write myself 5 letters on futureme.org

I hope to finish letter #5 within a couple of days!

Now just two more to do! Maybe I can do them today…I am feeling really in the mood to write myself letters.

I didn’t really know what to say. It all felt a bit nerve-wracking (spelling help?)...like on a first date.

Just about to go write it now.
I’ll be getting it at the end of nano. Sure, it’s only a month into the future, but it’s my letter so there.

Letter number 2 is done. Will read it again in 6 months.

...completely different.

1) Six months out: very urgent tasks to be accomplished.
2) One year out: developing and rekindling relationships
3) Two years out: major work goals and accomplishments
4) Three years out: a sense of self-alignment
5) Five years out: physical, mental, and spiritual leadership

I must say I outdid myself this time. :)

no. 2 is written and sent off into the future.

I just finished writing the first letter/email. I set it to come after I finish this semester, it’s only 10 weeks from now but I thought it’d be a good place to start. They were just some words of encouragement, advise, congratulations, and my hopes. The next ones I write I’ll set to a farther away time in the future but I think it will be interesting to see how my life and my thoughts have changed in this amount of time.

Just written one! Wahoo!

It was surprisingly easy—probably because of the novelty factor :)

Mainly I just reminded myself of all the things that I want myself to have achieved by that date (Christmas this year). I’m probably going to be very annoyed to open this nagging letter later on, lol.

Now I’ve got to write four more:

• for beginning of summer 2010, when I will probably be moving up to Sheffield
• for beginning of term 2010, when I will be starting dental school
• for beginning of term 2011, when I will be starting the second year
• for beginning of summer 2015, when I will (hopefully!) be qualifying as a dentist
• for four years after that.. when I will (possibly, depending on whether on not I joined) be leaving the Army after having completed my four years of service.

is written. Much sooner that I was expecting from this expert procrastinator. The message is full of what goes on in my mind now & some questions of how it has been – not wisdom :)
It was a surprisingly intensive work experience to write this message. The rules that I’ve set out have worked very well. The overall experience was liberating, and I’m convinced that the liberating effect comes at least in part from sticking to these rules – how’s that, rules that lead to freedom?