I want to receive no communication from many of my friends and extended family for months, and sometimes years, and then, when I do receive something, I want it

I want to receive no communication from many of my friends and extended family for months, and sometimes years, and then, when I do receive something, I want it to be real and thoughtful and written to me personally, not to a distribution. I want to respond at my leisure to these people in the same way, with no expectation of immediacy. There is often more joy in long absence, and finally reconnecting, than there is constantly being connected. And less pressure. The days of very expensive long-distance phone calls and cheap stamps were great.