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Writing A Letter To Your Future
Self
Writing a
letter to your future self is an exercise which I
thought of back in 2006. It was
inspired from when I chanced upon the
Yahoo! Time Capsule project. Essentially, this is
similar to the concept of a time
capsule, where you write a personal note to your
future self,
seal it and only open it
at a future moment in time. There are no
restrictions on the time
duration
either
–
it can be 1 year
later, 3 years later, 5 years later, 10 years
later, or even
20 years later!
Why Write A Letter To Your Future Self?
Doing this exercise can be a really
insightful experience.
Just imagine
writing a letter to your future self 5
years from now
, then opening it at that
exact moment 5 years down the road to
see how much of it resonated with you.
It is a
useful supplementary
tool to be used in goal achievement, because when
you write the
letter to your future
self, it helps crystallize exactly how you
anticipate yourself to become
at that
specific moment down the road.
As you
read the letter in the future, you can assess how
many things match up (or not) vs.
your
expectations in the past and think about why
that
’
s the case. Often
times, the goals
we set and our goal
achievement process are subjected to a lot of
changes along the way,
due to varying
obstacles, unanticipated circumstances and
changing priorities. The letter
gives
you
a
macro-view
of
your
initial
vision
and
lets
you
recognize
how
your
current
vision differs from the past.
In addition to that, at the very moment
you are writing the letter, your consciousness is
captured and stored right there in
those words. When you open the letter in the
future, you
as your future self gets to
compare how you used to be in the past and compare
with how
you are currently. This lets
you see in totality how much things have changed
since then
–
and
this can be a really intriguing experience.
It
’
s interesting to just see
how much you
have grown/changed since
you wrote the letter
What To Write
About
at today
’
s
date. Now
imagine you
writing to yourself, exactly
X years from now
.
What do you want to say to your future
self?
?
How do you want your
future self to be like 1 year in the future?
?
What are the different
dreams and goals you would want to be realized by
then?
?
What
is
your
desired
status
of
the
areas
of
your
life
wheel
at
that
time?
Career/Business/Studies?
Finances?
Family?
Friends?
Love?
Health?
Spirituality?
Recreation? Personal growth?
Contribution?
you
’
re done, sign off your
name with today
’
s date.
ep your letter.
?
Put the papers in an
envelope. Seal it.
?
On the
cover, write
“
To
[Y
our Name]. To be opened on
[Date]
“
. Replace [Your Name]
with
your name, with [Date] the date
that
’
s 1 year from
now
.
?
Set in your
calendar to open your letter 1 year from
now
.
?
Put this envelope in a safe
place where no one can access to it.
your life like you
’
ve never
lived it before in the next 1 year. Open the
letter 1 year
later and relish in
nostalgia, love and joy as you read the letter
from yourself 1 year ago.
You
can either
write
it
as
hard
copy (for a
greater
sense
of nostalgia
due
to the
aging
condition of paper by then) or have it
as a digital soft copy
. I personally
wrote a hard copy,
then
transferred
it
into
soft
copy
document
on
my
computer
just
in
case
I
lost
the
hard
copy.
You can also try , an online time capsule service
that stores and sends
information to a
specified email address any time in the future you
specify. Personally I
prefer to have a
copy by my side.
Opening My Letter From
My Past Self
I wrote 2 letters to
myself last year, in February 10th 2008. The first
letter I wrote to myself
in Feb 10th
2009 (1 year from then); the second letter was to
myself in Feb 10th 2013 (5
years
from
then).
A
week
ago,
I
opened
the
first
letter
I
wrote.
It
was
an
enthralling
experience
reading it, since it felt like my old self was
talking directly to me
Reading the
letter, it is interesting to notice how I was in
the past and how I have changed.
One of
the biggest changes was my materialism tendencies.
While
I
was already not a
very materialistic person when writing
this last year, I
’
m even
less materialistic right now
,
given
my
added
revelations
on
my
relationship
with
material
wealth
and
goods
since
quitting my job last year. My
consciousness has also heightened, which is not a
surprise
given it is something
I
’
m constantly working on
all the time. The time period after I left my
job has definitely given me unlimited
personal time to really introspect and dig deep
into
my personal growth.
In
terms
of
goals,
I
have
reached
and
exceeded
several
goals. For
Health,
I
correctly
predicted I will
still be a vegan and loving every minute of it.
Weight-wise, I have pretty
much reached
my desired weight/look, something
I
’
m really proud of as
losing weight is a
personal
goal
I
had
struggled
with
since
5-6
years
ago. For
Career,
I
leaped ahead
of
myself compared to my predictions
–
I predicted I would still
be working in my ex-company
while
working on my purpose on the side; Turns out I
have already quit it and I
’
m
working
on my purpose full-time
now
. The end result?
I
’
m totally loving every
moment right now
.
There are some goals I
haven
’
t reached yet. For
example in Love, I thought I would have
found my relationship partner by
now
, but I
haven
’
t.
It
’
s perfectly okay though
due to my
revelation a few months ago
on how we are actually already perfect, complete
and whole
as
singles.
Finding
and
being
together
with
my
soulmate
is
something
I
want
and
look
forward
to in the future
–
In the
meantime, I
’
m perfectly
happy and complete as I am.
In terms of
Friendship, some friends whom I thought I would
still be great terms with had
slipped
away; in place of that other people had entered
into the foray and have become
great
friends of mine in the past year, especially the
past few months. In a way,
it
’
s sort of
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