Very thoughtful of you to mail your brother a card. I mail out lots of birthday cards all year. My Dad got me started on that when I was a little girl, and I still do it, even though he is passed away. He and I seemed like the last two in my family that still mailed real cards in the USPS mail. Good for you, I am sure your brother will appreciate it.

I don't know... some people might say you have a dream job.... getting paid for doing nothing at all.... no stress, no pressure, no deadlines. Maybe try to look at it as having a job that millions of people would love to have. Look at the positive parts of it. No doubt that someone else will jump at taking your job position when you quit.

But I get that you need more of a challenge. Keep applying to other jobs. Set up those interviews.

Nothing changes unless we change it :)

Many years ago, I had an office job that was very slow every Friday. I would get there at 9:00 AM and I would literally be done with my work at 9:10 AM. Now what am I going to do for the next 8 hours? So I cleaned up the place. Cleaned the break room, restocked the coffee stuff, cleaned my desk and the contents of my desk drawers, sharpened all the pencils even, went outside a couple times and walked around for 20 minutes.... I mean, you can probably find stuff to do there. And we didn't have cell phones or internet back then! So I really had nothing to do! LoL.

I still send cards myself, and not just for birthdays or Christmas. I like the deliberate nature of transferring my thoughts to hand, to pen, to paper. And I like how a pen scratches across card stock. Yeah I’m a nerd that way, haha!

I just got a hand written note in the mail myself yesterday from my boss who is leaving my company. Her last day is tomorrow and she dropped a note just telling me how much she appreciated working with me. It was a very thoughtful gesture and totally unexpected. There are a lot of big changes happening at my company right now and while I’ve been through these kinds of changes before throughout my career, it still creates a lot stress for everyone, myself included. Anyway, her sending that note did my soul good.

I think sending a card/note to your brother is really a beautiful gesture.

Let me "give away" my age and confess that card designer was one of my early dream careers. I gave it a whirl in the early 80's --pre-internet/cel phone. Snail mail was still King in those days, but I was still ridiculed far more than I was encouraged. The art of card sending was something old mothers did and not generally embraced by the fashionistas of the era.

These days I often find myself wondering if the art of card sending might be old enough to be new. Just wondering. . . Don't accuse me of understanding the fashion scene.

Make friends with change. It's the only thing we can count on. ~Chinese proverb.

Slightly younger generation here perhaps - borderline milennial even - I can't say the art of card sending is coming back but it is certainly appreciated among my age set. I am one of the few, if only, who continue to do it. I find it is most appreciated by friends and family whose parents have passed, and they still appreciate the act of being thought about since it takes extra effort to send a card rather than just drop an email or text message.

I don't think we'll be saving teh postal service in my generation, but just like we brought back knitting and crocheting as a cool pastime, perhaps card sending (and card making) will have a vintage heyday run! :) Get somebody to make it cool and hip and add a wacky twist to it and it just might.

I'm glad that you are job hunting. It's very important to be fulfilled at your job. That was nice of you to send a card to your brother. Very thoughtful!

Many years ago, I was in a job that I felt was very unfulfilling. I was the only clerk working in the office, I don't even have a coworker. Just me and my new boss. The place was so empty, I was tasked to order all the office supplies. I literally sat there and do nothing from 8-5. Once the boss started to install internet in the office, I thought, 'Yes! Now at least I can browse around the web when I'm bored!" (I was around 19 at the time, too young and immature). The boss found out, and changed the password so that only when he's in the office can we have the internet. He comes to the office maybe 3 times a week, every time he stays for probably 2-3 hrs. So then I started to call my mum up to chat because I was bored. Mind you, with the exception of my workstation area, the whole office was empty. There was really nothing to do, besides sweeping the floor or cleaning the bathroom (both of which I did, of course). The boss started scanning every incoming/outgoing numbers and asked me why I was using the office phone for personal use. I quit the job after several months there. When I told him it was my 2 weeks notice, he simply told me I can go today if I want. That was when I realized how dispensable I was. I felt like I was wasting my time there, when I could have worked harder to look for a new job sooner. I think the sooner you realize that there's so much more to discover out there, the better. Sometimes, a change is a good thing and we're better off in a place that we can be useful. With that being said, I still love receiving cards or letters in the mail. Everything is done through facebook or email these days, and people forget that feeling of when they get something surprising in the mail. I think it's lovely and I might just make it a habit to start sending cards again.