Letters to My Future Self

One of my favoriteassignmentsI was given in elementary school was to write letters to our”future selves”, a few years in advance. The principal kept the notes and distributed themwhen we got to the designated grade. We wrote down what was important to us then, what we thought we wouldbe doing when we opened the letter, our fears, hopes, etc.

I really enjoyed the exercise and I found myself thinking about it again last weekend at Oprah’s Life You Want Tour. Her famous saying”you become what you...