A playlist someone made you years ago still says more than a hundred texts. Make things for people.

Made things carry proof of attention in a way messages cannot. A text is instant, so it reads as instant, while something assembled over an hour says somebody was thinking about you while you were not in the room. That is why a burned playlist or a bad drawing survives in a drawer for a decade. Quality barely matters here; the time spent is the entire message.

Make one small thing for somebody this week. A playlist, a photo printed out, a list of reasons you like them, anything you can finish in an hour. Hand it over without explaining it and let the object do the talking.