Reaching out
The other day I got a reply to an email. Story of our every 30 seconds, right?
Only this was a reply to an email I'd sent five years ago. Five YEARS ago.
But it was great to hear from them!
This is not the first time I've gotten an email like this. And I've sent a few myself. Or sent a text or email out of the blue after years of silence.
Sometimes you don't hear back (or maybe you will, in five years). Sometimes you do and then you get someone back in your life.
Worth the risk, right?
PS. The commenting system on our website broke with an automatic update and no one told me and I just thought no one gave a crap about our articles anymore, oops. So I encourage you to go ahead and leave all the comments you want. Like my emails, I read them all, even if I don't reply every time because there is one of me and it's sort of overwhelming. Or maybe I'l reply in six months! That's my style.
PPS. Or, in illustrated form: