Dear Future Me,

Some people seemed to flourish in lockdown. They looked inward, and built themselves up.

You tried your best to do the same, but it was hard: you draw energy from human interaction, and that was a scarce resource for the last 18 months. In fact, you often described your pandemic existence as like that of a "caged animal."

So I hope that, by the time you read this in the summer of 2024, you have been set free. I hope you have connected and grown and flourished, despite the many other things aside from a virus that could stand in a person's way.

I'm not naive. Although living without the world for more than a year was hard, I know that living with the world to come might very well be harder. But I hope -- no, I trust -- that you have found a way.

Sincerely,
You in July 2021