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Dear FutureMe, I am writing this letter at the age of sixteen. I've set this to arrive in the year 2015 - that would make you (me) 23, probably in university. You (I) could be studying English or animation or possibly something else... who knows! Am I still playing music then? Am I still with L? This is the time when I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do with my life. I'm only sixteen but everyone expects me to know already. What do I want to do for a living, right now? Be a stand-up comedian. You'd know all about that - maybe by 2015 I've already started. But am I any good? That's the thing - I don't think I will be. I don't think I have what it takes. But it's the only thing important to me... if I didn't make it in comedy, I don't know what I'd do. It just doesn't sound like living if I was handed any other career. I'd rather be broke doing stand-up than a hot-shot doctor or something, with all the material possessions I'd ever want. But the teachers at Colyton Grammar School probably wouldn't understand that. It's so stressful imagining you have only one chance at the life you've always wanted, and if you blow it - that's it. Your life is useless. If I don't make it as a comic, then that's it for me. Nothing else matters. Oh, and are you still with L? The girl you fell in love with at school and never wanted to live without...? God, she is amazing. And she deserves so much, the best she can get. It's horrible thinking that she'll never experience it (you know what I'm talking about, and probably are the only one who will, other than her), but that just makes me want to devote my life to her even more than ever. If you're not with her now - call her. NOW. Tell her you love her. If you are with her... then tell her you love her anyway! If you don't love her... then you're lying to yourself. Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, maybe this will remind you of stupid childhood dreams - first love, first ambition, that passion for the life you know in your heart will be near impossible to break through into, and in the end may be just a fantasy. Maybe this will do more than remind you. Maybe, after reminding you, it'll give you the drive to go forth and live it - live the dream you may have forgotten. This email can be your own little time capsule, full of nostalgia and memories and inspiration. Hoping all your dreams come true, O