How do I do it?

Back on that last post where I said "Look no further than the title of this blog." I actually meant "Look much farther than the title of this blog.” In fact, you should be looking as far as this post you are currently reading. Since you can't open a back and forth channel of communication between past and future you, your best option is to mess with yourself. How does one do this?

1. Unexplainable Codes: Write a series of numbers or letters on a piece of paper. Throw in some dashes to give it some kind of structure. Something like, 33-4n58y-65-rt-11. Once you have your fake code written out, stash it some place you rarely look, like the bottom of your sock drawer or under your mattress. The next time future you is tidying up or moving furniture he'll find your fake code and be baffled as to what it could possibly mean. An old password for a long forgotten website account? A video game cheat code? The self destruct code for a top secret Russian submarine? Future you will never know. Unless he remembers.

2. False Stories: Using http://www.futureme.org/ send an email to your future self. How you get his address is up to you. Fill the email with strange but plausible lies. Mention loving a band that you never liked. Talk about a best friend that never existed. Anything that will make future you confused as to why he doesn't remember these things.

3. Nonsense: Fill a piece of paper with incoherent rambling and hide it somewhere. "Why would I write something like this?" future you will ask himself as he reads it.

4. Whatever you want: Present you knows future you better than I do. Do whatever you think would bug him most.


When doing this remember that it's all in good fun. Only do this if you think future you can take a joke. There's no sense in Retroactively pissing yourself off.