Write a letter to myself that I'll open in 5 years

Perhaps this should be my own birthday present to myself. I really ought to sit down this week and write out this letter to myself. I can’t think of a better time to write about the current state of affairs, with the new engagement and a pivital time in my life when my dreams seem to be coming true.

It would be wonderful to plot out a rough idea of what the future could be like and write that to myself. I might discover something grand. I will really TRY to do this… :D

For those people that have done it, what sort of things should I write about in my letter? I want to get some ideas before I put pen to paper to do a first draft.

I so need to get on this.. Especially after all that has been happening lately. Would be interesting to look back on this time in life. Hmm!

I will open it on September 5th, 2014; on my 22nd birthday.

I want to write about what’s going on in my life right now, my dreams, what I hope I would have accomplished by then, and how I want to feel. I’ll take pictures of “now” and put them in that letter. I can’t wait, but that doesn’t mean I should stop living until then.

i dont know what im going to write yet, but im waiting for my birthday to write it.

Not so much in the “getting my voice across” sense, as that’s the one thing that I can manage for writing, but what to write about. I try to think back to 5 years ago, and I just can’t remember what I was going through, what my thoughts on life were, anything. I’m trying to include that but it’s hard to put those things on paper. So far, I’ve got about 3 pages, but it’s mainly outer things, nothing that’s really deep or makes me me right now.

I have absolutely no idea how to put things down, or what else to put down besides like, my plans for the future, names of friends I would need to go talk to, etc. Any ideas? I’m totally stumped.

Hi Ashi,
This is me 5 years back :) Now there are certain things you ought to have done by now and even you have not it’s all right :)

Firstly, I hope you are over KK and yes I hope you smoke no more.
I really really hope you are no more than 55 kilos else rush to the gym…hup…hup…hup!!!
Goa should have been visited

You must be married now and I’m sure the guy is brilliant.

...I’ve written this “letter to myself in five years”, and they’re just not right. Why am I still fussing over the past, which will never be different? It’s I who have to change now, to grow to see it differently, and ultimately so that I can move on! I think if I weren’t so buried in old history, I would have an easier time thinking five years into the future.

I just can’t use these letters I’ve written, because there isn’t enough ME in them. I am going to seek out a better location as soon as I can and try to do this right. Hopefully, I’ll be able to get away sometime tomorrow.

We will see… there is so much I want to say to myself, too bad you can’t send a letter to the past. I would have changed a few things (like eating habits).

I started my letter last night and in a very short time, I already had two pages. I think this thing is going to be long, because I have a lot to say just now, but that’s good. In a way, I could be a whole new person in five years, so I need to give as much as I can to go on so I’ll know who I was.