On vacation, the pace is considerably slowed down. No more precipitated morning awakenings, meticulously timed days and extended obligations. Make way for “reading”, “swimming pool” and “idleness” times. But a particular activity would make it possible to decompress and reconnect to the essentials. Amélie Boukhobza, clinical psychologist, tells us more.
Meditative time
This activity, that many of us practiced children … is none other than writing. But a traveler writing! The idea, in fact, is to take – or resume – the time to send postcards to his loved ones. By sliding a few words on a vacation image, sharing for a moment from his daily life or even revealing an anecdote from abroad. One way to maintain links differently, far from digital exchanges.
So many good reasons therefore to (re) put it.
“A stamp, a few scribbled words, a somewhat kitsch image … I personally love postcards, and everyone finds their happiness”, recognizes Amélie Boukhobza.
And for good reason: these little pieces of paper are good for morale. To the one who receives it, of course … but also to the one who writes it.
Why does this time dedicated to writing does so much good to us?
Quite simply, because writing postcards take time … and it is precisely a time that we finally take in our days often too full.
“”We choose our words carefully, we think of someone, we imagine his smile. We try to please, to share, to tell a little piece of self. And above all, we move away from the all-in-numeric, the all-instantaneous “, says the psychologist.
In other words, in a world saturated with notifications and instant answers, writing allows you to return to the concrete. It brings us back to what we feel.
“We reconnect to ourselves. What do we live there, here and now? What do we want to say? It is not just a remark on the weather, but a trace that we leave, a attention paid to the other”, continues the specialist.
In an era shot towards artificial intelligence, where everything accelerates, this simple gesture becomes almost an act of resistance … “He has something deeply soothing “, specifies the expert. He reminds us that slowness is good, and that certain attentions can only be transmitted by hand, on paper.
“So yes to the coucous from the beach in story … but let’s go out also the pen. And send a card!”, concludes the specialist.