tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post6412615494300242972..comments2023-04-21T03:00:43.464+11:00Comments on four hundred years ago, a baby went to sleep: Letters to myselfAnna Ryan-Punchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13741886679896612577noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post-38470769409462983532010-06-11T21:23:39.695+11:002010-06-11T21:23:39.695+11:00That sounds like an excellent idea Mon - even say ...That sounds like an excellent idea Mon - even say 3 entries from somewhere in 1989, 1999 and 2009. I'd love to compare.<br /><br />Would you be up for a blog entry about it? Names changed to protect the innocent, of course :)Anna Ryan-Punchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741886679896612577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post-64986353324134383272010-06-11T20:47:02.836+11:002010-06-11T20:47:02.836+11:00I wrote the first letter around the time of my Yea...I wrote the first letter around the time of my Year 12 camp, where we were doing a lot of talking about the future. I got the idea then. Sounds like I should get myself a copy of Emily of New Moon!<br /><br />I had an idea today about our diaries. I wonder if there is anything in common between them - whether there are times when we were both going through similar issues at similar times? It would be a curious experiment to pick a date randomly from the last 20 years, and both of us produce the closest diary entry to that date, and see :)<br /><br />It would be easier if they were all digitised for computerised qualitative analysis. That would be a big task though!tronicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12089063048095108001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post-18229625046821749922010-06-11T09:29:40.797+11:002010-06-11T09:29:40.797+11:00Ha, cool, someone else! What gave you the idea? I&...Ha, cool, someone else! What gave you the idea? I'm guessing as it was 1996, it probably wasn't Emily of New Moon :)Anna Ryan-Punchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741886679896612577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post-87491270989009362992010-06-10T21:16:17.986+11:002010-06-10T21:16:17.986+11:00Hey Anna... I really enjoyed reading your post. Th...Hey Anna... I really enjoyed reading your post. The spooky thing about it is that I've not met anyone else with such a similar story. <br /><br />I also have about 15 diaries, the first from 1989. I also wrote to my future self: I wrote in 1996 to my 2001 self, then 2001 to 2006, and I have one to open in 2011. :)tronicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12089063048095108001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post-73023763056357699602010-06-10T13:20:35.573+11:002010-06-10T13:20:35.573+11:00Yeah, there's a whole book of older-self-to-yo...Yeah, there's a whole book of older-self-to-younger-self letters called "Dear Me" - I can't find many people who write to their older self, for some reason. Perhaps it's more embarrassing!Anna Ryan-Punchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741886679896612577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post-8553716741710279342010-06-10T13:17:00.532+11:002010-06-10T13:17:00.532+11:00These letters are excellent. Have you read 16 year...These letters are excellent. Have you read 16 year old Stephen Fry's letter to his older self?<br /><br />I'm very glad I didn't do something similar, though. I've read my old teenage diaries, and they're very miserable and depressed. A letter from my present self to my past self would have been far more useful.<br /><br />(Huh. Google shows that's exactly what Fry has done: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/30/stephen-fry-letter-gay-rights)David Witteveenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15898708816697518639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post-9168343096068701652010-06-09T05:51:41.803+11:002010-06-09T05:51:41.803+11:00This is so wonderful! I really like the idea and m...This is so wonderful! I really like the idea and may just do it for myself. How sweet ... I love the fact that it's fun and embarrassing and sweet all at the same time. <br /><br />:)SouthernFriedFeminismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14818182734528103681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post-53585334051795618712010-01-30T09:43:28.229+11:002010-01-30T09:43:28.229+11:00Thanks - nice to have a new reader :)Thanks - nice to have a new reader :)Anna Ryan-Punchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741886679896612577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post-33446046769336630562010-01-30T05:00:35.682+11:002010-01-30T05:00:35.682+11:00These are beautiful letters, my mother e-mailed me...These are beautiful letters, my mother e-mailed me the link to your blog, she was quite inspired by it.Keziah Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11410841499166373093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post-47372926296721302932009-09-24T22:26:08.908+11:002009-09-24T22:26:08.908+11:00Oh gorgeous!
There's a website called future...Oh gorgeous! <br /><br />There's a website called futureme, where you can write an email to your future self and it drops in your inbox. I love the typewriter reference in the first one.Penni Russonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956453252195293843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post-993695107153166932009-09-21T11:39:41.949+11:002009-09-21T11:39:41.949+11:00Feels like six Lukas!Feels like six Lukas!Anna Ryan-Punchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741886679896612577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post-60271085790975085822009-09-21T10:52:38.074+11:002009-09-21T10:52:38.074+11:00Seems like six years IS a long time. You have had ...Seems like six years IS a long time. You have had Luka since then!Lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post-5082858129798188252009-09-21T09:36:49.834+11:002009-09-21T09:36:49.834+11:00If only I could keep it up at all times! But the l...If only I could keep it up at all times! But the letters are a reminder to be nice to me...Anna Ryan-Punchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741886679896612577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post-21856223400169881982009-09-21T00:56:51.481+11:002009-09-21T00:56:51.481+11:00I admire the esteem in which you hold yourself. If...I admire the esteem in which you hold yourself. If only everyone was as supporting and loving to themselves. Wouldn't be surprised if you get asked to write a self-help book for yoof!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14223940646724703008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post-73833073572727782772009-09-20T23:23:03.928+11:002009-09-20T23:23:03.928+11:00Oh, you should! I'll dig out your first one to...Oh, you should! I'll dig out your first one to me too.Anna Ryan-Punchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741886679896612577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post-40508139250787124812009-09-20T23:19:03.032+11:002009-09-20T23:19:03.032+11:00I love, in particular, the first letter. I miss my...I love, in particular, the first letter. I miss my old, simple self but I'm also proud of who I am now. Maybe I'll bring the first letter you ever wrote me when I visit you next?Rita (mademoiselle délicieuse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12353807765589132835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post-82023086835182347732009-09-20T21:28:32.173+11:002009-09-20T21:28:32.173+11:00Yep, I can't argue with my own instructions!Yep, I can't argue with my own instructions!Anna Ryan-Punchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741886679896612577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259641832046374224.post-26955063045671131032009-09-20T21:26:11.752+11:002009-09-20T21:26:11.752+11:00anna - i love your letters - be dramatic and roman...anna - i love your letters - be dramatic and romantic!simmonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410070490992751751noreply@blogger.com