A letter from September 10th, 2020

Dear FutureMe, Knowing me you probably won’t be reading this because you never check your email. Anyways, it’s your 8th grade self. I’m guessing you're still living in Dublin and I hope that corona is not a thing anymore. You're probably either a senior in high school or you got rich and famous and now living in LA. I’m guessing it's the first option, but I hope it’s the second. So, do you still play basketball? That’s kinda the only question I can think of. I hope to be the best me I could be in five years. I guess going to college sounds like the plan, but only because mom wants me to. I hope that I don’t have to wear a mask every time I go out. Lately I’ve been learning that secretly I am a very lazy person. I hope you're not, but right now I am. I hear that high school is terrible. But, again there’s always that chance that you are already rich and don’t have to go to school. So, did you get your own room yet? Did you get taller? How many friends do you even have? I should probably stop asking so many questions. Anyways, are you happier than before? Right now I’m learning that the thing that rather to me the most right now is myself and my school work. Even though you probably know that I very much dislike school, we push through it. Did you ever reach the dream of playing high school basketball and getting that full ride scholarship. Probably not, but if you did then we made it. Is our dream to still move into LA in general? Right now that’s all I think about. I’m guessing you're still the same person who dreams and dreams about a life that you think is impossible to have. It’s fine. But the one thing I always tell myself is that 20 years from now, we are not sitting in an office chair working a 9 to 5 job. That’s the last thing we are doing. I’m also guessing that school got a lot more stressful and harder. It probably sucks doesn’t it. I don’t know what else to say. I just hope that you at least attempted to reach all of those hopes and dreams. These days I’ve been sitting at home all day in front of a computer, I also haven’t played basketball in almost 7 months. Everything kinda sucks right now because of this whole virus and all the fires around us. The other day it looked like someone barbecued the sky. Mom keeps telling me that I’m on my phone too much, you probably are too. That’s fine because I have nothing better to do. How’s math doing? Right now I have a D- and math is probably the subject that I am the worst at. Every subject is probably the worst for you right now. Unless (this is the last time I’ll say it) you are famous and moved out. I should probably stop thinking that it’s going to happen. So, it has been nice talking to you (kinda). Just remember to never give up hope and to live life to the best that you can. Have fun future self!