A Digital Time Capsule for Future Generations

What to put inside

Letters to your children and grandchildren, the stories of your life, your values and wishes, favorite photographs and voice recordings.

Who it's for

For those you may not live to see grow up. A message from the past gives them something to lean on and a sense of connection to their roots.

How to preserve it

Gather everything on a memory page and keep some sections closed until the right time. That way the capsule will wait for those it's meant for.

Make the message personal

Address the recipient by name and speak about specifics: what you wish for them, what you're afraid you won't get the chance to say. A personal message — "to my granddaughter on her eighteenth birthday" — moves people far more deeply than general words. A voice recording multiplies that effect many times over.

• Letters, stories, values, voice.
• For those you may not see grow up.
• Keep some sections closed until the right time.
• Speak personally and by name.