Penning a letter to your future self is a deep dive into self-reflection and personal growth. It acts like a time capsule for your current thoughts, hopes, and dreams, creating a bridge across the years. This exercise lets you track changes in your life, aspirations, and mindset. It provides insights into your personal development journey, showcasing how challenges were tackled and goals shifted. It's a special way to document your life's journey, offering a moment to reflect and renew your sense of purpose. I love this idea.
Write a Letter to Your Future Self
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#102People who sent them self letters into the future: How do you do it in practice?
Do you just mark the envelope with a year and keep your hands off? Is there a service the mail office offers?
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#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unrelated but how did you like the experience? I've been thinking about trying to carve some significant time out for myself to do something outside of work like a NOLS trip, hike the Appalachian Trail, etc.
Curious about this as well. And this might be a dumb question, but the NOLS trips have age ranges, with the top group being 23 and older. Do NOLS trips lean younger / would someone in their 30s feel out of place?
It was a great experience. You learn a lot. You manage stressful situations, whether that's a disagreement about a travel route or food -- food stress becomes real. To your point, my age group was probably 16-23 and things did become a little cliquey at first. But at some point or another everyone will have to rely on someone else and your age doesn't matter at all. Someone in my group had previously done an Outward Bound expedition and compared the NOLS experience to be much more adult-friendly.
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#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
Some people have had the same email address longer than that.
Of course, and one of my e-mails also exists since almost 25 years. But (unless I own my own domain, as someone suggested, and don't fail renewing it), it's hard to predict what will happen in such a long timespan. Not quite, but a bit like betting that I'll still be living at the same street address.
Well, if you change your email address, I guess you just don't receive the message. I don't think there's any way around that unless you maintain an unbroken chain of email forwarding from older addresses.
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#105Dear Future Me,
Do not open the portal. I RePeAt Do NOt OPen... F̷̝͉̹̀͆̓͛̅̀̐͘͠ͅŏ̵̼̺͈̼̱̠̤̬͔̳̥̩̿̈̄̒̂̿̾͜͠͝r̸̢̧̗͕̮̫̝̤̤̥̮̃̈̈̿̋̊̕ ̶̙͚̞̣̿̌͐̈̿̔̊̃͆̆̅͗́̆͂t̵͖̎̚h̴̡̼̲͕̳͈̮̿̉̂͜͜ͅȩ̸̺̦̗́̈́̿̈́̾̾̀̇̾̎̊͆̕͠ ̵̢̟̫̲̯͚̯̫̼͚̜͉͑̋͂̄͘͜ĺ̸̰̭͓̟̬͚̹̺̅̉͌̏̀̊̽̔͒͑̍͑̆͝ǫ̸̡̡̩̻͙̬̥̳̭̹̭̲̿̂̀͛͊̇̏̆̅͂̊̍̀̂̔̊̌v̴̘͈͉͈̖̤̠̗̘͍̘̱̰͕͉̲͙̓̓̕ḙ̴̡̛̥̹̣̱̝̭͍̇̂̾͘͘ͅ ̵̲̰̪̥̠̅̂̈́̾̑͒̈̌͛̿̌̇̾̑͠͠͠ǫ̶̡̡͖̖̭̣̗͖̳͇̻͔̱̑͊̊̇̍̓̕f̷̥̳̲̭̥̹̯̩̪͎̫̓́,̴̛̤̟͍̖̟̭̥̤̳̹̮͙̪̫̅́̾͛̾́̀̊̚͝ͅ ̷̧̢̛̫͇͍͔͉͉͖͕̙̄̄̀͛̒̽̑̋͆͊̅̂̏͒̚͜d̷̬͈̐o̷͈̦̗̰̾͋̂̄̎̆̿́͒͌̋͑͘̚͝͝͝ ̴̡̡͉͕̥͔͍̟̼̬̗̯͕͂͐͆̊̋̆͝͝n̸̡̟͖͍͓̹͙̟̥͈̥̪̠̒̐̒̒́͗͌͝͠ǫ̷͕͈̘͈͙͇͙̫͈̖̓̾̿̈̔͒̂̒͛̍̃ͅt̶̨̫̰̯̫̥̥͚̤̱͍̮̞̼̠̆͑́͗͛͐̑̐̃͘͜͝͝ͅ ̸̡̢̗̱̜͖͇̀̒̀̂̿͆͛̐̆͆͘͝õ̸̻̭̤̮͎͙̜̣̤̫̊p̶̫͎̯̮͉̬̯̻̰͉̗͎͆́́̓̃̚ę̵̛͇̍̆̇͐͌̈̏̍͆̔̈́͌̋́ń̴̝͉̼̱̯̜͍͚̬̬̠͕͕̊̕͘͝ ̸͔͋͆̀͒͑͐̇t̶̜̝͚͉̤͚͈̮̯̾̊̎̃̋̽͌̈́̑̋̚̚͘̕͝͠͠h̷̪̳͎̭̬̣̘͍͂̂̀̽̓̅̓̇͘͘e̸̛̝̾̅́ ̵̧̧̛͎̗̱̬͎̺̋̋̉̈̿̿̽͗̈́́̚͘͠ͅg̷̠̍́â̶̢̨̼̝̙̯̣̯̗̬͖͛̀t̶̢̰̪̘̘̭͔̲͐́͛̿̈́͌̇͐͘e̵̪̮͈͙͕̥̫̫̒̌̎̓̅̅̎͌̈́̀̓̂͑͘͝w̶̧̲͚̪̜͓͈̩̭̦̻̯̩͔̑̂̓̋a̶̘̱̥̺̣̭̳̳̫̦͙͇͐y̷̢̤̻̲̝̜̗̥̼̝̻͔̰̭͌̏̐̒͊͋̚͠
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#106"Your Future Self and Everyone With Access to the futureme.org Database" At least that's why I've never used this service and never will, even though I think it would be worthwhile.
As someone who's had access to production data in the past, if it's any consolation: you see all that PII, all those order forms, and you just...don't...care.
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
I do the same thing periodically, except with voice notes. Whenever I feel like I am in a big moment in my life, or have a new understanding of a concept, I’ll record a note talking to myself. I wonder how different these would be if I wrote them down with pen and paper vs an audio recording.
I journal either on the PC (Scrivener) or on a notebook. I have tried audio but it is difficult to access "that one thing you said about that topic and you want to review it". Unless the messages are 30sec long, it would be annoying to track it. Scrivener (no affiliation) is a word processing SW for writers. So I am writing the book of my life (chapters, etc.)(imagine OneNote enhanced for writing books). You can crea…
Glad you hit the reply button!
I’ll check out Scrivener. I haven’t revisited my voice notes in a while but I would probably use some sort of LLM to decode them into text to make them easier to search.
You inspired me to dig into the vault.
Thank you!
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#108You’re still here? We’re still stuck on this earth?! Fuck!!!
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#109This 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.
This was my fear as well. Also, the site loaded tons of ads in my face. Love the idea, can’t use this version of it.
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#110I've been writing to Future Me every birthday since I was 17. I'm now 32. In my very first letter written at age 17 and addressed to the college version of myself, I urged myself to resist peer pressure, keep making art, and maintain my innocent nature. As the years went on, the letters alternated between despair and hope. The letter writer turned into a pothead, then an alcoholic, then an alcoholic pothead who could…
Yeah... I should leave NYC.
Best thing I ever did for my mental and physical health! That said, I'm a hypersensitive person. Many people thrive in the city.