A letter from April 24th, 2013

I was about to write 10 years into the future (only 6 from your time) but I just couldn't. There's too much I don't know. I couldn't even think of anything to ask. So I'm going to try this far in the future, and I hope you're better than me in many respects. I hope you finish what you start. I hope you can keep routines going. I hope you follow through on your promises and goals. There are many other, specific, little, nit-picking things that I also would like to change about myself. But I'm not going to bother with that. Because those ^ three things are the main issues I struggle with on a daily basis. Those three things lead to the other things I want to change about myself! I spent the day working on this dreadful final lab for Physics I. Do you remember that class? Remember how Kevin and I cheated and shortcutted our way through it all? Ha, good times :) (For the record, I'm doing well in all my other classes as well! And NOT cheating/taking shortcuts in them! It's just physics!) It's the end of my freshman year at uni and I hope so badly that you, who are out of college, have become the independent, strong, confident woman that I believe I can be someday. I don't even know what you're like and I can tell you already that you DEFINITELY are more independent, stronger, and more confident than me! I mean, wow. This is four years' time. That's like from 8th grade to senior year in high school. Senior-me would have loved to write a reassuring letter to 8th-grade-me. I'm sure you're feeling the same way. You probably have a ton of wisdom you could impart to me, if only there was a way. But, of course, even if there was a way for you to contact me, it would be useless. I would probably spurn your advice like I spurn most people's advice. I'd find out the hard way. I hope you're helping people. Whatever it is you're doing in life, I hope you're using whatever resources and knowledge you have to help people. Tell me you contribute to some sort of charity, please! Even donating money online to somewhere has an impact! For what is a waterfall but a multitude of drops? :) I feel like I write something like that ^ in every letter to the future. Perhaps it's because I'm so dissatisfied with my level of philanthropic work right now. I hope you're rejoicing in whatever relationship you're in, or enjoying being single. Obviously I hope you're still with *Donald. I love him so much. (*middle name for anonymity's sake :P I didn't change Kevin's name because there's a million Kevins, hahaha) Well, my laptop wants to restart to finish installing updates, and it's 3:31 in the morning. I should definitely go to bed. I love you, girly. I believe you're doing great things. (I have to believe that, or else what do I have to strive towards?) I hope Man of Steel was as awesome of a movie as it looks. Our love, Zack Snyder, better not have let us down! Stay strong! :) (^that's becoming my motto of sorts. I write it on everything!) Love, your past self.