Today, I came across a site called Future Me. It allows a person to write an e-mail to himself (or more like herself, if the public messages are any indication) and have it delivered at a specified date in the future. I guess that, because I don't have much in the line of good advice for myself now and can't imagine what I would say to my future self, I find this idea creepy.
I had the same eerie feeling a few days ago when I found a site that gave instructions about writing a personal mission statement. I'm not a big fan of institutional mission statements either, preferring to go with the flow, but mission statements are hot, and I thought I'd investigate how to write one.
The first step advised keeping it short--good, I like short. But trouble started as soon as I started reading the 2nd step: "Your mission statement should touch upon what you want to focus on and who you want to become as a person (character) in this part of your life."
Step #5 clinched it: "Think about how your actions, habits, behavior and character traits in this area affect the important relationships in your life."
I was out of there in a flash. I don't do introspective stuff too well--I am a guy after all-- and I have a feeling that, like an onion, if all my layers were peeled away, there wouldn't be anything there. Ooh, even that was too deep. I must stop and pull myself together.
