A letter from June 28th, 2020

Dear FutureMe, I’m writing this letter to you on June 28, 2020 for my Personal Finance Class. I’ll be talking about me(right now) and you(where I want to be in the future). Right now it's the summertime, and I’m going to be a junior next year. So far right now, I have some idea of where I want to be in the future. I’m still deciding on where I want to go to college, what I want to study, what I want to be when I grow up, but I have some ideas. Right now, we are in the middle of a pandemic, so recently things have been really boring, crazy, stressful, and enjoyable. This summer so far, I am working at Hy-Vee, working out, helping with grandparents, hanging around some friends and family, and much more. I’ve been very busy, and sometimes it can be stressful, but I am learning to enjoy the present, and what I am doing in the moment. All of my experiences from the past, and from recently have helped build me into the person I am going to be today, and who I am going to be in the future. In the future, let’s say about 5 years from now, if everything goes as planned, you will be a senior in college! I do plan to go to college. Hopefully this comes true, and you are at a good college where you had a good four years; where you learned a lot, made good friends, and had many great experiences. Five years from where I am now, I hope to have a career figured out, if not, an idea of what I want to do. Ten years from where I am now, I will be 26! I hope to have a family, and if not, a career where I can meet new people and grow in relationships with others or be involved in my own family life. I’m not exactly sure what I want to be right now, but I sure hope to have that figured out for you by 26! I hope to be debt free, and building wealth, while being financially stable. I will not be living paycheck to paycheck, and I will have enough to to do all of the Five Steps, and to give. By this time I hope to have graduated from a four year college at least, and because I don’t know what I want to do at this time, other levels of education will have to be figured out along the way. I hope to be involved in my familys’ lives, my friends' lives, and my community. By 26, I hope to have some of my bucket list crossed off. I hope to travel some, and see some areas of the world I’ve always wanted to see. Something I’ve always wanted to do is go to Hawaii, or Australia, and go hiking, go on a safari, snorkel, and learn how to surf. I’ve also wanted to go on a cruise, so maybe that’ll happen! There's a lot of other things I would want to do in the future but that’s just some of the major ones. I have no clue how the world is going to be in 5 or 10 or more years for you, but I know that if you trust in God, you will get through your bad days, and enjoy your good days even more. I hope you are doing more than well, and I can’t wait to see what life has in store for you! I believe you’re gonna do great things, You got this.