A letter from April 6th, 2021

Peaceful right?

Dear FutureMe, I'm writing this as of the sixth of April of 2021, with the delivery date being in 3 years, when I'll, hopefully, be in university. Right now, the future is something that highly worries me and makes me anxious. I have been looking for universities to attend yet none captivates me like Coimbra. It's highly renowed and it has the major which i want, history. Am I still pursuing my dreams of becoming a history teacher? Did I end up getting into History or even Coimbra? I'm really worried about starting the internship and also taking the PAP and the exams :/ You probably don't recall it, but at this point I've lost hours upon hours of sleep thinking about my future and worrying about failure. If we did get into university, how have you been handling it, finantially wise? I know that money, wether it's tuition or the cost of living in another city is always a big worry and stuff can get difficult. Knowing myself I'm probably freaking out, if it's the case. On another note, have you been keeping contact with your friends? Catarina, Raquel, Ribeiro? How have they been, message them, tell them you miss them. Right now we have the strongest bond ever. Even with this whole pandemic going on, we still find a way to spend time together and everyone has been really supportive. Hopefully we made some new friends in university! Let's talk boys... or girls! How have you been on the process of discovering yourself? Right now I don't label myself, and am super happy with it. I don't like the fact that society implements labels and wants us to fit in them. I'm way better not labeling my *********! Back to lovelife. Got anyone special? I'm going to give you a quick recap of what's going on right now. There's two boys that simultaneously like me, and yet I like none of them. Oh well, it is what it is! I hope you found your significant other or at least have had someone by now! One last thing before I end this quick letter, what are your interests right now? Do you still like One Direction? I am currently enjoying the minecraft server DreamSMP, do you still watch it or any of the youtubers/streamers involved? If not, please check up on them. Here's a list of people I would love you to check: Tommyinnit, Ranboo, WilburSoot, Nihachu, Technoblade and Tubbo. Are you still on stan twitter? Do you even remeber any of this? Of the nights you stayed up watching streams, lore or not, MCC's, Jackbox streams? Do you remeber Sad-Ist? Alliumtwt? I really hope we don't let go of this because right now it's one of the things that bring me joy! And did you get that ADHD test? I'm planning on taking it, since I have my own suspicions. I'm going to wrap this letter up by asking you to please write another letter for your future self. The website is futureme.org, in case you forget! I hope I was able to achieve my main goals :] Sincerely, 16 year old Juliana. P.S.: I'm going to set the delivery date of this letter as Tommy's birthday, go wish him a happy day!

Epilogue

3 days later

Dear 16-Year-Old-Me,

Wow, it's really weird writing that, I completely forgot about this specific letter's existence (although I still use this website), and it was absolutely shocking receiving this email...

Oicttfnonaii !hngit a adeusyt on.
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Enev otl ouy a to ttha dan( is meor ni edemes tehse eetsrh' srowd, nosp,er 500 am a and eylarl way athn urecrynlt olt) nudkbe i liek a os suioabmti.
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Io:tcp a eyra eyar henrvytegi lhaf gphnlei ollwof uro id,d i og,a ti isonasp a cilrfay hueopylfl a!awy) u!vsyirntie aphse ot ew tub of atth arsgttni noigllofw ihignnifs yetlxac in eetrtb mom a aery adn raey to hmtno yoru !in ot i i hatw iefcdtrei trosawd 'notdluc h,wti tnhe oen( illst cuetrlnry y!abb ghaidne fsrti 'ist c,blsareh'o rfits ayp tsrhoiy dan my ew aersy orf auoutrtlynfne dan t!i ootk ton tub tog high bene and if era tnah ti! hsuotthg e'erw ncsie dan my but a nda tiwh to loco,sh and all hi,rc si teg igtn!cahe iuaocnetd tadenw dad 3 re'we nktih 'esstamr pga rfo fodfra tfaer ym ridet in im' irstf adn uorhtgh.
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Het buato uryo ltel yuo ritaohinss tiredfice adn znrodgeice 9 esineg rulaesr lyluscaa imrcob!a ceesathr hese'rt yinntalilaeontr ehr,e a atwn so hvea ni 'ist uoy tseb i ot be humc. M. Syeflm erevy lssca (i so in i yast ebd ont'd iserinlgo fihtg ,yda lsasc) go and ot. As si sthi sa i eragflut het ni hte olleavr ohuhgt!t fo and and vihegrytne itcy ianma!cbe oyu eudntts orem gmalcia inebg ep,ople eoshremt,pa ehre rupod be nocl'utd hte a. Dna ittedf dna ew had ufll jerta eht ets is ,ecpa rrdw,boae ingstti uor ni my hosse eht het othgub! het dearlya ,toca. . Mtei hemt ot is't r,slreau os so vene adn sfta gdd!)yi ttah by i ei(smmstoe etg ytr os ngulf no m,e.
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Rhe!e of femoabcltro sndpfesrihi cisoal nda encis elki inkmag ahve erev flee namy uot fidsren i a rlfyebttu so mdea wen eocbme remo i onmgvi ouy. Tbes on ,su swa elwocdme chum anme rae ot stybaleoul lcyesepail fsit lla thsi htye lewl our rea ihntg nad trhei is seeicplayl ehty hte so doog fo nirfed nad ugrpo nkid eirnn rea,ht eenvyroe usjt noit igrht ni mzn,aiag uhsc tdim,ela ni, hatt mbrcaoi btse omsmoater a nad we eht to ndehpeap olsa uocdv'el m!e nda rae ,naa ramaain your irc!elc moes os ju ppleoe su lpcae so. :).
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Rceo !reeht adn odevemr ,vere tub si riioreb wrogn even eh""mo the nfride fo a rgpou gnoal eht 'yeehvt uor adn uelpoc p,leope nad eddad sa sa we zamniga huthgo si hecgand eth auerlq wa,y rae tlils tlils sa!em. Akcb ,tat)h still ruo gftoor oerth 'ontd we uyo 'sti glnia het ear rthoe ikel ahwt os heac dan macipnde whit home abtou leshduesc i 'weer sa (wwo ees btu hcmu, ese ew ceah niegpexernci tyr hnew to.
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File voel uro. . . Ro of lcak. . . Fo thta! wvie to tenpccaeac bi so,asliheitnpr tiomc,nra rae muhc caloetcmipd yevr e'ahtnv dna eyt ntcoplia key ohtb yoka aws and i si ew ohw edatd yeanno we htat ithw a o!tpci. So su fo fmro ldesa nowk ntisdapiop ot ni aer !su ohw rseirwo em eolpep wel'l eht sfidren !seod rkwo vlei i flruufti ubt lla ofr opt,ci ipitcmisto fo tou aslayw oyu this see it ereht ees ewhre tbu lliw you mi' nestdtreei :) su lepdevo docul ewre ,nde on ym it no,w te,mh rryos oo!epki khtni esmdee ,yrglsoiuvo snesilptiorha tdon' os plceou it ni ot tseesmmio rae imet atht trap kiel a i tshi fiel.
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Oryu miaed tnsreiset. . . . Restmas bti keli taht lfee i fo dsty,)u for na gne,re kcla and a etvvm/io temi fo btu hhgout to evyre r,ilg arugnbocdk vahe o'tnd i fo !ahegcdn ued fo htcaw het wno used t'erhey kind i otl ehlwi a hctwa eiosn ot dtleiyneif iucms igthr oualarnd-l lmstoy tiletl o,wn eersgn e(vne ,cumh telsin. Iscrvoed i ebne eltlti uro sohw uro otp kroc nokw ,-popk rsaty ubt mho)nt! acem to in a inot si ilstl so roietafv stcki kmsoyne ti yanilm ti aevh evi' illts rreoefv vrnee uyo rictca who ot rid(ht trtssia nad htirg snosea uot and 'im lkei ma-elitl elyarl a ,onw yamn btogirner,d on ekild of nda i,oaresfvt wehn olt tatrme ot dni!ei s,idk mhro!cpnaktob vsenteene i a hhicw sya illw i snnegliti.
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Bemgnerrmei i eikl a tbaehr left giantaiw chus fo swa reuaffl htta wtah i atwh hfsre nad shit nrgaide ta t,mie it aws of ria nad thkngiin. Eb hugothr to em fo ,eleicpaysl a grhutho outab tol i 1o6y ephdep,an emt giev phpya edelirza ep,olpe three a veha i ry,slouef adn am a,yaw deovm ash i iciryldenb uoy olt adn uldow htta aahfywl thta ees ihst as,yre a at pu rhtig nd,a onkw eeths uyjno!re ddni't nwo wereh olt.
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Oemr t'si 1 you thta a to i tol rtlncyeur a trewi ehesr't luocd otuab tbu. M. A escol imflay kiko tub lotd het paryt aagiznm 41 sa lyifnal ot an uyor i of a ewer wtnead tnaw it's oamr,nl tessri hucs eos)edbvl si si snproe ,tgihn whti islohiepanrt enyurontlua(tf yuo hcwhi si nad sa uoy a ysh so i nyctreulr fo eepsl a s,nrpate si flee that mom a reev to i dan yuo dda wtf() ym l,ot oryu nkow osarse)n, i ebst touba isllt in,(4dna2# and olsa :teninmo os ofr gtinrhvi nda ibt igetyvrehn ew pcaer sr'ehe scoh!k ahev tno ly!evol.
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To ll'i up, groimnn teriw rrwootmo su osir!mpe i hnwe awke ae2ylo-dr2-.
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Kepe rtniwig as mteh as gnol uoy iranegd het,se li'l eekp.
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Yernc,leis.
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Anuliaj ryea-l1-od9.

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