One of my co-workers told me about this site, www.futureme.org, where you can send an email to your future self.
Obviously, I’m a little late to this since this site has been around since 2004. The site has many “anonymous” letters and I’m nosy so I read a few of them. Funny, serious, and thought-provoking.
It got me wondering, what would I write to my future self? Hmmm…
Dear May 2010 Novelista:
First of all, thanks so much for hanging in there with the GIK novel revision. You must remember how stressful it was thinking it would never end.
But look at you now! All that hard work paid off. I’m glad that I decided to hang in there because as you know, some things were yet to be discovered. You’re glad that I didn’t submit back in April 2009.
No thanks needed on the decision to keep a notepad by my bed because as you know, I got a lot of revelations in the middle of the night. And you have to be so proud that I started to gain more discipline by writing at the house instead of going to the bookstore–where I always ran into someone and ended up talking about writing instead of actually writing.
I hope the new book project is going well.
Take care of me,
May 2009 Novelista
Love your letter–I could write almost the exact same letter myself!