Write Letters To Your Future Self To Complement Your Goals

Self-reflection is key to any journey towards personal growth and development. And one of the best ways to engage in self-reflection is to write letters to your future self. This is a great way to use a notebook. Writing letters to your future self is a practice that can help you to better understand your motivations, desires, and goals. It’s a way of holding yourself accountable to the person you want to become, and it can provide you with valuable insights along the way.

Why Write To Your Future Self?

Writing to your future self will help you get clear on what you want and what you need to do. As you write, you will gain focus on what’s going on, what you want to happen, and how you have to do it.

In short, writing a letter to your future self can:

Motivate you to live up to what’s in your letter.
Help you define what you really want your future self to be.
Inspire you to take action on your goals.
Help you get clear on what’s troubling you and holding you back now.
Complement your current goals and help you achieve them.
Gain insight on how to go forward.
Gain insight into what is important in your life.

What Should You Write In A Letter To Your Future Self About Your Goals?

Think of yourself as your future self from two years ago. What do you wish you had told yourself back then? Use this as a guideline to help you write to your future self two years from now – or whichever future self you want to write to.

For instance, you may want to tell yourself how proud you are of them for working towards their goals. Doing this is going to help motivate your current self to be that future self who achieved your goals!

You may want to let your future self see how far you have come. If you talk about your current struggles around your goals and how you want to overcome them, your future self may have overcome those struggles and feel accomplished looking back at how they overcame them. If they haven’t overcome them, they will get motivated to work on overcoming them.

You may also want to write to your future self in a way that encourages teamwork. For instance, you might say, “I’ll do this if you keep doing this once it’s accomplished”.

There’s no right or wrong thing to write to your future self when it comes to your goals.

Talk to them like a friend.
Talk to them like a stranger.
Talk to them like someone who knows more than you do.
Talk to them like someone who knows less than you do.

No matter what, you will get benefits from writing to them about your goals and what you want out of life.

How To Write A Letter To Your Future Self

If you’re not sure how to get started, here are some tips:

1. Use a notebook or journal dedicated solely to this purpose. This will be a special place for you to document your thoughts, feelings, and progress over time.

2. Write to as many future selves as possible. If you have short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, you can write to all the future selves who will be there at the end of those goals. (If you don’t have goals, make those first, or, on the flip side, have your future self write a letter to your current self to see what they would like from you!)

3. Be honest with yourself. In order for this practice to be effective, you need to be honest about your thoughts and feelings. Don’t hold back – let it all out!

4. Be specific. When setting goals or intentions for your future self, be as specific as possible. The more detailed you can be, the better.