Here are a few of the types of things I write to myself
Birthday letters- I love to make bets with myself on my future and see if they come true. It's also nice, when I am in a low place in life, to think about a future where things will improve (because I am an optimist and heart and also because I have a spring birthday, and everything is perfect in the spring).
Wills- It's super morbid, and I usually try to listen to happy music when I write it because it creeps me out, but I feel like it's necessary. You never know when you are going to be eating dirt sandwiches (Stephen King's words, not mine), and I would like to be prepared so that the few things I have won't just sit around in my room collecting dust.
Letters for when I am 46- When I was 16, I was talking to my dad about his life, and he said that it would have been interesting for him to remember what he wanted his life to be like by the time he was 46. Inspiration hit, and now, every so often I write myself a letter predicting what my 46 year old self will be like.
A "must read" books list- This list is so ridiculously extensive, and it keeps getting longer. For every book I cross off, I feel as though I add five more. This is especially true since I just discovered Write Bloody, a publishing company that puts out amazing works of poetry/short fiction/etc. ( I just put like eleven of their books on hold at the library).
This blog- As much as I am writing this for an audience, I also write this for myself to a certain extent. I like looking back at the things that I write in order to see how I can improve, and how I have grown, as a blogger and as a person.
You don't even have to be a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist in order to write things to yourself. It's awesome!
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