In the small town of Creston BC, a unique writing experiment unfolds, leading to mental time travel and drawing the attention of world-renowned scientists. "The Dear Me Project" invites people of all ages to participate in a lottery-based reflective exercise, where they write letters to their past or future selves. This simple act resulted in profound and unexpected messages, showcasing the beauty and kindness that can come with self-reflection.

Each participant agreed to write a short letter to themselves (200 to 400 words) to an age that they picked out of a hat between 0 and 130 years old.

• A 17-year-old wrote lovingly to her future self that had made it to 130.

• A 33-year-old single mother is told by her 90-year-old self how she powerfully rebuilt from heartbreak.

• A 70-year-old AA member got age 0 to write to. What he told his newborn self is something that anyone who has ever struggled with addiction needs to hear.

MIT Neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart (Best-Selling Author and Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan) lends her expertise to explain the neurochemical effects of writing a Dear Me letter and how it can enhance mental well-being. Dr. James W. Pennebaker (Professor Emeritus of Psychology Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin and Founder of Pennebaker Language Lab) discusses cognitive benefits and the potential to foster emotional resilience and healing.

In an age newly dominated by AI writing tools like ChatGPT, the act of writing becomes urgent. "The Dear Me Project" invites viewers to reflect on their own lives, and encourages them to write their own “Dear Me” letter before the skill of writing is outsourced to machines entirely. It just might be the most important (and last) note to self you ever write.