Dear Future — Letters and voice messages to the future

Dear Future

est. 2026 · a slow message service

Write or record a message for the future. Arriving by post or as a telephone call.

LETTERto the future

write it down · we print it · the post delivers it

start writing

CALLthe future

record your voice · we call their phone · on the day

start recording

the idea

Letters take a long time
on purpose.

You write, or speak.

Write a letter we print and post, or record a voice note we deliver as a real phone call. Whatever feels most like you.

avg. 9 minutes

ii.

We seal it.

Kept safe and dated the moment you're done. No one reads it before the day it's meant for.

kept private, end to end

iii.

The future unseals it.

On the day you chose, it arrives as a real printed letter in the post, or as an actual phone call to their phone, ready to unseal.

your choice of arrival

want to know more?

the questions we'll ask you

Three simple steps
to send a message to the future.

Answer these three questions, then write a letter or record a voice message for the future.

When should it arrive

Pick a moment. We'll hold it until then.

Who will receive it

Future you, someone you love, or anyone this is really for.

What is the reason for your message

Pick why you're writing. Everything else follows from here.

your letter, so far…

A letter for __, arriving in __, addressed to __.

the vault

Not sure what to say?
Borrow ours.

Real example letters, in every language we write in, picked at random. Steal a line, or see how it's done.

A Letter to my future self

I have no idea where you are while reading this. Maybe you are sitting at a kitchen table in a home that actually feels like yours. Maybe you are stil…

Love, You, from before everything changed

English

Open on your 18th birthday

So, you are eighteen now. That is actually really weird because eighteen sounds very old to me right now. I am thirteen while writing this. I am sitti…

From, Your thirteen-year-old self

English

For our first wedding anniversary

If everything went to plan, it has been one year since we got married. That is strange to think about because, as I am writing this, the wedding has o…

Still newly married, Me

English

open the whole vault

writing & speaking guides

Not sure where to begin?
Answer a few questions.

A few quick questions, then help that actually fits: an opening line, a question to answer, or a place to simply start typing.

start the interactive guide

takes about a minute · no sign-up

Right now, my life looks like…

What is something small about today that you might otherwise forget?

What do you hope life looks like when this message arrives?

dear future, in person

Some of it happens
off the page.

the letter table

the typewriter

the voicenote phone

event

a few times a year

Not everything happens online

From time to time the Dear Future team packs up and heads out, offering people the chance to write a Letter or speak their message into one of our vintage phones. Follow our Instagram to see where we'll be next.

what it's all for

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