Writing a Love Letter to Your Future Self
- Kirsten Bonanza

- Apr 20
- 4 min read

How to Create Your Life from Possibility Instead of the Past
What if your future isn’t something that happens to you…but something you are actively creating with every choice you make?
So many people try to change their lives by fixing what has already happened. They analyze the past, look for answers in old patterns, and attempt to “figure out” how to create something different.
But what if the key to creating your future isn’t in your past at all?
What if it’s in your willingness to choose, receive, and create from possibility?
This is where the tools of Access Consciousness invite a totally different perspective — one where your life is not defined by what has been, but created by what you are willing to choose.
And one of the most powerful ways to access that?
Why Do We Stay Stuck in the Same Patterns?
Most people function from what Access calls points of view — fixed ideas, beliefs, and conclusions about who they are, what is possible, and what they can create.
These points of view often come from:
• Past experiences
• Other people’s expectations
• Cultural conditioning around success, body, money, and relationships
• Judgments about yourself and your life
Without realizing it, we begin recreating the same reality over and over again.
You may find yourself asking:
Why do I keep ending up in the same situations?
Why is it so hard to change my life?
Why can’t I seem to create what I truly desire?
From an Access Consciousness perspective, the question isn’t why.
Question is one of the routes to more awareness. Like:
What are you choosing that is creating this?
And even more importantly…
What else is possible that you haven’t considered?
What Does It Mean to Write a Love Letter to Your Future Self?
Writing a love letter to your future self is not about setting goals, making plans, or trying to control outcomes.
It’s about connecting with the energy of the future you would truly like to create and then taking actions that are energetically congruent with that future.
Even something as silly as going for ice cream in the middle of the day
In the approach used in Access Consciousness, the process of creating your life becomes an energetic invitation rather than a mental exercise or list of things to do.
Instead of asking:
How do I get there?
What steps should I follow?
You begin asking:
If my future was already greater than I imagined, what would it be like?
What energy, space, and consciousness can I be to create that?
What choices would create more for me and my life?
From that space, you write your life story.
Not from doubt.
Not from limitation.
But from possibility.
The Power of Choosing from the Future
Here’s something that shifts everything:
Your future is not a fixed destination. It is created by the choices you make right now.
When you begin to truly create the future you know is possible, you are:
• Acknowledging that something greater is possible
• Opening a space to receive awareness
• Letting go of the need to control the outcome
• Allowing new possibilities to show up
And something even more dynamic can occur…
You can begin to receive from your future self.
What If Your Future Self Could Guide You?
What if this future version of you who has already created more:
• Has awareness you don’t currently acknowledge and that you can access now?
• Knows which choices created greater outcomes?
• Isn’t functioning from the same limitations you are now?
When you allow yourself to write from that space, you may begin to receive:
• Insights you hadn’t considered
• A sense of ease about your future
• Clarity about what truly creates for you
• A deeper trust in yourself
Not because you figured it out…
But because you allowed awareness to show up.
Moving from Self-Doubt to Creation
One of the biggest things that keeps people stuck is self-judgment.
“I’m not doing enough.”“I should have this figured out by now.”“I’ve already messed things up.”
These judgments lock you into the past and limit what you can create.
The tools of Access Consciousness offer a different possibility:
What if nothing you’ve chosen is wrong?
What if every choice — even the ones you’ve judged — has been creating awareness?
And what if you could choose again?
When you write a love letter to your future self from this space, something shifts.
Instead of trying to fix yourself…
You begin to create yourself.
A Simple Practice to Begin
If you’d like to explore this for yourself, here’s a simple starting point:
Take a few moments, get present, and ask:
If my life could turn out greater than I imagined… what would it be like?
Then begin writing a letter to your future self.
Not from pressure.
Not from perfection.
Just from curiosity.
You might be surprised at what shows up.
An Invitation to Go Deeper
If this speaks to you, the class Writing a Love Letter to Your Future Self (Two-Part Series) takes this exploration even further.
You’ll be guided through:
• Viewing your future from a place of possibility
• Receiving awareness from the future you are choosing
• Letting go of limitations that keep you stuck
• Using powerful Access Consciousness questions to open new doors
This isn’t about creating a perfect future.
It’s about discovering that you are the source of what you create.
Final Question
If the future version of you could thank you for one choice you make today…
What would that choice be?
And what could your life become if you were willing to choose it now?


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