Keeping in Touch After a Move
Aug 29, 2007
Author: Family Realty LLC

Keeping in touch with friends and family after a move can be difficult. Its easy after a move to become quickly involved in various activities, becoming so busy that a week or more can pass without talking to even the oldest of friends or closet family members. Just remember that although you have moved on to new and exciting things, there are loved ones you have left behind.

Here are three quick and simple ways for you to keep in contact with your friends and family:

Emails and Egreetings
Keep in contact by writing emails. Time is scarce and very valuable to us these days, so set up a “correspondence routine”. If Sundays are your least busy days, then set aside 30 minutes on that day each week to write emails to friends and family. If you are really crunched for time, try something that is gaining popularity among college students: the “update” email, in which the writer sends one mass email to all of their friends and family, so that they don’t have time to write 40 separate emails, those they care about still hear from them on a semi-regular basis.

Also, consider Egreetings. There are numerous websites that offer free online greeting cards. Send them for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, or simply to say hello. Simply type “free egreetings” into the search engine of your computer, and different choices should become available to you.

Handwritten Notes
Another option is the traditional letter writing. These don’t have to be pages long. Even a few handwritten lines can carry a lot of emotion. Get into the habit of writing a traditional, handwritten letter every weekend to one of your loved ones. The cost will be the 41 cent stamp.

Phone Calls
This is the most time consuming of the three options, but it can also be the most satisfying. Keep in mind that cell phone companies now offer unlimited minutes on and nights and weekends and many long distance carriers may have plans that allow for unlimited long distance at a set fee. You should never have to make the decision not to call a loved one simply because it would cost too much.

So, remember, keeping in touch after a move can be difficult, but with just a few minutes, clicking on the “send” button or pressing the stamp onto the envelope, you and your loved ones can be a little bit closer.