I just got back my “Letter to Your Future Self”

The author being very much in the present

Last year, my annual end-of-year retreat was a 3-day dance meditation held over Zoom. At the time, I was still mostly okay with the isolation, just starting to touch the edges of despair and loneliness. I was astonished at how connected I felt with the tiny screen people over those three days.

In the way of many such retreats, the organizers asked us all to write a letter to…