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Wouldn’t you like to be able to talk to yourself in 20 years? Or maybe talk to yourself 20 years ago? Well this man has done just that… kind of… After creating a video of himself, at age 12, asking his future self some questions, he hides the tape away for 20 years. At age 32 he re-opens the cassette and addresses all his 12 year old self’s questions. The result is both entertaining and nostalgic. Check it out!

This article appears in Jan 17-23, 2013.

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A Conversation with 12 Year Old Self

by Sean Switzer, The Source - Bend, Oregon
January 23, 2013

<h1>A Conversation with 12 Year Old Self</h1> <p class="byline">by Sean Switzer, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />January 23, 2013</p> <p>Wouldn't you like to be able to talk to yourself in 20 years? Or maybe talk to yourself 20 years ago? Well this man has done just that... kind of... After creating a video of himself, at age 12, asking his future self some questions, he hides the tape away for 20 years. At age 32 he re-opens the cassette and addresses all his 12 year old self's questions. The result is both entertaining and nostalgic. Check it out!</p> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> http://www.youtube.com/embed/XFGAQrEUaeU </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/a-conversation-with-12-year-old-self-2211226/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=16335&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/a-conversation-with-12-year-old-self-2211226/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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