How to Write a Letter to Yourself

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A few days before his 8th grade graduation in June 2005, our entire class was required to write a letter to ourselves that would be delivered upon graduation from high school four years later. On January 5th, 2016, my 25th birthday, I found the letter and immediately decided to reignite the practice. The time horizon I decided upon was five years. Anectodally, I have found that five years is the amount of time in which meaningful life change happens. So it struck me as an appropriate interval for the letters.

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The letter to your future self is a 10x unlock for life. The process of writing a letter forces deep reflection on the present and thoughtful rumination on the future.
Use a baseline time horizon of 5 years in the future, but adjust as you see fit. A basic letter structure to follow: (1) Reflections on the Present, (2) Changes to Make, (3) Goals for the Future, and (4) Fun & Crazy Predictions.
I handwrite the letters and store them in a cabinet, but if you’re looking for a more technology-enabled solution, there are tools like FutureMe that should do the trick.