Everything you need to know

DearTomorrowMe is a place to record a video message to your future self — or write one, if that feels more like you. Record or write it today. Seal it. Pick a date — 6 months, 1 year, 5 years from now. On that day and only that day, it arrives in your inbox.

It is not a journal. It is not a social network. It is not therapy. It is a private message between who you are right now and who you will become.

We built it for people with something worth saying to their future self — whether they are chasing something, working through something, or simply want to remember exactly who they were at this moment in their life.

DearTomorrowMe is for anyone with something to say to their future self.

People working through something hard. People chasing a goal they are not sure they will reach. People who want to hold themselves accountable. People who want to remember exactly who they were at a specific moment in their life — before everything changed.

You do not need to be in crisis to use it. You just need something worth saying.

You can record a video of up to 10 minutes — sometimes seeing your own face and hearing your own voice says more than words on their own can.

Prefer to write instead, or do both? That works too. You are asked for a title, your message, and optionally a short note — a reason, a hope, something you want future you to remember.

Record or write as much or as little as you need. There is no word limit or required format. Nobody else will see or read it.

After you confirm your message, it is sealed. You cannot open it, edit it, watch it back, or read it until the delivery date arrives.

This is intentional. Your message was recorded or written in a specific moment — raw, honest, exactly as you felt. If you could go back and change it, you would clean it up. You would make it neater. The whole point is that future you gets to meet the person who was here, right now, in this exact moment.

On your messages page, sealed messages show a lock icon. The contents are hidden. On the delivery date, the lock lifts and future you can watch or read it.

When you record or write a message, you can optionally provide a backup email address. This is a second inbox where a copy will be sent on the delivery date.

It exists in case your primary email address changes, gets deactivated, or becomes unreachable between now and the delivery date. If you are sending a message 5 years into the future, a lot can change.

The backup email receives the same message at the same time. You might use a personal email as primary and a long-standing Gmail account as backup.

The next of kin email is a person you trust — a friend, a sibling, a parent — who receives a copy of your message if you are not around to see it yourself.

Unlike the backup email, this is not about missed deliveries. It is about making sure the message reaches someone, no matter what. It is the feature nobody else has.

You do not have to tell them. Many people do not. It is a quiet safeguard — something that exists in case the message matters more than you expected.

Note: DearTomorrowMe is not a legal document service. The next of kin email is a personal safeguard, not a legally binding instrument.

You can record a video up to 10 minutes long and up to 200MB. It is stored securely and attached to your delivery email as a private link.

Like a written message, the video is sealed and inaccessible until the delivery date. You cannot watch it back after submitting it.

Recording a video is optional, but many people find it more powerful than writing. Future you gets to see your face, hear your voice, and meet the person who was here — and who kept going.

After you record or write your message and click the confirmation link in your email, it is scheduled. On the exact date you chose, it is sent to your inbox (and your backup and next of kin inbox if you provided them).

The message arrives as an email. It contains everything you wrote or a link to the video you recorded — the title, your message or your video, and your note to yourself if you left one.

If for any reason the delivery fails due to a failure on our end or our third-party providers, you are entitled to a full refund. See our Refund Policy.