It left me feeling so uninspired to reach out to anyone else, until – Just when I least expected it, I had an incoming letter from Iran.

Last chapter: A transnational friendship

We exchanged a few handwritten letters (until mine was lost in the mail), met a few times to work together in a café or walk along the Seine.

Thanks to Slowly I have become a more patient person.

Slowly gave me hope, captured in a letter.

I am feeling emotions I haven't experienced in a long time. We share things we love and try to appreciate the things we don't.

Slowly som používala iba niekoľko mesiacov ale stále ho neviem prestať odporúčať.

Of course, sociophobia didn't go anywhere, but it became easier to live with it.

I still kept him around in my friend list because this is one of my favorite encounters in this app.

Do jejích dopisů jsem se zamiloval ještě předtím, než jsem znal její skutečné jméno nebo než jsem viděl její obličej, fotografii; prostřednictvím jejích dopisů jsem viděl, co je důležité: její duši.

If you want an escape from life, if you feel yourself growing frustrated with ordinary social media apps… Try taking things Slowly.

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