Questions worth answering twice · 7 questions

Warm-up questions

The first, lightest part of the questions from Arthur Aron's experiment. Answer the way you feel today — no one but you will read it. We'll send your answers to you as a letter to the future, and on the day it arrives you'll answer again and compare.

1Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
2Would you like to be famous? In what way?
3What would constitute a “perfect” day for you?
4If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the mind or body of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you want?
5For what in your life do you feel most grateful?
6If you could change anything about the way you were raised, what would it be?
7If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?

When should the letter reach you?

in six months in a year in 3 years in 5 years

The letter contains the questions and your answers — including blank spaces for the ones you skipped. It is never public. Like every e-wehikul letter: first you confirm your address by clicking the link in the email.

More questions

What matters Questions about values and memories: what you value in friendship, what you're proud of, what you're still waiting for. Your answers will come back to you as a letter. Start answering → No masks The deepest questions from Aron's experiment — about tears, regret and the things we don't say out loud. Only for you and for the future you. Start answering → Quiz: You in the future Pick a horizon — six months, a year, 3 or 5 years — and answer seven questions. Explorer, Builder, Creator or Guardian? We'll send you the result as a letter to the future, exactly on the chosen date. Start the quiz →

The questions come from a 1997 study by psychologist Arthur Aron and colleagues on how conversation builds closeness. We chose the ones you can answer on your own, in a letter to yourself.