Writing Exercise: Write a letter to your younger self.

 In this exercise, you are writing to yourself at a younger age. It can be your childhood self or yourself just a few years back. You can offer advice, compassion, explanation, forgiveness, or praise. Or you can simply recount an experience you had and how it impacted you as your adult self now. Try to see this younger self as a real and separate person when you write the letter. This exercise helps you think about your reader as a real person. Again, try not to overthink this exercise. Spend a few minutes deciding the core message of the letter, and then just start writing without filters.