{"id":12949,"date":"2024-01-15T14:37:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T13:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/15\/through-heartbreak-joy-and-covid-a-2450-day-snapchat-streak-sustained-our-friendship-across-the-globe\/"},"modified":"2024-01-15T14:37:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T13:37:18","slug":"through-heartbreak-joy-and-covid-a-2450-day-snapchat-streak-sustained-our-friendship-across-the-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/15\/through-heartbreak-joy-and-covid-a-2450-day-snapchat-streak-sustained-our-friendship-across-the-globe\/","title":{"rendered":"Through heartbreak, joy and Covid, a 2,450-day Snapchat streak sustained our friendship across the globe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For almost seven years, Sarah and I have exchanged daily snaps between Australia and US \u2013 many prosaic but each whispering: I love you<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/series\/summer-essentials\">essential summer reading<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to say when it became a daily habit. There were stops and starts. Days when it wasn\u2019t thought about. But little by little it became a non-negotiable. Wake up. Check the time. Send a snap. Every day, for 2,450 days straight. Almost seven years of fleeting moments, sent to a friend on the other side of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah has seen my sleepy eyes and the view of my dresser from my bed more than any other human on Earth. I don\u2019t know why we decided our Snapchat streak would become all-important, but in April 2017, almost four years after we downloaded the app and started using it haphazardly, it became a priority.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2024\/jan\/16\/through-heartbreak-joy-and-covid-a-2450-day-snapchat-streak-sustained-our-friendship-across-the-globe\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/87ec4127d669abf4a5257baecd3fc566f43fc25e\/0_0_2500_1500\/master\/2500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c7257cfc85e4dd2ce5ad6495dec8a157\" title=\"Through heartbreak, joy and Covid, a 2,450-day Snapchat streak sustained our friendship across the globe\" \/>For almost seven years, Sarah and I have exchanged daily snaps between Australia and US \u2013 many prosaic but each whispering: I love you<br \/>\nFind more essential summer reading<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to say when it became a daily habit. There were stops and starts. Days when it wasn\u2019t thought about. But little by little it became a non-negotiable. Wake up. Check the time. Send a snap. Every day, for 2,450 days straight. Almost seven years of fleeting moments, sent to a friend on the other side of the world.<br \/>\nSarah has seen my sleepy eyes and the view of my dresser from my bed more than any other human on Earth. I don\u2019t know why we decided our Snapchat streak would become all-important, but in April 2017, almost four years after we downloaded the app and started using it haphazardly, it became a priority. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For almost seven years, Sarah and I have exchanged daily snaps between Australia and US \u2013 many prosaic but each whispering: I love you Find more essential summer reading It\u2019s hard to say when it became a daily habit. There were stops and starts. Days when it wasn\u2019t thought about. But little by little it &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/15\/through-heartbreak-joy-and-covid-a-2450-day-snapchat-streak-sustained-our-friendship-across-the-globe\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Through heartbreak, joy and Covid, a 2,450-day Snapchat streak sustained our friendship across the globe<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12949"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}