If you haven’t already, check out futureme.org. It’s a free website service that lets you send emails to yourself – up to 30 years in the future.
Tonight I wrote an email of the 25 things I want to do by the time I turn 25, then I sent it off. I’ll get an email from “PastMe” a little more than 2 years from now.
Anyhow, I realized that only 2 out of the 25 things are directly related to money: I wrote that I wanted to have a certain net worth and a certain salary by the time I’m 25. Everything else were experiences I wanted to have, not things I wanted to buy.
Some of the items on my list: adopt a dog, go see a show in Las Vegas, take Chinese classes, practice tai chi, throw a dinner party, visit Hawaii…
So while all of those things requires money, none of them are so outlandish that they can’t be done with careful planning and a dash of luck.
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Wow! That sounds like a pretty long list!
Dinner parties are great. I still feel a little like I’m playing at being a grown up when I have them, though.
I’ve always wanted to learn Japanese, but I’m gonna start with Spanish first
While I’m not too convinced of the whole emailing in the future thing, writing down a complete list of things “to be done” by age x sounds like just the right thing to do… Will get on it straight away 
Kristin Kreuk of Smallville fame writes herself letters to her future self! She stores them in a box and opens them on that particular day to see if she’s changed.
I love that idea of futureme – it’d be interesting to see how many I accomplish.
I love that website/idea! I just wrote a motivational/inspirational letter to myself that will arrive on my birthday (which is very soon). At which point I’ll write another one that’s more goal oriented to arrive on the following birthday. Who knows? Maybe I’ll do it every year!