This is going to be an experiment, a letter to my future self!
Why? you might ask?
- Thinking ahead how your life will look like in a years time
- Nostalgia, imagine you reading this letter a year from now and reliving the past
- A gift! The smile on your face when reading the letter
- You might learn you suck at predicting the future π€·ββοΈ
If you like this idea, give it a try.
Write a letter to yourself one year from now π
Dear future me,
I'm writing this letter to you to remind you what's truly important.
Do you remember the first time you realized it's not about working 60 hours a week but taking the time to enjoy nature?
You remember when you were sitting on a bench in a park and forced yourself to sit there for more than 10 minutes. You ended up sitting there for 5 hours inhaling nature and the beauty we called earth.
That's what's important, reflecting and taking the time to enjoy life.
I just had such a crazy but rewarding year, I got engaged, started blogging, and even got blessed with a new job during a pandemic.
I almost felt bad for being so rewarded during this crazy year, but it made me realize we define our own luck. It was me making these things happen, not faith, not a pandemic, but me! (and you).
I planned to finally switch to full-time remote work, with a bit more travel. The travel didn't happen I'll leave that up to you! But the full-time remote is checked!
Anyhow, just wanted you to know how life in 2020 was, let's talk about you!
By now you're happily married for half a year, and it must be such a blast. I hope you enjoyed the wedding and took some time to truly enjoy it, being there and setting your mind to it.
Knowing you, there was also a bit of blogging involved, but that's ok. Everyone knows it's what you love, and I do hope you still love it whilst reading this letter.
And wow you look amazing in those wedding pics, I can see all the exercising and healthy eating is paying off. You even love doing it and feel more energetic. Double-wins!
I do hope you got around to thinking about what you exactly want, I knew a year ago it was a question you couldn't truly answer, but who knows what a year might have changed.
Your initial goal was to travel more, see places, experience unique things, enjoy life. the year I was having didn't allow it, but you did better, I'm sure of it.
As for the blog, you're doing an amazing job, it's 584 articles ago you started this crazy thing, and I can't believe you made it!
Oh, correction you missed 3 days because of the wedding? That's fine buddy nobody expected you to even do this every single day for this long.
Anyway, I know you loved to read this, and know that you in return will write a letter to future Chris, tell him I said hi!
Cheers buddy, keep strong πΊ
Your past self,
Chris
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Top comments (12)
This technique is actually pretty clever. π Sets goals and keeps inspired π―π
I've yet to try this and find a post service, that takes 365 days to deliver ππ
Yeah, quite like the idea of me receiving a letter from myself :)
Would love to have a 365 delivery service.
Perhaps that's a great startup π
An online app, where users can write resolution letters to the future, those get printed out somewhere and physically sent to you after a year π 365post.com, 365mail.me or smth ππ
I could see a lot of people doing it on New Years eve π
Just need to come up with a revenue model for delivery costs π
Indeed! Damn going to work on this for the upcoming new year π
Going to be a new trend
Love this, great idea! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Ruanna, glad you like it.
Will you be trying this as well?
hey , thank you , tell your future self that u been influencing ppl with ur blogs , thank you <3
Haha thank you so much! Nice to hear people see me as a influence! π€
hahahha i came back after one year to tell that i wrote a letter last year and i ve read it days ago and i swear it felt super special , thank you again haahha , happy new year man ! better late than never ! π€ :D
Oh man this is amazing to hear!
So nice to see you tried it out and had such a wonderful experience π
I love these kind of posts, it's so nice to remind yourself of your hard work, and how far you've come. Cheers to the new year!
Thank you!
It is a really good exercise as well
Happy new year! π