The year was 1994, and I was entering my second year of university. I discovered with great annoyance that I had sent home with my belongings from first year a box of envelopes. So I walked down to the campus store and bought a box of envelopes -- the only ones they had, which was a box of small envelopes - quantity 100.
This past Monday, I used envelope #100. As far as I can tell, about 80 of them went to rent, and the remainder was used for personal correspondence, rebates and other miscellaneous uses. As I used it, I began to think about how the medium of communication has changed in my life in so short a span of time.
I have gone from sending personal letters to sending e-mails, text messages and IMs. I still will occassionally send out traditional paper cards once in a while. Even phone calls these days aren't what they used to be for me -- these days, they are often quick and to the point.
The pace of life definitely seems faster these days too -- rushed, hectic. There seems to be more hours than when I was younger, but the days somehow seem shorter.
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