A letter from May 5th, 2020

Dear Future Júlia, Are we still alive? Did the world ended? I'm writing this letter at the age of 21, in the middle of the first quarentine of my life, a brand new experience for me, my family and everyone I know. Today is May 5h of 2020, I'm almost 22, halfway through my Civil Engineering graduation and currently working as a new intern at Windcraft and as a volunteer at Engenheiros Sem Fronteiras. I'm living with my parents, my sister and Haroldo, Sal, Nina, Peter and Tata. I have a boyfriend, Luighi, and we have been together for nearly 4 years now. Sadly, without a drivers licence yet. Lately I've been worried about the future, about how things are going to be from now on with this virus (COVID-19), but mostly about how my personal future is going to be. I really want to finish my graduation and try to do some curses or even a masters in other country. I want to have a better education and expand my oportunities here. I really think that I could be a teacher in the future, in UFRN or IFRN, but that is not the only thing I want to do. I want to work in the field too and teach from what I learned there. You will be 27 when you recieve that letter. I wonder how many of the things that I expected to happen by that age will really have happened. At 22 I think that at 27 I will have a masters degree. By the way things are going in love, maybe you will be married or close to getting married. I think probably not living at your parent's house anymore. I hope you have travelled more by now and are currently expecting to see even more of the world. I hope you have nephews and nieces by now, because I'm anxious to finally have one. I hope that by now you will be able to do things that at 21 you could only dream of. At least I hope we have a drivers licence (kkkkkk). Most of all, I hope your are happy with yourself: happy with who you are, where you are and with what you conquer along the way. I hope you can still find joy in the little things and always remember to share that joy with everyone you love. With love, 21 years old Júlia Oliveira P.S.: Go listen to "The Temper Trap - Trembling Hands" because I've been thinking about this song while writing this entire letter. Great song.