What was life like when you were born? Would you rather go forward or backward in time? Can time travel really even be done? As they always said in the good old day, “inquiring minds want to know.” Who remembers that saying? Let’s dive into these 12 future time travel questions.

Today we are discussing reasons why it would be interesting or a good thing to go forward in time.

1. To see if you get married or not. What happens in your marriage in the future? Should you stay with the guy you are currently with if you could see into the future what happens? How would you date differently today, if you knew what would happen in the future?

2. Would you have kids if you knew what you would be going through today with your kids? Would you have more or less kids? How would you have handled your job differently if you knew it was going to start interfere with the time you have available to spend with your kids?

3. Would you have tried to get a different job or continue to go to college to be able to get your dream job if you knew what would happen to you in the future? Would you have stepped down your role at your career?

4. What about kids in your neighborhood, school, church, or other social places that you could have mentored, but chose not to? What if you could see what happens to them in the future and how would that have changed your thoughts about mentoring?

5. Just like toothpaste will not go back into that tube, once you say words, good or bad, they cannot go back into your mouth as if they were never said. So, what words would you say differently if you could see into the future? Would you purposefully teach yourself to pause and think before you speak a little more?

6. If you could see when someone close to you was going to pass away, would you spend more time with them? Would you have deeper conversations about your life and memories, rather than what the weather is going to be like for the week? Would you plan to do more bonding activities, or take more vacations together? Would you reconnect with some old friends of the past? Would you ask for forgiveness or make amends sooner if you knew what was going to happen to you or them in the future?

7. What new things will be invented in the future? Would you start doing things differently with your photos, phone, or daily work or school life if you knew there would be better technology just around the corner in the future?

8. Would you start exercising and eating healthier more if you knew what you were going to look like in the future, 10, 30, or 50 years from now? Stop something bad before it happens.

9. What will medical technology look like in the future? Would it cure your disease? If you knew there would be a cure, would you worry less?

10. You could see where you are wasting time in your life, and devote it to different things. For example, would you read a book instead of watching a TV show every night before bed? Would you go out in public more instead of sleeping away your sorrows?

11. Would you have saved more money before you bought that car you just had to have? Would you have waited a couple of years before you bought your first home, if you could see in the future that it went into foreclosure?

12. You can see if you still need a cell phone or not? What will be the latest gadgets in the future? Will you be able to have a robot as a maid in your home? I know if I had that, I could get a lot more done.

We hope you had fun reflecting on these 12 future time travel questions. It may sound like a cool idea to be able to time travel to the future, but you would miss out on the excitement of things being surprises. It is like peeking to see what your Christmas present is, before you are suppose to open it. It takes away some of the fun in life. Of course it would be nice to go forward in time, but until that invention is made in the future, we have to accept that we cannot do that. You can however write a letter to your future self, today. You can write a “Message to the Future” letter in which you talk about where you see yourself in the future. You can answer all the questions listed above in this blog. You can predict what will happen to you in the future.

Put this letter in an “Any Occasion” DIY Time Capsule that you decorate yourself. You can paint on the outside of the time capsule, write on it, draw, or put any picture you want on it. Then, 10, 20, or 50 years from now, you can read this letter and see if your predictions came true. Get your DIY Time Capsule here, and start today.

So if you had to choose, would you go back in time or forward in time? Comment below.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

– Marcie

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Have you ever written a message to your younger self? Who would have guessed 20, 50, or even 100 years ago that we would be putting people on Mars in the future to live? I certainly wouldn’t have. We will be reviewing possible flying Delorean qustions you can ask yourself or others about the future. We want to help you create thought provoking questions to answer and save in your own “Any Occasion” DIY Time Capsule.

Flying Delorean: For those of you who do now know, or did not grow up in the 80’s or 90’s. This movie is a classic. This movies will be talked about for decades. This movie is “Back to the Future.” Introducing the Flying Delorean time machine or time capsule.

Great School Project Idea – Make a Time Capsule

I remember sitting in high school many times asking the age old question, “How does this relate to what I am going to do in the future?” I am sure some of you can relate. What do you think would happen if you were asked in your History or English class, “If you could travel back in history, where would you go and why?”

You can buy an “Any Occasion” DIY Time Capsule and start answering your question today, filling out the “Message to the Future” stationary included. Put any photo of yourself on the outside of the time capsule. Decorate it on the outside of this tin, with other pictures of things that describe you, or draw and paint on the outside designing your own beautiful artwork. Inside the time capsule, save your favorite mementos and memorabilia that describes what life is like now.

So, If you could travel back in history, were would you go and why?

• Favorite vacation you had as a kid
• Favorite event you went to as a kid
• Friend’s house
• Relive a birthday party as someone’s home
• A specific mundane day you remember vividly with your family or friends
• etc.

This question can be answered as deep as someone wants to. Some people have grown up with their parents who have passed away at a young age. Some of us wonder why we are the way we are, and want to know more about our own parents and how they were raised to see the similarities. Some of us enjoy the more simple things in life, and would like to go back to a world without computers or cell phones.

Video of Message to the Future Advice

Have students fill out an essay answering this profound question. It is a Flying Delorean question. If you could go back in time, what would you tell yourself? Here is an encouraging video to watch for those who may be going to college soon. Learn from those in this video who have already written a “Message to the Future” message to their selves.

When thinking about the childhood, teenage, and past adult years, I would maybe tell myself:

• It is ok to be different.
• Connect with friends who actually have similar interests.
• Surround yourself with others who are smarter than you. Learn from the wise.
• Invest in your future, and read books that will help you move forward in life.
• Stop following social expectations all the time. Be yourself.
• Don’t wait until you get too stressed before you get help.
• Remember high-school is not for forever.
• It will get better.
• Take care of yourself.
• Live each day as if the last.
• Plug in to a great mentor program.
• Surround yourself with friends of similar faith.
• Let go of power and outsource.
• Stop fighting. Be the bigger person and accept constructive criticism. Do something about it. Don’t just sit there.
• Set your goals and break them up in smaller chunks. Reward yourself along with way.
• Give back and help others. It helps you be more thankful and grateful for things in your life.
• etc.

Now, of course you cannot change the past, however you can learn from the past. Because you cannot change your past, you can also write a “Message to the Future” letter about what you would want to read or hear about, or view what you accomplished in life by the time you are 90 years old. Basically, it is like a bucket list question. For another great blog on this subject, check out How to Make a Bucket List for Your Time Capsule.

So, what would you tell your younger self? Comment below.

Making Milestone Moments Count,

– Marcie

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