What will you say to your future you? colleague? friend? family? partner? The idea of FutureMe is to write that email to your future you (or another person). Schools have used it in many ways - defining a better future for the world using today's ideals and visions; writing poignant life stories to oneself; letters you'd find in a time capsule; providing insights to one's thinking now and see if one's future decisions have been affected by this one course of action....
Sifting through the public emails, one would read about love, life, health, career, and milestones as the user determines which date the email will be sent back to that person. I saw this posting that was particularly touching ~ a letter from a student to a teacher after an erring act in class. For those teachers, like myself, who have been in the business for a long time (2 decades for me), sometimes you'd want to see whatever happened to those students who have hurt you or taunt you or were unkind in your classes - have they learned from their issues after all? have they become positive, creative, engaging individuals you've hoped them to be? whatever happened to them? I enjoy seeing students years after we've been in class because I find joy in knowing that somehow I hope I was part of how they've gotten to where they are. Do you feel this way too?
Looking at this website, I find myself figuring out what to write not only to myself but to my spouse, my family, and my friends years from today. I need a moment to think about that...
What will you say to your family?
