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Notes on letters that outlast us.
Two kinds of writing here: how to actually make a graduation, new year, or anniversary letter land — and what we’ve learned about why so many services in this category quietly lose the letters they were trusted with.
40 Graduation Letter Prompts: For Yourself, For Your Class, For Someone Graduating
40 specific prompts to unstick you when the blank page is winning. Grouped by who you're writing to.
August 5, 2026 · 3 min read
24 Graduation Time Capsule Ideas That Aren't 'Write a Letter'
For seniors, teachers, and parents: 24 specific things to seal on graduation day, from photos and songs to whole-class capsules and things you can only capture right now.
August 5, 2026 · 4 min read
How to Make Sure Your Time Capsule Actually Arrives
The hard part of a ten-year letter isn't storing it. It's finding you a decade later, after your inbox has changed. Here's the actual mechanism.
August 5, 2026 · 5 min read
How to Write a Letter to Your Future Self at Graduation
A graduation letter to your future self is the easiest thing to intend and the easiest thing to skip. Here's how to write one that actually lands when it opens.
August 5, 2026 · 5 min read
The Time Capsule Services That Vanished (and Took the Letters With Them)
In 2000, 140,000 people mailed letters to their future selves through a magazine's email time capsule. Many of them never arrived. Here's what happened, why it happened, and what to look for so it doesn't happen to yours.
August 5, 2026 · 6 min read