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Writing A Letter To Your Future Self重點詞 excitement iksaitmntn. 興奮；刺激；令人興奮的事物 insight insaitn. 洞察力；洞悉 tendency tendnsin. 傾向，趨勢；癖好 materialism mtirilizmn. 唯物主義；唯物論；物質(zhì)主義 consciousness knsnisn. 意識；知覺；覺悟；感覺 capsule kpsju:ln. 膠囊；植 蒴果；太空艙；小容器; ad. priority prairtin. 優(yōu)先；優(yōu)先權(quán)；數(shù) 優(yōu)先次序；優(yōu)先考慮的事 nostalgia nstldi, n-n. 鄉(xiāng)愁；懷舊之情；懷鄉(xiāng)病 prediction pridiknn. 預(yù)報；預(yù)言 equilibrium ,i:kwilibrimn. 均衡；平靜；保持平衡的能力Writing a letter to your future self is an exercise which I thought of back in 2006. It was inspired from when I chanced upon the Yahoo! Time Capsule project. Essentially, this is similar to the concept of a time capsule, where you write a personal note to your future self, seal it and only open it at a future moment in time. There are no restrictions on the time duration either it can be 1 year later, 3 years later, 5 years later, 10 years later, or even 20 years later!Why Write A Letter To Your Future Self?Doing this exercise can be a really insightful experience.Just imagine writing a letter to your future self 5 years from now, then opening it at that exact moment 5 years down the road to see how much of it resonated with you. It is a useful supplementary tool to be used in goal achievement, because when you write the letter to your future self, it helps crystallize exactly how you anticipate yourself to become at that specific moment down the road.As you read the letter in the future, you can assess how many things match up (or not) vs. your expectations in the past and think about why thats the case. Often times, the goals we set and our goal achievement process are subjected to a lot of changes along the way, due to varying obstacles, unanticipated circumstances and changing priorities. The letter gives you a macro-view of your initial vision and lets you recognize how your current vision differs from the past.In addition to that, at the very moment you are writing the letter, your consciousness is captured and stored right there in those words. When you open the letter in the future, you as your future self gets to compare how you used to be in the past and compare with how you are currently. This lets you see in totality how much things have changed since then and this can be a really intriguing experience. Its interesting to just see how much you have grown/changed since you wrote the letterWhat To Write About1.Look at todays date. Now imagine you writing to yourself, exactly X years from now. What do you want to say to your future self?How do you want your future self to be like 1 year in the future?What are the different dreams and goals you would want to be realized by then?What is your desired status of the areas of your life wheel at that time? Career/Business/Studies? Finances? Family? Friends? Love? Health? Spirituality? Recreation? Personal growth? Contribution?2.Once youre done, sign off your name with todays date.3.Safekeep your letter.Put the papers in an envelope. Seal it.On the cover, write “To Your Name. To be opened on Date“. Replace Your Name with your name, with Date the date thats 1 year from now.Set in your calendar to open your letter 1 year from now.Put this envelope in a safe place where no one can access to it.4.Live your life like youve never lived it before in the next 1 year. Open the letter 1 year later and relish in nostalgia, love and joy as you read the letter from yourself 1 year ago.You can either write it as hard copy (for a greater sense of nostalgia due to the aging condition of paper by then) or have it as a digital soft copy. I personally wrote a hard copy, then transferred it into soft copy document on my computer just in case I lost the hard copy. You can also try FutureM, an online time capsule service that stores and sends information to a specified email address any time in the future you specify. Personally I prefer to have a copy by my side.Opening My Letter From My Past SelfI wrote 2 letters to myself last year, in February 10th 2008. The first letter I wrote to myself in Feb 10th 2009 (1 year from then); the second letter was to myself in Feb 10th 2013 (5 years from then). A week ago, I opened the first letter I wrote. It was an enthralling experience reading it, since it felt like my old self was talking directly to meReading the letter, it is interesting to notice how I was in the past and how I have changed. One of the biggest changes was my materialism tendencies. While I was already not a very materialistic person when writing this last year, Im even less materialistic right now, given my added revelations on my relationship with material wealth and goods since quitting my job last year. My consciousness has also heightened, which is not a surprise given it is something Im constantly working on all the time. The time period after I left my job has definitely given me unlimited personal time to really introspect and dig deep into my personal growth.In terms of goals, I have reached and exceeded several goals. For Health, I correctly predicted I will still be a vegan and loving every minute of it. Weight-wise, I have pretty much reached my desired weight/look, something Im really proud of as losing weight is a personal goal I had struggled with since 5-6 years ago. For Career, I leaped ahead of myself compared to my predictions I predicted I would still be working in my ex-company while working on my purpose on the side; Turns out I have already quit it and Im working on my purpose full-time now. The end result? Im totally loving every moment right now.There are some goals I havent reached yet. For example in Love, I thought I would have found my relationship partner by now, but I havent. Its perfectly okay though due to my revelation a few months ago on how we are actually already perfect, complete and whole as singles. Finding and being together with my soulmate is something I want and look forward to in the future In the meantime, Im perfectly happy and complete as I am.In terms of Friendship, some friends whom I thought I would still be great terms with had slipped away; in place of that other people had entered into the foray and have become great friends of mine in the past year, especially the past few months. In a way, its sort of an equilibrium at work when you think about it.There were goals I didnt reach because I had abandoned it halfway, since it lost meaning to me. An example would be wanting to buy a car when I received my pay rise last year and was in the capacity to get a car, I realized that owning a car in Singapore, where public transport is readily available, does not resonate with my highest self at all. My original intent of getting a car was more for imagery reasons, and that had long been shedded away as part of my old self. Not to mention the environmental damage I would be causing too with a car.All in all, this comparison between my past vision for myself and who I am right now made me aware of several things. It made me more conscious of how much and how exactly I have changed vs. the past, in a tangible manner (rather than just relying on memories). It reminded me of some of the visions I had in the past which I lost track of along the way. It made me appreciate how far I have come. It made me look forward in excitement to the future.Write Your Letter To Your Future SelfTake out a pen and paper right now and start writing your letter to your future self. Identify a time period to write to, imagine how you will be like during that time period, then start writing. Think about the type of person you will be, your place in life, what you would have accomplished then, the kind of thoughts and feelings you will experience, and so on.At the end of the letter, seal it in an envelope, write the date to open it on the cover and put it in a safe storage space. Fix the date to open this letter in your personal calendar. When you open this sometime in the near future, you might gain additional insights about yourself and your journey in the past few years that you were oblivious to.Be sure to check out Day 29 of 30DLBL Program on writing a letter to your future self.寫給未來自己的一封信2006年，偶然受雅虎“時間膠囊活動”的啟發(fā)，我萌生出給未來的自己寫一封信的想法。本質(zhì)上，“時間膠囊活動”與時光貯存機(jī)的概念相似，就是給未來的自己寫一封私人信箋，密封起來，等到未來一個特定的時間再打開它。保存時間沒有限制-你可以在1年，3年，5年，10年，甚至20年后再拆開它。為什么要給未來的自己寫一封信呢？這將是一次讓人見解深刻的體驗。想象一下給5年后的你寫一封信，5年后再打開它，看看你做成了哪些事。這是一項能夠幫助你實現(xiàn)目標(biāo)的輔助措施，因為它可以幫助你將未來的預(yù)期轉(zhuǎn)化為在特定的時間需要實現(xiàn)的具體目標(biāo)。未來讀這封信時，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)過去你的期望實現(xiàn)了多少，并想想為什么會這樣。往往由于各種各樣的困難，難以預(yù)期的環(huán)境和不斷改變的重心，我們設(shè)立的時間，目標(biāo)，計劃容易受到外界的干擾而改變。這封信使你從宏觀的角度重溫你最初的愿景，并思考現(xiàn)在的愿景和過去有什么不同。除此之外，寫信的時候，你的意識完全集中于其中。因此，打開信封時，未來的你就可以與現(xiàn)在的自己做比較。這使你看清，從過去到現(xiàn)在你改變了多少，著實是一次有趣的經(jīng)歷?？纯磳懶艜r的自己成長/改變了多少很有意思。寫些什么呢？1. 看下今天的日期?，F(xiàn)在，想象你正寫信給X年后的自己，你想對未來的自己說些什么呢？你期望1年后的自己變成什么樣？到那時，你想要實現(xiàn)哪些不同的夢想和目標(biāo)？那時候，你理想的人生狀態(tài)是怎樣的？事業(yè)，生意，學(xué)業(yè)狀況如何？財務(wù)，家庭， 朋友關(guān)系，愛情，健康，精神，娛樂活動，個人成長，貢獻(xiàn)狀況都是怎樣？2. 一旦寫完，簽上你的名字和日期。3. 保存好你的信件。用信封裝好信箋。密封起來。在信封上寫上“致某某某。請于某個時刻打開”。用你的名字替換前者，時間改為1年之后。在日程表上確定1年后打開信封的時間。將信封保存在一個安全，別人找不到的地方。4. 在之后的1年里，你要像新生一樣生活。1年后打開信封，讀著一年前的自己寫來的信，就能細(xì)細(xì)品味出懷舊，歡喜之情。你也可以將它打印出來（泛黃變舊的紙質(zhì)文本可激發(fā)更強(qiáng)烈的懷念之情）或者存儲為電子文檔。我自己打印了一份，然后又轉(zhuǎn)成電子版保存在我的電腦里，以防丟失打印稿。你還可以試試“未來的我”這一網(wǎng)絡(luò)上的時間貯存服務(wù)，它保存你設(shè)置的信息，然后按時給未來的你發(fā)送一封特殊的郵件。就我個人而言，我更喜歡身邊有一份打印稿。打開過去自己寄來的信件去年，即2008年2月10日時，我給自己寫了兩封信。第一封是寫給2009年2月10日（即1年后）的自己，第二封則是寫給2013年2月10日（即5年后）的自己。一周前，我打開了自己寫的第一封信。讀信的經(jīng)歷讓我著迷，就像過去與現(xiàn)在的我直接在交談一樣。讀著信，意識到過去自己的模樣和現(xiàn)在的改變很有趣。其中一項最大的改變就是我的物質(zhì)傾向。去年寫信的時候，我已經(jīng)不是一個很物質(zhì)的人了