Letter Collections - Moments People Wrote to the Future
The summer after the big exam, the small hours after a baby is born, the last countdown of the year... some moments just make you want to say something to the future. Here you'll find real letters, sorted by occasion, that writers chose to make public. Maybe they'll help you find your own first line.
Write a Letter to Your Future Self
Want to write a letter to your future self but don't know where to start? Read real letters people sent one, five, even ten years ahead — then write your own. Free to send, delivered right on time.
5529 public letters
After the Gaokao: Write to Yourself, One Year On
Every June, students facing China's gaokao write down this exact moment — and send it to the self who'll be holding an admission letter, or finishing freshman year. Read their letters, then leave your own.
999 public letters
The Grad-School Exam Year: Write to the You Who Made It Through
Preparing for China's grad-school entrance exam is a lonely road. Read letters people wrote to their post-results selves — then put your own long year into words and send it ahead.
421 public letters
Before Graduation: Write to Yourself a Few Years Out
After the cap-and-gown photos and the farewell dinner, many graduates write one last letter — to themselves a few years on, or to a roommate. Read theirs, and leave yours before you turn in the keys.
296 public letters
A Letter to Your Child, Delivered the Day They're Grown
The day they're born, their first birthday, their first day of school — parents write letters here for the grown-up their child will become, delivered at eighteen or beyond. Read theirs, and leave one for yours.
77 public letters
A Letter to the One You Love, Sent to Your Future
In the thick of new love, mid long-distance, the night before a proposal — people write to their partners here, for delivery on an anniversary, a wedding day, or ten years out. Read theirs, then write yours.
1736 public letters
A Letter to Your Parents, With the Words You Can't Say Out Loud
Some things are hard to say to your parents' faces. People write them here instead — delivered on a birthday, a retirement day, or the next family reunion. Read these letters, then send yours home.
29 public letters
A Letter to a Friend, to Open Together Years From Now
Graduation goodbyes, a friend moving away, years of friendship — people write letters here and make a pact to open them together someday. Read these letters to friendship, then send one to yours.
292 public letters
On Your Birthday, Write to Next Year's You
More and more people end their birthday the same way: blow out the candles, then write a letter to next year's self — wishes, worries and all — delivered exactly one birthday later. Start yours here.
632 public letters
On New Year's Eve, Write to Next Year's You
Every December 31st, people close out the year here: the wins and losses, the resolutions — sealed in a letter that arrives exactly one New Year's Eve later. Come read this year's letters.
188 public letters
On Your Anniversary, Write to the Next One
First anniversaries, tenth wedding anniversaries, the day a child was born — people capture the moment here and send it to next year's anniversary. Read their letters, then write one for yours.
352 public letters
When It Hurts, Write to the You Who Made It Through
Heartbreak, a lost job, losing someone you love — people come here on their hardest days and write to the self who'll have come through it. These letters are proof: even this will pass.
733 public letters