Write an email to your future self

The idea behind FutureMe.org is fairly simple: You write an email to yourself, but you won't receive the message until years later. — dpa

It's one of those experiments that could astonish you several years from now. Or maybe it will just scare the hell out of you.

The idea behind FutureMe.org is fairly simple: You write an email to yourself, but you won't receive the message until years later.

Of course, you won't have to wait for decades if you don't want to. You can also send a message to yourself in a year from now, containing good intentions for the year, for example.

Buttons allow you to choose between one, three and five years, but clicking on "Choose specific date" also lets you pick any date for sending the message – up until 2068.

If you want a bigger audience, you can also go for the "Public but anonymous" option. The message will then end up on the project page as a public letter. The provider has pledged to use the email addresses for this purpose only, saying it won't pass them on.

Of course, no one knows if the operator, FutureMe Labs, and hence the service, will still exist in 10 or 20 years from now. But the chances aren't that bad: FutureMe.org has been around since 2002. — dpa