# I just remembered the letter I wrote myself 2 years ago.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 8, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-remembered-the-letter-i-wrote-myself-2-years-ago/180530 "2003-06-08T22:26:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-remembered-the-letter-i-wrote-myself-2-years-ago/180530/1 "2003-06-08T22:26:45Z")

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Ok, so I am officially a weirdo: Two years ago I wrote myself a letter, with the description “don’t open before the 31st of may 2003”.  
I just remembered the letter and was tempted to open it. But then again, I guess it is a better test of willpower to leave it inside my drawer unopened for a while longer.  
All my friends urge me to burn the letter instead, heh.

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**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-remembered-the-letter-i-wrote-myself-2-years-ago/180530/2 "2003-06-08T22:59:18Z")

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My 12th grade English teacher had us all write letters to ourselves that she would mail us 4 years later. It’s been almost a year since I received mine. Still haven’t opened it – I remember just enough about what I wrote to know that I don’t want to read it.