A letter from April 3rd, 2020

Dear future self, Right now the Corona Virus is going on, we’re supposed to peak in a few weeks, and I’m honestly terrified. I can’t see my friends, I can’t see my family, I can’t see anyone. I’m so lonely. I haven’t gotten off of FaceTime because I need someone to talk to. I need some social interaction. I made a video future self a while ago, but that was before any of this was going on. It’s crazy how severe things are, to the point where we’re limiting the amount of people in a store. I never thought I’d see that day, I couldn’t even imagine something so horrible. My grandparents aren’t staying inside like they’re supposed to, they want to go out and do something, so they find reasons to leave. My mom and my dad buy them groceries and check up on them everyday, but I think they’re missing the outside world too. I don’t want anything to happen to them. We also have to do online school, which is kinda scary for me. I’ve done it before and I’ve always procrastinated it. I was also starting to like school, quite a bit. Maybe if I pass this year with good grades then I’ll have that window open for me in future. The only good thing about CoronaVirus is how the World is seeming to come together, and how animals are returning home. I’m scared when we go back to work, school and outside activities that all the pollution will come back, the animals will start dying again, and everything will go back to normal. It scares me how much the environment is dying, and when you’re reading this I hope it isn't worse. My family life is doing okay, I’m hoping it's going better by the time you’re reading this, which honestly will be in college which is crazy to think about. I’m a freshman right now, so In 5 years I’ll be going into my 2nd year of college, right? I can’t believe that. 5 years isn’t that long of a time. Anyways, did you go into college for psychiatry? Do you have a better relationship with your family? How are things going? Do you still have any friends that you had in your freshman year? Do you still talk to anyone? I’ll probably have more questions and just put them in my google doc, so when you’re answering this, go check there. I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time, so this was just my chance. Write a letter for yourself for another 5 years. I’m excited to see what happens in the future.