The Sunday Letter Project
Today I learned about The Sunday Letter Project. Started in September 2025 by owners of a stationery shop, it invites us to pledge to write one handwritten letter every Sunday to friends, loved ones, strangers, or ourself.
The purposes of this project are: to foster human connection, promote personal balance, and preserve the experience of letter writing for future generations.
They have also established a network of stationery shops, book stores, and libraries that function as a pen pal service that protects the privacy of the correspondents.
I love this idea and it reminds me of a similar project: The World Needs More Love Letters, which I have known about for many years and in which I participate on occasion.
I decided to take The Sunday Letter Project pledge, although I'm slightly rewording it for my own use. The pledge as they have written it is:
I pledge to write one letter each Sunday – to myself or someone else – as an act of reflection, connection and calm. I believe in the power of carving out a pocket of time for myself and I am committed to embracing this ritual as a way of creating balance in my life.
My wording of it is:
I pledge to write one letter each Sunday – to myself or someone else – as an act of reflection, connection, calm, and service. I believe in the power of carving out a pocket of time for myself and giving of myself. I am committed to embracing this ritual as a way of creating balance in my life and bringing joy to the lives of others.
I wanted to emphasize that it is not just for my own benefit, but for the benefit of those to whom I write. It brings me a tremendous sense of peace and fulfillment when I am able to look outside myself and make even a small difference for good in the lives of others.
Whenever I receive a real letter from a real person it sure brightens my day. Knowing that person took the time to write and mail the letter specifically to you – that for a brief time, their thoughts and intentions were focused on you – it is a special thing.
Amidst a deluge of digital distraction, it has never been more important to find ways to be more intentional. To slow down and do some analog things. I hope The Sunday Letter Project can help me to establish an intentional habit of letter writing that will endure for years to come.
#100DaysToOffload (No. 165) #intentionism #writing #analog #LessConvenient