A letter from April 6th, 2021

Time Travelled — about 3 years

Peaceful right?

Dear FutureMe, I'm writing this as of the sixth of April of 2021, with the delivery date being in 3 years, when I'll, hopefully, be in university. Right now, the future is something that highly worries me and makes me anxious. I have been looking for universities to attend yet none captivates me like Coimbra. It's highly renowed and it has the major which i want, history. Am I still pursuing my dreams of becoming a history teacher? Did I end up getting into History or even Coimbra? I'm really worried about starting the internship and also taking the PAP and the exams :/ You probably don't recall it, but at this point I've lost hours upon hours of sleep thinking about my future and worrying about failure. If we did get into university, how have you been handling it, finantially wise? I know that money, wether it's tuition or the cost of living in another city is always a big worry and stuff can get difficult. Knowing myself I'm probably freaking out, if it's the case. On another note, have you been keeping contact with your friends? Catarina, Raquel, Ribeiro? How have they been, message them, tell them you miss them. Right now we have the strongest bond ever. Even with this whole pandemic going on, we still find a way to spend time together and everyone has been really supportive. Hopefully we made some new friends in university! Let's talk boys... or girls! How have you been on the process of discovering yourself? Right now I don't label myself, and am super happy with it. I don't like the fact that society implements labels and wants us to fit in them. I'm way better not labeling my *********! Back to lovelife. Got anyone special? I'm going to give you a quick recap of what's going on right now. There's two boys that simultaneously like me, and yet I like none of them. Oh well, it is what it is! I hope you found your significant other or at least have had someone by now! One last thing before I end this quick letter, what are your interests right now? Do you still like One Direction? I am currently enjoying the minecraft server DreamSMP, do you still watch it or any of the youtubers/streamers involved? If not, please check up on them. Here's a list of people I would love you to check: Tommyinnit, Ranboo, WilburSoot, Nihachu, Technoblade and Tubbo. Are you still on stan twitter? Do you even remeber any of this? Of the nights you stayed up watching streams, lore or not, MCC's, Jackbox streams? Do you remeber Sad-Ist? Alliumtwt? I really hope we don't let go of this because right now it's one of the things that bring me joy! And did you get that ADHD test? I'm planning on taking it, since I have my own suspicions. I'm going to wrap this letter up by asking you to please write another letter for your future self. The website is futureme.org, in case you forget! I hope I was able to achieve my main goals :] Sincerely, 16 year old Juliana. P.S.: I'm going to set the delivery date of this letter as Tommy's birthday, go wish him a happy day!

Epilogue

3 days later

Dear 16-Year-Old-Me,

Wow, it's really weird writing that, I completely forgot about this specific letter's existence (although I still use this website), and it was absolutely shocking receiving this email...

On n!tghi tyusdae nnocaiifitot a.
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A wod,sr htta nopres, nbkude am olt) to oyu 005 awy lrtnycuer os veen sumibiato relaly mreo ni thsee nda( and is a a eikl nath seedme the'ser lot i.
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Adn ylraicf nsittarg !it nhta aeyr eary we 'sit itwh my fi 'ctudlno aftre rfo dan frsit gpa b!bya vnisyeu!tri tfsir woflnilgo ni then ton i c,hools are (eno yap 'mi ti i mmo utb ghhi tlsil ,thwi a my rsts'aem gto ndeawt raey inesc ghhturo ot n!i enbe ew'er htta htwa tiknh of ,cirh otuhsght my fhal ot fceeritdi dtrie lla dda fardfo ruo gthveniyre ae!gnhtci satdrow nsfihinig istrf nda dna c:oitp )away! tbu 3 ktoo !it cretynlur o,ag to 'ewer ihnlepg iryosth agnhide and puoyllfhe we ddi, naidoutec utb gte lowolf dna i si oyur adn aryse fro ttrebe a psoiasn a yaxcetl onmth ot in eyar nad a bleca',orsh hseap fnlatruntyuoe.
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Ethse'r eetascrh cgdnezeiro a ni llacaysu taoub btse lelt rruelas os iesnge eavh i tawn 9 het uoyr nda erhe, io!mrabc ot nlotitnnyeailra be eicdtifre si't uoy hnirasiots hucm ouy. M. Yrvee tsya d,ya emlysf ghfit sscal ni 'todn ot i dbe dan go (i a)sscl os gilsreion. I etmr,ophase yuo orem nda eeoplp, the tnsdeut sa c!mniabea and eytirvgenh hree si be as eraolvl nbgie a dolt'ucn grteulfa uth!gtoh aigcmla orpdu hte shit of ni ticy eht. Ullf my the uobgt!h ac,to lrydaea sgntiti hte nda is ,eapc our est tdeift het roaebr,wd dna ew teh traej oshes in ahd. . Os neve e,m nad tath osemsie(mt tge on ddy)gi! uflng to i so hetm ftsa is't os u,elrras tmie tyr by.
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Uoy uot fdpeshiirns adn a vere i fo os wne i !rhee givmno roem fele ecsin emda mcrfbtaeloo amnikg efrsind cmboee ftbelutyr ailcso leki ynam vaeh. No dan si roacibm intgh beautlyosl ,tldimea a stih os hatt ghtir dleemwoc aleleyspci nema os !em dan rae of cshu us, ot eithr ldeco'vu aws ruo era sutj nad eth kind lsao yvrnoeee niern seomtarmo heyt elepop ew inot dan ot ryou ndeirf btse doog htr,ea sebt naa,izmg an,a leaepcsliy in lla hte umch ju fits rea uoprg rc!ilce alpec they su soem so in, padnheep lwel amaarni. :).
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Eenv ee,rv yw,a gorwn ltlsi acgdhen amse! pope,le as ew ghouth magniza eulopc the dan is ceor edervom and fo eth ruopg eevh'yt is dadde our lltis a as eth oiibrre nefird ear uleqra !rethe nad btu aglno "hoem". Rea ese s'it ees cakb hawt ot iekl e'erw (wwo nwhe chae sa inpcreengeix os we nalgi ohme nda 'dtno hetro rhote gtroof ew uro cdlsesueh you ahec htta), eht iecndmpa autob ,uhcm hiwt ryt tbu iltls i.
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Our efli leov. . . Fo or kacl. . . Onclpita ew vh'tena si loi,sesartpihn nda we nmtoaci,r eyt wvie hwti ohw i rae tncepcacea tath uchm asw oayk tdeda reyv nad ayeonn h!tta obth ot yke fo a octp!i lcidcptaemo ib. Lla i ni poinadspti it iipttmsioc ese tish ear so teesndtrei denfrsi it iefl viel rwehe ttha ,etmh arpt ovpdlee het eesmde uoy ese otp,ic mi' of adlse esteimoms su! to out oudcl ni ym klei ): etmi rwee cpeluo yosrr khint awsayl to ,won kwro us wnko of tub thsi mfro dnt'o eterh eod!s a ooipek! em urftfiul lepepo wlli e'llw pesitolarisnh roirwse ,nde rea r,lugyoovis so tbu su ti yuo i no rof woh.
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Uryo sitteensr eidma. . . . Ldraolnu-a but ,ligr e,ergn of uhcm, eve(n gurkodbnac ot onw, senoi teim music awhct i engser a mrasste a aclk hawtc fo lltiet oguthh ot aveh like tu,ys)d uesd nfdeyeiilt fro isntle ghirt dna atth ued 'nodt yrehte' fo i inkd fo i hte ah!nedcg efle m/ovtvie bit onw lot an lwhie moslty verye. Mcae !idnie into a ruo but dan tysra lltsi ttllie asy ni ttairss ohw avhe show iledk uto ot i to pto newh a it silgtnnei kicst i dan catcri orkc arlyle oenass ei'v dan i is ki,sd nlymia uro etesenvne itlalm-e llsit ot )o!nhtm ,won you ichhw skoymne iosaf,rvte 'mi eneb ,k-opp kown htri(d so mnay orvefre olt mtatre dgerbroin,t !pcbonrmakhto lliw refiotav ti trghi a ekil fo vocdsrie on nrvee.
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Geiadrn flufare htta fsher hist i a ria btaher ergebenrimm i hgktiinn fo hcus nad itm,e ta wsa fo athw ti ikel atwh nad was agiitanw lfte. Ese i wuodl eb ereth raieelzd dcineyiblr hhutrog a ,and 61yo a edovm trhig adn oyu wereh nad i ma t'iddn give fo at btuao tsehe aflhayw hatt yhpap pu shit em sae,ry sha sfleoyru, awy,a yia,clpseel tol uhhogrt htat peh,apedn lto nkow now eavh i l,opeep emt a tlo to !uyojenr.
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A i erwti locud utnrlercy ouy reom tbu rteseh' ot a tuabo lot 1 'sti thta. M. Ot i boatu i ltod sa nnda#42(i, my uhcs lsoa lefe lso)evbed e,so)nrsa onpres ertssi and natw ytrpa thiw of to ih,tgn chihw were w(tf) ovl!lye a sa fo 'its omm tbes ont lt,o a dna eth si htta itlsl liynfal and oyu is shere' btu we a eepsl add yuo onwk solec and tonmei:n oikk larno,m oryu si fro os hos!ck enwdta vhae ngtihriv na eryuntrcl si i a os (ttroueyanufln ngmaaiz epsrna,t nyighrevet lfymia racep oyu rvee i yrou ysh a tbi nasoperithli 41.
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Ewhn su !speirmo ot otmwroor i rea-2lo-2dy nmrgino kawe li'l iwret p,u.
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Gneadri tngriiw yuo sa keep sa eekp lil' olgn te,hes thme.
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Inlsee,ycr.
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9-a1o-yredl naaluij.

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