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Come Inside... => The Snug => Topic started by: Nick on March 07, 2008, 09:35:10 AM
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Some years ago I used to run a lot of residential traning courses.People would come, spend three days making notes and doing various things and then go back to "work". For a while it was impossible to know whether they actually did anything differently as a result of the course. So a colleague and I used to get them to write a letter to themselves, outlining three things they would do differently in the next three months. We would gather these in and then post them to the delegates three months later. You get the idea.
FOr some reason, perhaps it was the Ken Dodd trip, perhaps it is because he is currently obsessed with a film called Flight of the Navigator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Navigator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Navigator)), I got the Boy to write himself a letter last night. It described his day, his trip to the theatre, his plans for the coming weekend, what he had for tea and so on.
We then sealed it up (with wax!) and addressed it to himself, marking it not to be opened until July 1st 2016 (his 18th birthday). On that day he will receive a letter from his childhood self. eeek:
Have I gone mad or is this a nice thing to do?
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Some years ago I used to run a lot of residential traning courses.People would come, spend three days making notes and doing various things and then go back to "work". For a while it was impossible to know whether they actually did anything differently as a result of the course. So a colleague and I used to get them to write a letter to themselves, outlining three things they would do differently in the next three months. We would gather these in and then post them to the delegates three months later. You get the idea.
FOr some reason, perhaps it was the Ken Dodd trip, perhaps it is because he is currently obsessed with a film called Flight of the Navigator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Navigator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Navigator)), I got the Boy to write himself a letter last night. It described his day, his trip to the theatre, his plans for the coming weekend, what he had for tea and so on.
We then sealed it up (with wax!) and addressed it to himself, marking it not to be opened until July 1st 2016 (his 18th birthday). On that day he will receive a letter from his childhood self. eeek:
Have I gone mad or is this a nice thing to do?
Depends what he wrote... whistle:
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All positive stuff!
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All positive stuff!
No problemo then - a lovely idea...
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I've done it. Not so much a day in the life of but an expectation of where I would be in ten years time. I opened one on my 26th, I have another for my 30th and one for my 35th. The one from myself at 16 was depressing! I don't think the other two are though.
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Not sure how to respond to that. I wouldn't want to make a habit of this. Getting a letter from yourself as a THW might be too embarrassing!
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Oh it was! Believe me it was! Now it's quite amusing. However, my expectations of what I would be like are completely off! I think by 20 I had more of a clue. lol:
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Good idea .....
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Have I gone mad or is this a nice thing to do?
The answer is yes to both Nick... whistle:
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Actually that gives me an idea ........... I could bury all of the THW's tat in the garden and tell her it is a time capsule to be opened when she leaves home. whistle:
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Happy to be of service.!
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Actually that gives me an idea ........... I could bury all of the THW's tat in the garden and tell her it is a time capsule to be opened when she leaves home. whistle:
I had a time capsule too. redface:
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See also Blue Peter...
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See also Blue Peter...
'cactly .... as I recall when Blue Peter opened their Time Capsule the contents looked as if it had been at the bottom of a council tip for years. Landfill ..... that's the answer.
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Actually that gives me an idea ........... I could bury all of the THW's tat in the garden and tell her it is a time capsule to be opened when she leaves home. whistle:
I had a time capsule too. redface:
Was it a true time capsule or were you told to throw out some tat? rubschin:
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A proper one. My Dad helped my brother and I make them when we first moved into our house. We dug them up the day before we left home for Uni.
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A proper one. My Dad helped my brother and I make them when we first moved into our house. We dug them up the day before we left home for Uni.
Your dad and your brother? scared2:
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eeek:
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A proper one. My Dad helped my brother and I make them when we first moved into our house. We dug them up the day before we left home for Uni.
Your dad and your brother? scared2:
It was a big patio..... eeek: