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Letters by time horizon
Six months from now you'll be slightly different. A year from now, more so. Twenty years and you'll be a stranger to today's you. Pick a horizon.
Write a letter to your future self in 6 months
Write a letter that arrives in 6 months. Six months is short enough to remember today, long enough to surprise you. What do you want to say?
Write a letter to your future self in 1 year
Write a letter that arrives in 1 year. A year from today, you will be a slightly different person. What do you want them to know?
Write a letter to your future self in 2 years
Write a letter that arrives in 2 years. Two years from now, what do you hope is no longer true?
Write a letter to your future self in 3 years
Write a letter that arrives in 3 years. In three years, what should you have done by now?
Write a letter to your future self in 5 years
Write a letter that arrives in 5 years. Five years is a long time to wait for a letter. Make it count.
Write a letter to your future self in 10 years
Write a letter that arrives in 10 years. A decade. Different city, different hair, different people around the dinner table. What stays?
Write a letter to your future self in 20 years
Write a letter that arrives in 20 years. Twenty years from now, what do you hope you remember about today?
Write a letter to your future self on your next birthday
Write a letter that arrives on your next birthday. A birthday gift from this year's you to next year's you.
Write a letter to your future self next New Year
Write a letter that arrives next New Year. A New Year letter — read it on January 1st, written today.
Write a letter to your future self in 3 months
Write a letter that arrives in 3 months. A short letter — three months out. What do you need to remind yourself between now and then?