How the return works
On the writing desk, open More options and choose “To your future self.” One month, six months, or twelve. The letter does not join the public sea, before or after it comes back. It waits, then shows up on your shore for you alone.
You need a Google sign-in to cast it, the same as any bottle, so the letter knows which shore to come home to. You can take it back early if you change your mind.
What to tell them
Tell them what you hope is easier. Tell them what you want them to remember about today. You can be specific (“drink water, call your sister”) or soft (“I hope the year was kinder than you feared”). Keep it to a postcard. 420 characters is the whole bottle.
If you would rather a stranger read a wish, leave the return set to “A stranger” and cast it into the sea instead.
Wishes people let the sea carry
A letter to your future self stays off this page and off the public sea. The notes below are public wishes in a nearby mood, quoted without names, for when you want company while you write.
- ⭐ Wish · from a stranger“I don't know why I love London so much,even that I had never been there. I hope I'll be there someday,because I know someone is waiting for me there,and I'll miss him and love him…”Read the whole letter
- ⭐ Wish · from a stranger“I wanted every unsent letter to become a bottle. Not so they would be answered. So they could finally leave the drawer. If you found this one, consider it delivered.”Read the whole letter
- ⭐ Wish · from a stranger“For my special person, i hope you're okay. I know you are naman. It's been 8 months and counting since we've talked and had a long conversation na tayong dalawa lang. Ang happy mo…”Read the whole letter
- ⭐ Wish · from a stranger“If you picked this up, I hope something that felt hard gets a little easier in the next seven days.”Read the whole letter
When you are ready
A bottle holds up to 420 characters, about a postcard. Leave out real names and places. Write to your future self, or pick up a letter someone else let go.