A letter from Jun 8th, 2021

Dear FutureMe, There are always things in life that make us tick, somethings disgust us or make question why these things in life even exist. In the next five years you never know where you will end up, what you are doing in life and the new people that you will meet. Hopefully in five years I will be graduated college and hopefully marrying the man that I love. I hope that my life will be somewhat put together. My goal in life is to be able to get the job I have been wanting for a long time. In the next five years I hope that I have been going to Stevenson in the Nursing program. But over the past few years a lot will be going on, this year/ last year were very hard years COVID-19 popped up and ****** about 1/3 of our country. We had to wear masks everywhere we go, but on May 25th, 2021, Governor Hogan lifted the mask regulations. People that got their COVID-19 vaccinations are allowed not have a mask on. I got my second shot on May 21st so am fully vaccinated. Another bad thing that happened this year is that our puppy logan got hurt and is going to have to have a CCL surgery. Enough about the past, it is time to think about the future. I really hope that in the next 5 years, I have learned that I need to pay attention to the good things in life rather than thinking everything in this world can turn into something bad. I hope that I can learn to save up more money, get a really good job, and I should stop trying to get my parents to help me out with paying for things when I am about 18 years old. I hope in 5 years from now I have learned to do everything that my parents have told me to do, I hope my grandparents are still alive and well. I wonder if Brandon and Alyson are still going to be together; have they gotten married yet? Do not get all bored on me now, I want to know if you have graduated college and is way smarter than the person I am now. You better not be getting me in trouble, or you will be in big trouble. I do not want to sound like I am trying to scare you or anything, but I just want to know more things about you, I guess I will find out 5 years from now. Look I am just writing this to give advice. I hope I can make the right choices in life and hopefully get my self up to working out a little more; I know what your thinking, “you are already so fit”, but I want you to be working out consistently. As an adult I want to be a chill, but sophisticated person that can have a lot of fun but be serious when needed. I want myself to stay true to saying that I am good enough for anyone; that I can do anything that I put my mind to and everything little thing is going to be alright. Times get tough in this world, but if I can keep my head up, I can succeed in anything that I do. My goals in life are to not give up anything that I have started, I must have a good personal development in life that will help me build myself up stronger, I need to build up my bond with my family a lot better instead of arguing so much about stupid things, and I want to have a little bit of adventure in life just to spice things up a bit, I should encourage myself to travel often to see a new perspective of things ever so often. As I try to pursue in my nursing career, I hope that I can learn somethings along the way: I hope I can provide comprehensive care that considers the patient's social, emotional, cultural, and physical needs. I want to be the person that patients look up to, to take care of them and help them get better, I will try my hardest not to screw up anything while learning how to become the best nurse I can be. After I graduate from Stevenson, I hope that some day I can eventually advance my degree in nursing from a bachelor’s degree to a Master’s degree. I want to become an expert in the field I have been wanting to do just about my whole life. I also want to increase my technology skills by learning how to do check-ins, vital signs, and administration of medications, to attending to mental and emotional status, because nurses are the front-line authority on patient care, so many hospitals today are begging so many people to be nurse because they are a vital role in society. I hope that I can find the right person in life, I mean I think I have already met the right person I just hope that it works throughout college since we are going to the same college together. I want to build onto my financial goals; I want to buy my own car, figure out a way to best pay for my student loans once I get out of college, and eventually buy a house in the future. I want everything to plan out so that I have something important to expect in life. Some things that keep me up in life is thinking that I am not good enough for my family and my boyfriend. Sometimes I feel like I disappoint them. I need to starting thinking that everything I do in life is for a reason that will help me succeed in the future. I am honestly really worried about what is in stall for me, who knows what could happen to me I could get into a serious accident and be paralyzed for the rest of my or worse I could do something stupid and that could be the end of me. I just want to make the right choices that will positively impact me. Things that I hope I can enjoy later in life is still coming back to my home and being on the farm with all my animals. When I was younger, I had always hoped of becoming a vet because I just loved being around my animals, but as I grew up; I noticed that it would take a lot more education that it would for nursing, so I chose nursing because I think it would be very rewarding for me to take care of people that are sick to help them get back to good health. Ever since I was in 5th grade, I took up my new sport of running, later in life I am probably thinking, “Why would I put myself though this?” That is a good question, but I hope that when I go to college, I can most likely get a scholarship to run track and cross country at Stevenson. It would make me so happy to achieve a goal that I never thought I could ever do. But there are many things that I believe in that can help me achieve it. I will need to believe that I can choose and maintain a positive attitude, maintain a high level of self-motivation, set high, realistic goals, deal effectively with people, use positive self-talk, use positive mental imagery, manage anxiety effectively, and manage my emotions effectively. I hope that I can learn a few things along the way as I progress through the years, but I want myself to remember that I am a strong happy/ cheerful young woman that does not take crap from anyone. I hope I stay the funny, adventurous, risky, passionate, reliable, sensible, and witty person that I have always knew.