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75 prompts for a letter to your future self

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How to use these prompts

  1. Skim the five groups and pick one prompt from three different groups.
  2. Answer each one in a short paragraph, as if you were talking to a friend.
  3. End with a question from the last group, and something kind.
  4. Add a photo of today and choose when you want to read it: one year, five years, or your next birthday.

About your life today

  1. 1. Describe the room you are sitting in right now.
  2. 2. What does an ordinary Tuesday look like for you at the moment?
  3. 3. What is the first thing you do every morning?
  4. 4. What are you reading, watching and listening to these days?
  5. 5. What is in your fridge right now?
  6. 6. How much do a coffee, a bus ticket and your rent cost today?
  7. 7. What is your favourite place in the town where you live?
  8. 8. What did you have for dinner last night, and who with?
  9. 9. What is the background picture on your phone, and why?
  10. 10. Which small habit of yours would surprise someone who does not know you?
  11. 11. What is the last thing that made you laugh out loud?
  12. 12. What do you spend too much time on?
  13. 13. What is something you own that you would save in a fire?
  14. 14. What is the news everyone is talking about this week?
  15. 15. Write down three things you can hear right now.

Goals and dreams

  1. 16. What is one thing you want to be true by the time you read this?
  2. 17. Which goal are you secretly working on but not telling anyone about?
  3. 18. What would you try if you knew you could not fail?
  4. 19. What skill do you want to have learned by then?
  5. 20. Where do you hope you will be living?
  6. 21. What does a good day look like for you in the future?
  7. 22. What are you saving money for right now?
  8. 23. What job or project do you hope you will be doing?
  9. 24. Which decision are you putting off, and why?
  10. 25. What would make you proud of your future self?
  11. 26. What is a small goal you can definitely achieve before this letter arrives?
  12. 27. Which dream from when you were a child is still alive?
  13. 28. What do you want more of in your life? And less of?
  14. 29. What place do you want to have visited by then?
  15. 30. If this year had a title, what would you want it to be?

People and relationships

  1. 31. Who are the people you would call at three in the morning?
  2. 32. Who made this year better, and did you tell them?
  3. 33. Describe your best friend as they are today.
  4. 34. Which relationship do you want to look after more carefully?
  5. 35. Who do you miss right now?
  6. 36. What is something your parents say that you hope you never forget?
  7. 37. Who do you admire, and what exactly do you admire about them?
  8. 38. Is there a conversation you need to have but keep avoiding?
  9. 39. Who would you like to have met by the time you read this?
  10. 40. What do you hope has not changed between you and the people you love?
  11. 41. Write down a recent conversation that stayed with you.
  12. 42. Who taught you something important this year?
  13. 43. Which friendship would you like to repair?
  14. 44. What do you want to say to someone who will not read this letter?
  15. 45. What kind of friend, partner or parent do you want to be?

Feelings, fears and hopes

  1. 46. How do you honestly feel today, in one word and then in one paragraph?
  2. 47. What are you afraid of right now?
  3. 48. What worry do you hope will look small when you read this?
  4. 49. What are you grateful for today?
  5. 50. When did you last feel completely at peace?
  6. 51. What are you proud of that nobody has noticed?
  7. 52. What is weighing on you that you would like to put down?
  8. 53. What would you like to forgive yourself for?
  9. 54. What gives you energy, and what drains it?
  10. 55. What are you looking forward to?
  11. 56. What do you wish someone would tell you right now? Tell it to your future self.
  12. 57. Which emotion have you felt most this month?
  13. 58. What helped you through the hardest moment of this year?
  14. 59. What do you believe today that you think you might not believe later?
  15. 60. What do you want to remember about this exact moment?

Questions to ask your future self

  1. 61. Are you happy? Honestly?
  2. 62. What surprised you most since I wrote this?
  3. 63. Did you keep the promise I am about to make?
  4. 64. What do you know now that I need to hear today?
  5. 65. Which of my worries turned out to be unnecessary?
  6. 66. What did you stop doing that I still do?
  7. 67. Who is the most important person in your life right now?
  8. 68. Are you still friends with the people I love today?
  9. 69. What are you working on, and do you enjoy it?
  10. 70. What would you tell me to stop worrying about?
  11. 71. Did you take the risk I am too scared to take?
  12. 72. What is your favourite thing about your life now?
  13. 73. Do you still have the same dream, or did you find a better one?
  14. 74. What did you learn the hard way?
  15. 75. Is there anything you would like to say back to me?

Turn your answers into a letter

Open with the date and where you are. Paste your answers in any order, joining them with a sentence or two. Finish with your question and a kind line to your future self. That is it: you have written a letter to the future.

Want to see how others did it? Read 50 example letters or real public letters. The form below also has built-in ideas: tap one and it fills in a starting point for you.

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Frequently asked questions

How many prompts should I answer?
Three to five is plenty. Choose one about your life today, one about the future and one question for your future self. A letter that answers a few prompts deeply is better than one that answers twenty superficially.

What are good questions to ask your future self?
Questions you genuinely do not know the answer to: whether you are happy, what surprised you, which worries turned out to be unnecessary, and whether you kept a specific promise.

Can I use these prompts in a classroom?
Yes. Teachers often use them for end-of-year or New Year activities. We also have a free printable worksheet on our page for teachers.

Do I need an account to write the letter?
No. Write your letter, choose a date up to 50 years ahead, add a photo if you want and enter your email. It is free.

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