https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2012/08/14/e-mails-to-my-past-self-5-facts-i-wish-i-could-send-back-in-time/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:15:48 -0400<![CDATA[Let me be perfectly frank: I didn&#8217;t pick this topic on my own and I never would have. My editor came up with it. He liked the idea of my writing something that dug deeper into my life. I&#8217;m not exactly sure why that is since I&#8217;m a professional writer, not a UFC grappler. I&#8217;m not even one of those haunted, drunken writers like Edgar Allan Poe who&#8217;s trying to disgorge the horror in his soul onto the printed page before it bursts out of his chest like the creature from Alien. So, there aren&#8217;t going to be any emails that say, &#8220;After you kill the hobo, bury him in the woods instead of under the pile of leaves in the front yard.&#8221;]]>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:01:16 -0400<![CDATA[John Hawkins]]>https://pjmedia.com/john-hawkins/2012/08/14/e-mails-to-my-past-self-5-facts-i-wish-i-could-send-back-in-time-n142116