Being a retired teacher of 30 years and having to be punctual with all the aspects of handling a classroom...this has been a great lesson for me. I have found myself edgy... waiting to receive the "next box". Because it has always been important to me to "send that report off on time"... "get those grade cards ready promptly"..."march those children to the library at our scheduled time"....I've had a little difficulty understanding why others don't move their boxes as quickly as we do. It's frustrating to us to not be able to "send the box" on to the next receipient in a timely manner. We start feeling that it's going to "make us look bad" if we don't move things on. We've had a great mentor..."Littlemonkey" who has taught and shared a lot with us. For that, we are grateful.
Knowing all of this, we've had to sit back and assess the situation and try to understand that not all persons handle things in the same way that we do. So what's the lesson in all of this? Patience is a MUST with postals. If this is a character trait that you can't deal with...then postals are probably not for you. If you think you can overcome this quirky thing and work on your patience...then you'll have great fun.
The one cool thing about postals is that you DO reach out to other parts of our country and meet people that you might not normally run into. It takes you "out of your box" and opens your eyes to just another great thing about letterboxing.
Have fun and get involved !!!

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