I've been writing letters to my future self using @futureme since 2015. It has such a cathartic effect and has helped me set long term goals and reminders. Highly recommended!
2:18 PM · Nov 9, 2020
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"I love this. I've sent myself 5 letters so far and every year it's a surprise. Because I forget so easily. It turns into such a deep reflective process, that I usually weep and laugh while I write."
- Margaret
Member since 2011
"I love this. I've sent myself 5 letters so far and every year it's a surprise. Because I forget so easily. It turns into such a deep reflective process, that I usually weep and laugh while I write."
- Margaret
Member since 2011
Over 10 million letters delivered to the future since 2002
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If you want a quick and easy therapy session go to @futureme and send an email to your future self. Let all of your emotions out and press send. Set it for a year. 5 years. 6 months.
2:36 AM · Aug 24, 2020
I absolutely love @futureme, refreshing memories from last year and jotting down new stuff for myself to laugh at and cry with next year.
8:24 AM · Jun 7, 2017
Check out @futureme. You. Will. Not. Regret it. In a year, 5 years or some other span of time, you will be amazed at what you think is important today.
2:59 PM · Nov 22, 2017
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Hi there! Writing a letter to the future can be a powerful experience. And receiving a surprise letter from the past can be an even more powerful experience. Check out the testimonials all of the people who agree!.
Here are some ideas for a future letter:
- To your next birthday (obviously!)
- To a date by which you predict we are "back to normal" and recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic. What did we learn?
- On the date you accomplish an important milestone (graduate? get married? retire!)
- Write a story in present tense about your life in 5 years ("You are sipping coffee in your new home...") and paint a picture of your future self's day.
- To yourself, when you will be your parents age.
- To your kids, when they will be your age. Or to the age when you think you will have kids.
- To your spouse/partner, on your 10th (20th? 50th?) anniversary (you must create an account first to write to someone else!)
- To the year 2030, when the IPCC says we must hit Greenhouse Gas Reduction goals to keep Global Warming below 1.5 degrees celsius.
- To yourself, while you're on your next vacation.
- ...Or...while on vacation, to yourself when you've back "to the grind."