A letter from May 3rd, 2021

Dear FutureMe, I’m saying hello from 5 years ago, you are reading a letter from a 17-year-old Evan and he is writing this before he graduates from high school. I honestly feel a little lost right now in my thoughts and in my life in general. I guess I have a plan of the profession and I hope at 22, you decide to follow the plan that you had in general now in 2021, so at the current moment, we have to wear masks everywhere and it is crazy to think about, that in 5 years, you will see this email and think I wrote this before high school ended and you will be graduated from college and working and hopefully happy, I’m pretty happy right now, to be honest. I hope at this point, you have worked on some glaring issues and I hope you do what you want to do, you know what I’m talking about, Music, just try it and it might work out. Dreams, I hope I graduate college with good enough grades, and I hope you don’t slack when it comes to your education. I hope I have a different car by the time you are reading this, and I hope you like it. I honestly don’t wish for anything too monetary because that is somewhat superficial, and you never know what will happen in 5 years and if that is good or bad in the long-term goal. I guess I want to be more appreciative of the things I have more than the things I want right now, and I hope you are more responsible in general when it comes to tasks. By now at least you have experimented with music and tried some new things whatever that may be. The importance of these dreams is way more than you know and just be optimistic, you will never know what will happen. I am as a person to put it in simple words, “a student of the game” to say the least. I am learning every day about different things in life, and I hope I continue to learn about different things, and I am not a complacent person, I like change and change is good for the better. I am a homebody, but I want to get out of that trend and I’m somewhat of an introvert and somewhat not I would say. If I was to externalize who I was as a person now in simpler terms, I am a quiet storm which is a good metaphor to describe me, I don’t do too much but what I do is always calculated and mostly precise and methodical in principle. These are some of the things to describe me right now as a 17-year-old. The people around you are some of the most important people you can listen to in your life. I can’t stress enough as a feeling right now to cherish everybody and don’t take anyone for granted because ***** is undefeated, he doesn’t miss, and everybody must go at their appointed times. I love my family as a whole and I hope we come together more as a family and come closer as one and cherish that time. I wish you have more friends than you do now, and I hope that they aren’t a bad influence on the wrong things. I want you to spend more time with everybody and make time for the things that are important and manage time for different things and I am on a tangent, but you understand what you are saying. To close this letter, make mistakes and don’t be too hard on yourself when it comes to life in general and makes time for the essentials and makes time for yourself. You need to learn to listen a bit more and stop procrastinating so much like you must understand to do things as best as possible and to be as open as possible when it comes to experiences and opportunities when they come to you. You need to understand how to distance yourself from certain things and learn to adapt to different circumstances and situations when it comes to life in general at this point and make the necessary changes for success and a good life to live. Keep yourself focused and I hope this letter comes as a good surprise in the future and you act on some of the ambitions that you have right now and 5 years down the line. Keep your head on the right track and salutes on what you have done right now and cheers on what you have done in your future endeavors. Sincerely, Evan, 17 years old 5/3/21