How-To Guides
Does Writing to Your Future Self Help? What the Research Says
A plain look at five studies on future-self thinking, planning and writing: what each one found, where its limits are, and how to use it in a letter.
Articles
Ideas, prompts and practical guides for writing letters to your future self.
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How-To Guides
A Letter to Your Future Self in 5 Years: A Step-by-Step Guide
A step-by-step way to write a five-year letter: describe today, name your hopes, ask two or three questions, then choose the day it should arrive.
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How-To Guides
When Your Letter Arrives: Reread, Notice Change, Write Back
A simple routine for the day a letter from your past self arrives: read it slowly, notice what has changed, and write back as a new letter with its own date.