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Usuku lweSizwe lokuBhala iileta

Usuku oluvuyisayo lweSizwe lokuBhala iileta! Ngokukhululeka kwangoku kwee-imeyile, imiyalezo, imiyalezo ethe ngqo ye-Facebook/Instagram/Twitter, njl.njl. usenokucinga ukuba ukubhala ileta yinto yexesha elidlulileyo, kodwa akunjalo kum. Okwangoku ndinamaqabane amabini okubhala iileta, kwaye ndihlala ndithumela usuku lokuzalwa, iholide, kunye namakhadi ombulelo kubahlobo kunye nosapho. Bendisoloko ndikuthanda ukufumana nokufumana iposi, kodwa andizange ndonwabele ubugcisa beleta ebhalwa ngesandla de kwaba kamva ebomini.

Ndasebenza kwivenkile yokutya kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, kwaye amaxesha amaninzi ndisebenza iishifti ezicothayo. Ukunceda ukuhambisa ixesha nokuphepha ukungena engxakini ngenxa yokuthetha ixesha elide, mna nomnye wabahlobo bam saqalisa ukudlulisa amanqaku kwiphepha lerisithi. Xa siye saya kwiikholeji ezahlukeneyo kwikwindla elandelayo, siye sahambela phambili ekuthumeleni iileta ezibhalwe ngesandla ngeposi endaweni yoko, kwaye songeze amakhadi okuposa kujikelezo lwethu; Ndide ndamthumelela neposcard ndimxelela ukuba ndizobhala le blog post.

Sobabini siye sagcina iileta kunye nekhadi lokuposa kule minyaka idlulileyo, kwaye ndinombulelo ongazenzisiyo ngaloo nto. Ukhe waya kwaye wahlala kwamanye amazwe amaninzi, ngoko ke ndinengqokelela enomtsalane yeposi yamazwe ngamazwe evela kwiindawo ezininzi ezahlukeneyo kuye. Nditshatile ngoJuni 2021 (ukuba uyifundile yam izithuba ezidlulileyo Ungakhumbula ukuba umtshato wam wamiswa kwaye watshintshwa ngenxa yobhubhani we-COVID-19, kodwa kwenzekile!) Ndandisazi ukuba intetho yakhe yayiza kuba ntle, kodwa yayikhetheke ngakumbi kunokuba ndandicinga ngenxa yokuba wayekwazi ukubhekisela kwiileta zethu kwaye wakhumbula ngexesha lokuqala ndakhankanya umyeni wam ngoku kuye, kunye nezinye iinkumbulo ezininzi ezintle.

Ukuthumela kunye nokufumana iileta ezibhalwe ngesandla kumnandi kakhulu kwaye buqu kunombhalo okanye umyalezo wemidiya yoluntu. Ngubani ongakuthandiyo ukufumana iimeyile? Kwaye, ngaso sonke isitampu osisebenzisayo, uxhasa iNkonzo yePosi yase-United States (USPS), kwaye banenketho epholileyo ngaphaya kwezitampu zeflegi zakudala, njenge. Scooby-Doo, iiotter ezithandekayo, yaye Kaninzi.

Unokwenza iileta zakho zizive zimnandi ngezinye iindlela, njengaye:

  • Idilesi emnandi ngokubhala ngesandla. Ngamanye amaxesha ndithetha ngeemvulophu zam kwi-cursive (ewe, ndisebenzisa obu buchule ngamanye amaxesha!) Andizibhali iileta zam okanye amakhadi ngokwawo ngokwecursive, kodwa iipeni ezihlekisayo ngamanye amaxesha ziyaya apho, nazo.
  • Ukuzoba kwiimvulophu. Oku kunokuba nantoni na elula njengobuso obuncumileyo ukufaka imibala kwimvulophu yonke, kuxhomekeke kwixesha ofuna ukulichitha.
  • usebenzisa iteyiphu yewashi. Ndiyathanda ukuncamathelisa iteyiphu yewashi phezu kwemvulophu yam; oku kunokunceda ukugcina itywina licocekile kodwa kuyenze ibelula imvulophu, ngakumbi ukuba khange ndizobe kuyo. Iteyiphu yeWashi inokunceda ukunxiba incwadana yokubhalela okanye iphepha lomshicileli ukuba awusebenzisi izinto zokubhala ezimnandi. Unokufumana i-washi tape kwi-intanethi okanye kwiivenkile zobugcisa.
  • Ukusebenzisa izinto zokubhala okanye amakhadi okuzonwabisa. Ndadityaniswa neqabane losiba kwivenkile yezinto zokubhala, kwaye ufumana awona makhadi apholileyo. Usanda kundithumelela ikhadi kunye nemvulophu emile okwesilayi sepizza! Iiposikhadi nazo zizipholele ngokuzenzekelayo, ngakumbi ukuba uyakwazi ukuzithumela ngokuthe ngqo kwindawo oyindwendwele. Ungaprinta iifoto ozithathile ngokuthe ngqo kumakhadi okanye uzifake ekhadini. Umama wam ngumfoti obalaseleyo kwaye uqale ukwenza oku kutsha nje; Ndicinga ukuba ngumbono omkhulu.

Kunokuba nzima ukuba nomkhwa wokuthumela "i-snail mail," kodwa nazi iingcebiso malunga nendlela onokungena ngayo ekubhaleni ileta ukuba unengxaki yokuqalisa:

  • Musa ukugxila kubuninzi. Ngoonobumba, yingcinga ebalulekileyo, hayi ubude bonobumba okanye inani lamagama. Sukuziva ngathi kufuneka ubhale inoveli ukuthumela ileta. Kwanento nje elula njengokuthi “Bendifuna ukuthi ndicinga ngawe,” okanye “Ulonwabele usuku lokuzalwa!” ininzi ngokwaneleyo.
  • Thatha izinto zokuzonwabisa. Thenga ezinye izitampu ezimnandi ezivela kwi-USPS, kwaye uqinisekise ukuba unazo iipensile okanye iipensile (okanye iziphawuli okanye nantoni na oziva ukhululekile ukuyibhala) ekulungeleyo ukusetyenziswa. Ukuba ngaba awunayo iteyiphu yewashi okanye izincamathelisi ezonwabileyo, zithenge kwa-Etsy okanye kwivenkile yezandla. Kwaye ukhangele amakhadi okuzonwabisa. Ndifumene amakhadi endiwathandayo okuzalwa kunye namakhadi omtshato kwaTrader Joe's, kholwa okanye hayi.
  • Khetha ithuba lokuthumela imeyile. Ukuba nesingxengxezo somhla wokuzalwa okanye iholide kusenokukunceda ekukukhuthazeni ukuba ukhuphe elo khadi okanye ileta ngokukhawuleza kunokuba ube kamva, kwaye ukuba uziva ungakhululekanga malunga nokuthumela i-imeyile yasemzimbeni ngaso nasiphi na isizathu, kusenokukunceda ukuthomalalisa imithambo-luvo yakho.
  • Yonwabele! Ukuba awonwabanga, awuyi kufuna ukunamathela kumkhwa wokuthumela iileta, kwaye abamkeli bakho mhlawumbi abayi kukonwabela ukufumana iileta zakho njengoko bebeya kwenza ukuba uyonwabele ukuzithumela.