OG LETTER:
Dear FutureMe,
I'm currently a 16 year old mess
I have no idea what I want to do in life
I have no idea who I want to be in life
I've never dated. I've never had my first kiss. I've never had a job. I feel like I've never done anything.
How have I lived 16 years on this planet and done nothing.
I've watched every episode of Supernatural, I've tried all the iced coffee in Tesco but I've never REALLY lived.
I want to live not just exist.
I feel so lacking in everything.
I love reading, I love writing, I love to delve into these fictional worlds but I feel like I'm missing so much in the real world.
I hope you, future me, are living and feeling better than me.
I love you no matter what.
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Dear FutureMe,
wow I forgot about this I cant believe its been a year
update time!!
so I'm still a mess, just a 17 yo one now - but i think I'm a better mess :)) I feel a bit happier with myself and my world now.
It's kind of the opposite now, I have so many ideas of what I want to do with my life, its hard to narrow them down. I'm doing a gap year next year, I can't wait. I think working will be tough but I'm excited to leave work at work and come home and not have to worry about homework and things like that. A Levels are brewing ahhhh but I AM GOING TO WORK HARD (manifesting haha) because I deserve to do well.
Still never dated. Still never been kissed. I am scared I'm missing out. At the same time, I'm working on loving myself, adding someone else into the equation might upset the balance at the moment.
Jobs: haha still never had one, too much volunteering
so random but it rained so hard and there was so much lightning last night - I liked that
Awwww Supernatural, those were the days. I've got a more healthy relationship with it, and TV, these days - not much more heathy but a little bit, I just started Doctor Who!!!
Iced coffee is still my drug of choice, I'm sure it will be in 5 years as well.
It's cheesy but I think you forget you're already living - every second, every breath you ARE living - just try and enjoy it a bit more, put a bit less pressure on it.
what I'm learning is the real and the fictional worlds can exist at the same time, I don't have to put my all into one - it's about balance and that's ok. Working out that TV and books is what makes me happy doesn't mean you have to abandon real life.
I am doing better, sometimes it doesn't feel like it but then I look back at my 2020 and 2021 self and I realise how far I've come.
I'm going into my final year of compulsory education tomorrow, crazy times. and then the fun/work begins :)))
I still love you, you idiot, love yourself a bit more <3
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New Questions (5/9/22)
how was the gap year???? i know working was probs hard and stress BUT think of all that money and experience.
did you book/go on that dream trip to crema? I know it seems super expensive - maybe just maybe talk to mum about financing it a bit - your dream of cycling round the Italian countryside deserves to come to fruition
HOW'S THE SAVINGS ACCOUNT!!! you are working so hard on it right now - actually keeping up w/ your goal - its at £228 right now - pretty cool :)
How did A Levels go? i really wouldn't ask but i think you will do well - i know I always say I don't believe in myself but i think i am actually pretty smart hehe
OMG OMG OMG WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO UNI!!!! HOW WAS THIS NOT MY FIRST QUESTION? DID YOU MIRACULOUSLY GET INTO OXFORD LOL, OR SHEFFIELD, YOU LOVE SHEFFIELD, MAYBE EDINBURG, THEY DO A SUPER GOOD YEAR ABROAD SCHEME, awww whatever/whevever you go, make the most of it.
love life... do i dare ask... finally get that first kiss yet??? if not that's ok, we're working on it :)))
what tv are you watching right now? so many shows so little time lol. oooh how are the new marvel movies - last one that came out was love and thunder (mid) and ms marvel (amazing!!!)
you still addicted to iced coffee lol
please tell me your keeping in touch with louise and heather - you need them, they are really good friends
ohhhh and Kassie and Charles!!! please tell me you kept in touch! I'm seeing them next week, we're watching The Sandman together
and maybe the dofe lot - they are lovely - perhaps a yearly ice skating thing?
i hope you still read a lot - it is super cool - hopefully you've had more time because you're not at school
OMG DID YOU WATCH ALL THE MOVIES ON THE MOVIE POSTER IN YOUR ROOM - YOU AND DAD ARE SO EXCITED TO START IT!
did you get that funky samsung flip phone?
is covid totally gone by then? its not really a thing anymore but it still feels weird to think about. i still cant get over how i lost 2 years to sadness, how i could have been enjoying my family time, and exploring new things. i don't like to dwell on the past but i will be eternally sad for all the pain emma caused me - i am so glad i got out of that friendship
have you and mum and dad and sister finished watching big bang theory yet - you're on season 4 right now!
YOU BETTER STILL DO FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT! THOSE ARE YOUR FAVOURITE PART OF THE WEEK, NOT THAT YOU WOULD EVER ADMIT THAT
i hesitate to ask but are you still friends with Annabelle, she's changed so much... it's just more awkward now... i don't think we'll ever be proper freidns again, that makes me sad
ollie... just no.
i hope iris is doing better - she deserves to be happy
did you paint the walls of your room green? that was the dream!
how hard was winter 2022 financially? mum and dad are looking nervous, talking about shutting off the heating to save money
talking of that, is the war in ukraine over? is russia giving us gas again?
i hope you're enjoying life just a bit more, baby steps, think of how far you have come since 2020
i love you idiot :))))))
Epilogue
1 day later2024 RESPONSE:
BRO so much has changed this is wild, like genuinly crazy.
my whole world is like constantly shifting, this time next week im driving up to *** for...
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