India, Nov. 13 -- A letter to your future self can improve your mental health and make you happy, says Erin Clabough, a neuroscientist, author and professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. Here is why you should write to yourself for a better and happier future, per CNBC.

Neuroscientist Erin Clabough says writing letters to your future self gives you the chance to assess if your current values align with the life you want to live. It offers you the chance to change and grow. You get to mull over what you must do to attain the goals you set for yourself.

"The idea that in the future, you're going to come back and read that letter, I think that's equally as important as writing it down," Clabough adds. She says it is also imp...