A letter from October 2nd, 2019

Dear Future Self, Yo! It's me from 5 years ago!! Can you believe that? Do you even remember writing this? You wrote this letter to yourself as an exercise from the book "How to be Happy or At Least Less Sad." You wrote a couple other ones too. So yeah, we're like what 26, nearly 27 years old now? Yikes! Just kidding haha. I bet things are so different than they were 5 years ago. Right now I'm 21 and finishing my last semester of undergrad. Theoretically, if things went the way I hoped, you should be practicing as an SLP somewhere now. Am I good at it? I really hope so! How's Jacob? He's like DOUBLE old now lol. Tell him you love him. I can't really fathom what my life will be like in 5 years honestly, but I hope that I'm doing something that brings me joy. I hope that we have our own place by now. Maybe we have a dog! Or maybe we're finally thinking about having a kid? Maybe we have a kid! Who knows! That's the funny thing about life. You can't ever really be sure where it's going to take you even if you think you got it all figured out. I guess I'm just excited to read this and reflect on how freaking far I've come in life. I hope I live to do that. I hope you remembered all the things you have to live for (including seeing this letter someday) and didn't take the stupid way out. Things have probably been up and down, but think about it like a cool rollercoaster. Thrilling! Anyway, remember to be nice to yourself. Remember to take care of yourself. Take care of Jacob. Take care of Tay and Isaiah. Love everyone so much it hurts. Tell them that you love them too. Just keep trying to put more good in the world and you'll be fine. Love you babe, Me from 5 years ago