When I was kid, I discovered that if you put an envelope in the mail without a stamp, the mailman brought it back to your house with the rest of the mail for that day. So I would write letters to myself from famous people (Princess Diana, Salt N Pepa, the guy from Reading Rainbow), put them in the envelope without a stamp. Then I would get the mail a couple of days later and brag that Princess Diana wanted to hang out with me because we had so much in common. (I didn’t realize that my scam was super obvious because of the envelope was addressed from me to those people.
As a freelancer, I still have plenty of imaginary/invisible friends–Only now, I call them social media connections. I think it’s time I try to bring some of those guys over into my real world. In-person connections have just as many benefits as the ones you make online plus one more: you get to put a face to a name.
I wrote about making more in-person connections on ,strong>All Freelance Writing today. If you have a moment to spare, go check out Invisible Friends Are for Kids and Crazy People.
Photo Credit: Invisible Man by Tony the Misfit
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