In high school, my creative writing insturctor had us write letters to our future self. He then collected these letters, held on to them, and mailed them five years later.
Imagine my suprise when my mom called me one day asking why I had mailed a letter to me at my parents address. She was convienced it was my handwriting. I had totally forgotten.
Although I cannot tell you where that letter currently is or what it said, I was thinking of it this morning. What a brilliant idea.
What would I say now to my five-year furture self? Anything profound or direction I might need in the next five years? Any predicitions for what it may hold or look like?
This idea was actually resurrected as I read what many bloggers have documented
to their unborn (or newly born) child, niece or nephew. To tell them how much they
love them or lessons they'd like to spare them from learning the hard way.
FutureMe.org is a website that allows you to email yourself and have it delivered on the date you specify. If you perfer to do it the old way, sit down and hand write yourself a letter. Then put in a place you may not remember (until you move and wonder what the heck it is) or give it to a friend for safe keeping and return it to you when you least expect it.
As for my little advice to my future self - I have this: "Remember that this will pass, as nothing stays the same, so savor the moment, even if its a bad one, because it will pass"
