..When I'm sixty-four

A friend of mine from college is an a-maz-ing writer and has a first-rate blog. I was recently inspired by her idea to write a letter to herself that she'll open in 5 years.

If you've ever found an old wallet from high school or maybe a letter you never opened, you know that feeling of re-finding something from the past. When I was a kid, I once found an arrowhead in a field by my house, and was thrilled to find something no one had discovered in who-knows-how-long. I love an unexpected find, and have always wanted to bury or dig up a time capsule. And, truth be told, I'm also secretly fascinated by all the old men who roam the beach with metal detectors.

So naturally, when I saw Leah's post about writing a letter to your future self and receiving it in 5 years, I was into it. I wrote out my hopes and goals for my 29-almost-30 year-old self, sealed and self-addressed it to Rachel Katz-Gyllenhaal, and mailed it off to Leah in San Francisco.

It's nice to know I've got a hand-written letter coming to me in 2015 - hopefully email won't have completely taken over by then. Above all, I can't wait to see if what's important to me today still stands in 5 years. Hope you're inspired to do the same. Thanks Leah!