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I’m Getting Postcards from Random People Around the World!

There’s a certain kind of magic that comes with walking to your mailbox, flipping open the lid, and finding a piece of the world waiting for you — handwritten, decorated, maybe stamped with something foreign and unfamiliar. No notifications. No blue checkmarks. Just ink, paper, and a stranger who took the time to write.

That magic is called Postcrossing, and after years of forgetting about it, I stumbled back into it like an old friend.

Rediscovering the Joy of the Postcard

It all started with a question I asked myself out loud: “Wouldn’t it be kind of cool to get beautiful postcards from all over the world?” Not digital ones — not curated Pinterest aesthetics — real postcards. With creases, stamps, smudges, and tiny bursts of someone else’s life scribbled in blue or black ink.

That’s when I found myself logging back into Postcrossing.com, a community of nearly a million people who still believe that storytelling belongs in mailboxes, not just inboxes. And no, this isn’t a sponsored post. It’s just me, genuinely excited that this thing exists — and more people should know…