’re memories, emotions, laughter and growth.

you can’t convey all that through text alone.

of course, texting is convenient, but i try meeting my friends in-person as much as possible when i can. (:

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