A letter from April 16th, 2020

Dear FutureMe, Paging future self Dear Future Jessica, Currently everyone, well not everyone, is being inside their homes possibly losing their minds and going to a pit of madness. I have seen so many rumors about the coronavirus like there will be a vaccine soon in like a month which isn’t possible at all. It takes about a year to get the vaccine approved and how it affects people. And there is so many people saying that the government is behind all of this. I like the idea that everyone’s blaming the government for everything. Enough about what is going around with people. O on the other hand only went out once and even then, I was still in the car. However, I spent my time in my house and I don’t think I’ve spent it wisely. First off, I was sick towards the end what was supposed to be our spring break, and I was panicking because I thought I got the coronavirus. I had a fever and I was coughing and there were times I lost my breath for a second so of course I would be panicking. And while at that time I just started to watch a lot of Netflix and Disney+ until the day I heard we had school again. I started to do school and I thought well since my stepdad is here, I would have a lot of time to do my work. I was so wrong. During the time I was sick no one let me out of my room unless it was to take my baby sister to my room when it was time for her to sleep. But now that I have school again online I’ve been doing chores ,helping out around with my younger siblings, and even making food for myself, and sometimes the laundry ,it depends on who turn it is. So, I have made a schedule, help first then do schoolwork for about 2 hours, then play video games. And if I don’t want to do chores, I make an excuse that I have a lot of work to do for school. It works all the time. Well sometimes, they still make me help. What I would hope I’ll be doing in five years is be a graphic designer. I would probably be fresh out from college and I should be looking for a person who needs a graphic designer. I’ve been practicing distinctive styles of artwork so I can do a variety so I could be more creative in styles. This could help me be more successful. Although becoming a graphic designer wasn’t my big dream, I’ve always wanted to become an animator and a creator. I have a story in my mind which is long but has a lot of morals in the story and I wanted this creation to be alive. And I love to be a part of the animation and animating my characters. It is one of my biggest dreams. However, my family doesn’t fully support me on this dream. They say don’t do it, its not worth it, so I “gave up on this dream” and later I found out I love graphic design, and although it’s not my big dream I still love to do it. Word of advice future Me. If you do accomplish your big dream rub it in everyone faces and say I told you so! I’m joking just think that you can always prove yourself worthy you just have to work hard. And you don’t need talent to have a job you also need passion to be successful in your career. This is 16-year-old me about to be 17 years in 126 days. And if you’re still counting the days till your birthday that means I haven’t changed much. Happy Birthday self.