You hear a lot about writing letters to your younger self or older self. It’s an interesting concept, but quite frankly I don’t know how much good it does. If you write a letter to your younger self it’s not going to make a bit of difference because that self and so many years ahead of it is now in the past and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. If you write a letter to your older self it might be interesting to read when you get older, if you can find the letter those many years after writing it, and if it hasn’t been thrown away as drivel.
But like I said, it’s an interesting concept and perhaps the exercise helps with, I don’t know, something.
Recently I was introduced to a video that is just about the coolest thing I’ve seen in a really long time. This guy, at age eighteen, filmed himself asking questions to his older self. Nearly forty years later he filmed the answers as his older self and edited it all to be one man’s interview with himself. I don’t know why I think this is so much better than writing letters; maybe the visual quality makes the “interview” seem more valid and worthwhile.
Check this out – it’s only about four minutes long and will give you a smile if nothing else.
