I have always found the idea of exchanging letters to be incredibly fascinating; but how do you find people to talk to via letters in our digital world? Slowly App was my biggest discovery in 2024. When a good friend of mine told me about this application, I was immediately intrigued: so many people to meet, so many topics to discuss. That’s how my Slowly journey began.
Throughout this year I got to talk to people from different parts of this beautiful world and learn many curious things about various cultures. I taught myself to think in both English and French; and I believe that it has deeply influenced my studies, too (I major in linguistics). i grew more confident with my language skills. This February I learned that I got into an exchange programme in Hungary; no doubt, I immediately went on Slowly App to find pals from Hungary. The biggest thing that never stops to impress me is — how open-minded and friendly people on this app are. They are all more than eager to have a meaningful conversation on no matter what subject. I even went as far as to create my own list of questions to ask my new pals; they get quite creative and I LOVE reading people’s answers.
But this one very special and very precious person I met on Slowly has changed my days in a way that is almost inexplicable. The reason why her open letter caught my attention in the first place was terrifyingly simple: in her bio, she had posted a quote from my favourite poem. My mental alarm went off immediately. A small-tiny “just-a-several-line” letter was written and sent in a matter of minutes. I received her response letter in a day; and since last September I believe to be the happiest person in the whole world.
I can’t say that we exchange letters on a daily, but that is exactly what makes it so special: there is always this happy day in a week when I receive her letter; and I can’t stop smiling. Whenever I write to her it feels like I’m talking to someone I’ve known for my entire life. She guesses my thoughts all the time; it always surprises me how similar we are in many ways; and sharing my tiniest memories, my most hidden feelings comes easy to me. We’ve invented our own little traditions that we follow in our letters (and they mean the world to me). In my whole life, I’ve never felt more seen and more recognised; and it definitely is a one-in-a-lifetime experience. Yet, the funniest thing — I don’t even know the name of the girl, whom I believe to be my soulmate.
I definitely cannot imagine my life without Slowly App and this very significant person I met thanks to it. I wonder if she ever sees this story of mine at all, but sharing these emotions feels necessary (and im more than sure — if she does see it one day — she’ll immediately recognise herself). In the end, I can’t even think of the words which would be enough to thank the creators of this app for the most valuable opportunity of finding my home-person, my absolute soulmate.
