“Future Post Office” by the Shenzhen Library - Write to yourself in ten years’ time

Abstract

The “Future Post Office” program, jointly initiated by the Shenzhen Library and secondary schools, focuses on the mental health and career planning of the teenagers. By asking secondary school graduates to write a “letter” to themselves in ten years’ time, the program aims to help them navigate, motivate and make plans for themselves at their critical stage of life for a better future. With resource development and publicity campaigns undertaken by the Shenzhen Library, it allows students to keep their letters in the “Dream Mailbox” of the library’s automated storage and retrieval system and retrieve them after ten years with the mailbox number. Since its launch in 2024, the program has attracted the participation of over 6,000 teenagers.