mine too
I wouldnāt buy too many copies of the same postcards, even if theyāre beautiful and I like them. Itās difficult to find any nontourist postcard in Brazil, so I used to buy 20-30 copies of the same card everytime I found a new one. Now I prefer to have a varied stack of postcards on different themes.
Donāt pay attention to the people trying to impose their own rules about the type of postcards you should send, your profile text, the message you should write on the back of your cards, the way you decorate themā¦if you try to fit in these peopleās expectations, itāll probably take away all of your enjoyment.
As a newbie, Iām usually paired with veterans who have received many, many cards. I try to avoid thinking āTheyāve seen it all, so thereās a great chance of boring themā instead sending a card thatās unlikely to be a duplicate.
For tags, I wish Iād started off noting which card I sent along with the user name on my spreadsheet. Iāve been told āThanks, I really like it!ā having no idea what āitā was?
oh yes when i first started i was quite overwhelmed with the many pages with received cards on some walls. especially when some profiles had a very specific wishlist and some even said āplease check my collections to avoid duplicatesā. and said collections were thousands of cards.
now i never check all the cards anymore, i just send something i think the receiver will like and write a nice message. i donāt think i ever received a super unkind hurray message.
also. i am now one with quite some received cards and i really hope people donāt get that feeling when they read my profile. i really donāt care about duplicates or that one perfect card. sending out a card is something for you to enjoy. itās your free time, your cards and whatever else you wanna use. writing cards is the biggest part of postcrossing. it should be fun, not stressful.
oh and iām never bored by a card. even after 9 years iām still a bit disappointed on days when thereās no mail and i still get super excited when i get home from work and find even just one card.
I have not seen it all, particularly I have not seen your text! And even if the picture was a duplicate, so what?