Future Me

Future Me is a website intended for e-mailing oneself...in the future.

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I've actually used it several times. It's pretty cool, especially if you forget about writing it!

 Basically, you log on to Future Me and write a letter to yourself. It can be about anything you want. Then you tell the website which address to send the e-mail to, and you give it a date in the future. Future Me requires you to pick a date that's more than 30 days in the future, saying that it's not a reminder service.

I've written e-mails to myself after hard days, particularly good days, or after winning a "battle," and reminded myself how much I've gone through and how tough I am. Sounds cheesy, but it's inspiring and motivating when you get the e-mail from Future Me!

I was thinking that teachers could actually use this in the classroom. Maybe all the students could sit down and write themselves an e-mail through Future Me on the first day of school. They could write about what goals they have for this classroom, what goals they have for this school year, what post-high school goals they have...etc. (I'm focusing on writing goals, but I'm sure there are other cool uses, too!)

I'd have the students set the e-mail date for sometime during the last few weeks of school. Then, maybe as a final assignment, students could read the e-mails they sent themselves on that first day (or week) or school. They could analyze the goals they set for themselves and how those goals panned out over the course of the year. They could also note any changes they see in themselves (do they spell or write better? Are they more mature?) and reflect on those changes.

Super cool. Check out Future Me and let me know how it goes!