Prototyping

Experience 1: I sent a letter to a friend in Japan

A girl I knew from high school and I never really stayed friends after freshman year. She's really into writing letters and I discovered there was so much we had in common by following her instagram account. I messaged her about becoming pen pals and she promptly agreed and admitted that she had been wanting to write to me too!

It felt great to send a physical letter that wasn't a thank you note to my relatives. It also kept me focused on discussing things that were important and forced me to be creative with what I wanted to write about.

Experience 2: Treat keeping in touch like homework

I decided I work best with objectives that I need to cross off a list. I decided to put emails and letter writing into my agenda like homework. They didn't become requirements before my actual homework, but knowing I hadn't crossed it off made me eventually make time to get it done!

Experience 3: Writing emails

I have many adult teachers and coaches I'd love to stay in touch with. I started emailing my first drama teacher when I switched schools because I always trusted her advice and wanted to know how she was doing too. Of course, as adults, I figured emails were the most casual and appropriate way to get in touch with them. I've always found this to be effective and I'm excited to start doing this again with my new ASU teachers included.