Public letters from the past

Time Travelled — about 2 months

A letter from February 4th, 2021

Hi! So it's been 3 months since you started to save money to aggressively pay off your credit cards and I think that you're doing great. Just remember why you're doing it: to get your life in order and be able to save for and afford more important stuff. Don't feel any guilt, you were unemployed for a long time and now that you're unemployed AGAIN, you spent a lot of money on tuition and star...

Time Travelled — almost 14 years

Congrats on hitting 40

Dear FutureMe, 40 years you have now lived on this Earth. How is the planet holding up? Have we destroyed it further? What kind of technology have we though up of using? I've just donated some money to the planetary society for their mars mission. You should be proud. Did anything ever come of it? Have a look and see. Do we still use normal computers? I'm typing this out at work but at h...

Time Travelled — almost 5 years

A letter from April 3rd, 2016

Dear FutureMe, It is currently 5 weeks after the heart attacked almost killed you. As you write this you are full of excitement for the future. You have been given a second chance to be a better person and to appreciate the extra time you have. You currently feel like you need to stop being so negative, you need to appreciate the people that care and not judge the new people you meet. ...

Time Travelled — almost 3 years

A letter from April 3rd, 2018

Dear FutureMe, I've been thinking about if I should or should not write this. I hope you are happier. I loved teaching kids, and I hope I'm moving in the direction of doing that somewhere along the line. It was the most beautiful feeling. Are you married, God I hope not yet. Mamma still must be after your life. I don't wanna say anything sad or depressing because well I don't wanna go into...

Time Travelled — almost 5 years

A letter from April 2nd, 2016

Dear FutureMe, April 2, 2016. Springtime in Tokyo, and the city is brimming with life for the sakura/ hanami season. These days, you find the weather still too cold, and in fact today, you chose to skip 2 hanami / sakura meet-ups. Instead, you spent the day watching Spurs and Coach Pop videos on youtube (and you dont regret it by one bit!). You also attempted to make leche flan, pero mukhang...

Time Travelled — about 3 years

A letter from January 2nd, 2018

Dear FutureMe, I hope you're a lot more confident than I am now. I hope you love yourself so much more than I do at the moment. I hope you're enjoying life, like you deserve to. I hope your loved. Because quite frankly you deserve it. Look how far you've come... You're not that little, weak girl. You're not cutting or hurting yourself. You're not hating yourself. You're not crying ...

Time Travelled — about 1 year

A letter from January 8th, 2020

Dear Katie, Your dreams at the time of writing (08/01/2020) are more defined than they’ve ever been - you know where you want to be, what scholarships you’re thinking about, what programs, what precise achievements you’re going to accomplish in each year. But this order masks a deeper ambivalence and confusion over who you are and what you want to do with the rest of your life and energy. I ...

Time Travelled — 12 months

Epilogue

A letter from April 2nd, 2020

Dear FutureMe, 25 today. Precisely 2.15 hours ago. I thought 21 was bad but boy was I in for a surprise with this one. Divorced as of 2 weeks ago after a difficult 5 months of marriage. It was lovr at first sight. It ended just as quick. The only message I get is from my ex husband. I'm over it but he isn't. I just tell myself I am over and I'm sure I will be in no time. Now that I'm go...

Time Travelled — 12 months

Epilogue

A letter from April 2nd, 2020

I need to let go. I'm cascading into this new motherhood, a 2 month old, 22 married and happy. Life has been a giant wave so far. We made it through the storms. A sad childhood grew a sad adult. I am so afraid that sadness will take everything from me. Until I met him, my husband. The world has been dark, I've been sick with guilt. A life I never wanted to live, my parents never wanted ...

Time Travelled — 11 months

A letter from May 6th, 2020

Dear Future Rachel, Hey, so today’s Cinco de Mayo 2020. The world is grappling with the Coronavirus and honestly nobody knows what’s going to happen in the future. The college admissions process has been absolutely upended, and people’s lives have been turned upside-down. So right now, you’re kind of in a predicament. Last fall, you were accepted (with a significant scholarship, mind you) t...

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