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Tuesday, 30 June 2009
FutureMe.org
Today I received an email.
From: Me
To: Me
Subject: 30.06.08A year ago today I read about a website called FutureMe.org on my friend Joe's blog (now discontinued but still archived). He said that his friend had told him about the site - the idea is that you send an email to your future self, stating the date you wish the email to be sent, and they hold on to it until that date when they release it. I commented on this blog post, saying:
I think I've seen this before. I wonder if I sent myself an email before. I can't remember receiving one, so either didn't send one or I set it for a time that hasn't happened yet. It'd be funny if it was soon!
I sent one to the Future Me, a year from today. I hope I get it. I gave myself some good advice.
Thanks for sharing that!
Ben
The email I sent myself contained advice, hope, targets and ambitions. I wrote about what I was up to around that time and asked the future me how certain things were going (studies, relationships, business/career, etc.), here's an extract:
How's uni going? At the moment you're waiting for your A-level results and are hoping for [grades]. You'll be gutted if you missed out on that B in Maths you worked so hard for. You're also currently intending on doing a degree in Information Systems and Maths. Did you stick with it or change? You're currently worried that IS will turn out to be shit and are thinking of looking into some other courses.
I did narrowly miss out on that B in Maths, and I was gutted. And I did decide to change from Information Systems to Computing, which I'm much happier with.
I'm happy with where I am now and pleased with where I'm going, even though it's not exactly what I was aiming for a year ago, but many doors have opened to me since then, I've worked hard and tried my best to send myself in a good direction. I know I'm much wiser than I was when I sent that last email, and I know I'll be much wiser in a year's time when I receive the one I'll write now.
I'm too lazy to write much more. I hope you're not. Write another one to the you of 2010.
Haha. I'd better not put it off too long then.
You're currently working on your new website, and are about to start coding it again from scratch because IE won't render it properly. How's the site going these days? How many blog posts are you at?
This will be my 69th blog post. It's funny to see that I was frustrated by Internet Explorer back then - some things never change! To answer my own question, I'm happy with the site now, and can see it going well over the next year, opening up more opportunities for me as well as just documenting life and keeping my journal running. I wanted to make sure I posted this today - I hate to see a month go by with no blog post! Probably one more at the beginning of July I've got an idea for an interesting subject to write about, and then one when I get back from my trip to the Alps.
Anyway, I didn't want this to go on too long so I'm leaving it here. If you're looking for something good to read, my good friend Jin has just returned from Nigeria where he's been building things out of Bamboo for the poverty-stricken children and families in the Niger Delta, such as climbing frames and canoes. It makes you think just how lucky we are. Thanks to people like Jin who do their bit to make a huge difference to the people in need who dream of the things we take for granted - and here we are worrying too much about money and other essentials in our culture. Here's Jin's blog post: jinetics.blogspot.com/2009/07/niger-delta-june-2009.html
Oh and I told myself to thank Joe for introducing me to FutureMe.org - thanks Joe! See you when you get back from Japan!
Labels: Internet
Posted by Ben Nuttall at 22:00 
