Old-school pen and paper or
Straight to the laptop?
If anyone asks me to pick up one, I may pick up a pen and paper. I am from the old school.
In our childhood years and growing years, way back in the 60s, we used to write with pen and paper. In the new session, before the school reopens, the thrill of covering the books with those brown sheets and sticking the stickers of the names was fun. Our elder brother, who had good handwriting, wrote our names, standard, and section on that. We felt elated and proudly kept the books in our bags.
There was no other option but to use a pen to write any letters or documents. I loved to use the pen and write my daily activities in the diary my father gave me.
The feeling of holding the pen to write my thoughts on the pages of that diary was a different feeling. I used to preserve the diary and read it later during the free summer months.
The postcards, an Inland letter, and an envelope were used to write letters in our time in the 70s and 80s. Postcards, anyone can read, but an Inland and an envelope contained some special messages.
After our engagement in 1972, our marriage was fixed after three months.
The only source of communication with my family would be to write letters. Whatever they called a postal letter, ‘Snail Mail’, I used to wait eagerly for the postman. The handwriting did not matter, but the loving words did matter a lot.
The pen and the letters had a very special place in our hearts.
After our marriage, I used to write to my parents, sister, and brother. We never had a telephone, and letters were the only source of communication for many in our time.
We preserved some letters in our books and read them many times. With the touch of the letters, we felt the bond. It was a special feeling.
When the telephone was bought, the pen and the paper took a backseat slowly as one could talk to their loved ones.
He was there to write letters to my brother in the US. It did take time to reach, but we could feel for each other. That bonding through words was precious, which had to be experienced and cannot be expressed in a few words.
The world of computers came, and the letters were sent via email. Yes, I did learn this way of communication, but that personal touch of writing with a pen, I could not feel, but it was a necessity to learn and use. I learned this technology. One has to go along with the flow.
Then the laptops arrived in the market. An easier way of communication. One can carry the laptop along with them wherever they travel. The sale of laptops increased. The students also started using them for their studies to do their projects. Along with a laptop, they had to carry the charger, or else they could not use it.
The electricity charges also add up with the use of the laptops. If more people are using them in an 8-person family, they consume more electricity.
Any good facility comes with its plus and minus. Watching and typing more on a laptop, sitting for more hours, causes pain in the backpack on the shoulder.
Yes, but one can type faster, and the communication is quicker.
I still prefer a pen and paper to write personal notes to my loved ones whenever possible.
I use my laptop to write blogs and email important letters.
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