Write a Letter to Your Future Self
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Write a Letter to Your Future Self
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Re: Write a Letter to Your Future Self
#2I've used this a few times over the last decade, and while I can't predict the future, it's been rock solid thus far from my perspective.
Per their footer:
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> Yup - we've been sending letters to the future for about 22 years now
Re: Write a Letter to Your Future Self
#3The most interesting aspect of this is the public anonymous letters [1]
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#5Starting at 16 years old I wrote a letter every birthday to my 30 year old self with ideas of who I want to become and how I ought to judge my success. I hoped when I turn 30 to open all of them up and realize how much I accomplished would be satisfying.
Through the project, I actually discovered two things. First, I estimated a rate of progress that exceeds the real possible magnitude of accomplishment by about two lifetimes. Second, that the storylines I want in my life and the opinions I have about them are stable across time, even if they are dormant for many years in a row. Whether this is the effect of personality or an ability to maintain memory beyond the capacity of attention I don’t know. But then again, maybe those are both the same thing.
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#6This is a really cool idea! That said, after I sent a letter to my future self, it automatically signed me up for several email lists, tried to get me to download the app, and pestered me to become a "member." No site like this needs any of those things.
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#7My letter never came. :( I spent ages writing it and describing my feelings and what I planned for my future. I had detailed my improvement plan for 10 years. Randomly I remembered this service and was disappointed since I didn't receive the email.
Re: Write a Letter to Your Future Self
#8That is one of those simple apps I love.
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#9How can you know that you'll have the same e-mail address in 20 years?
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#10Cool and simple. Animal Crossing also has the ability to send letters to your fellow villagers (who might also be real people), including yourself. And as far as I can remember, you can specify an arbitrary date in the future.