Public letters from the past

Time Travelled — almost 8 years

A letter from September 29th, 2012

Dear FutureMe, It will be your 22nd birthday in 10 days. I hope you finished college, and got married to that amazing boy of yours. He treats you right, and remember there is no one in this world that will love you better. I hope you got married and you have three beautiful babies now. Three, not less not more. I hope you have the job of your dreams, and that your parents are doing much better...

Time Travelled — over 10 years

From Christian, Circa 2010

Dear Christian, It's as if I've only been shown one side of things, and for the most part, it's always been something scary. I use to feel "good" most of the time, but I was always doing and feeling things that were unproductive. I recognize my behavior, my bad habits so to speak, and I'm choosing to take to take control of myself, rather than let myself bounce off from bad idea to bad ide...

Time Travelled — almost 9 years

Happiness

You probably think that a man/woman is your only source of true happiness. But no, your wrong (Sadly). Happiness can't be found from only a person, it can be found from your favorite book, or maybe a song you just heard on the radio. That one that brings back so many good memories that it makes you cry. Or maybe that one that you have such a strong connection with, it makes you want to explode....

Time Travelled — almost 7 years

A letter from September 22nd, 2013

Dear Future Me, Were the AP classes worth it? Were they worth the stress? The feeling of being overwhelmed? The need to be the best? The struggle to keep the GPA? Does the 4.0 really count? Will I live my life thanking myself for staying up late doing homework? Will I be glad that I had to choose between good grades, enough sleep, or a social life? Or was this all just a waste of time?

Time Travelled — almost 6 years

A letter from September 23rd, 2014

Dear FutureMe, If you're reading these I sure fucking hope you're reading it from your apartment at medical school. You're going to be a great doctor some day. And if not, something big must have happened. Medicine means so much to you and if you have forgotten about that, please turn around because there's nothing you'd rather be doing. Unless you're near death or you won a year round tri...

Time Travelled — almost 5 years

A letter from September 23rd, 2015

dear cassie in five years, i'm nineteen years old. i'm sitting at my (?!) kitchen table in my first apartment (?!) in lakeview. i'm sitting with ally drinking yogi detox tea. speaking of tea, i just got a part time job at david's tea. about three weeks ago i decided to pursue anthropology with a minor in museum studies and french instead of polysci and wgs (but i'm still on the border about th...

Time Travelled — almost 5 years

A letter from September 23rd, 2015

Dear FutureMe, I don't think I have to tell you where I am in my life right now. What I do want to say is that I hope you have found happiness in yourself. If not; I hope you have at least learned how to deal with life's issues better. Have you made it to France yet? If not, start planning your trip. Let me be the one to remind you of where you hoped to be by now. Have you successfully la...

Time Travelled — almost 2 years

A letter from September 23rd, 2018

Dear FutureMe, I guess this is my 35th birthday. Today is my 33rd birthday. It's been a hard year. Like, insanely hard. I hope this year wasn't as rough. There's an Andy Grammar song - I only know this line really - "May the best of your today's be the worst of your tomorrows" and so, I guess I hope that's true. I hope maybe I have some happiness now, some inner peace. I hope I'm still he...

Time Travelled — over 1 year

A letter from January 7th, 2019

Dear FutureMe, Last year was one of the roughest, it was stressful, chaotic, challenging, disappointing and yet one of the greatest! It was a year of clarity, about myself, life, friendships and people in general. It gave chances, many of them, to try and experience things I never knew existed! To break and fix things, it gave me the chance to be right, to be praised for the achievements...

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