A letter from Jun 16, 2022

Dear FutureMe, This letter will reach you in 3 years. You're probably confused, this is not a spam, this is me (you). Hello! Haha. I hope you're still alive!! That's an important thing :D When I'm writing this, I'm little bit scared. I'm scared about our future, not because I think it will be bad, but because... idk.. because we have so many plans and I just can't imagine myself there. We are going in the right direction right now, but you know that many things can change. So, I just want to tell you. It's ok. I hope you are happy either way, I hope you are not stressed. If you are stressed STOP IT!! Haha, yeah... I know it's not that easy.. but don't be stressed, don't be sad, smile.. right now.. do it! Whatever our life is right now, remember there is nothing we should be giving up over. It doesn't matter if our dreams were not as good as we thought they would be, or if we achieved only few of them.. or none at all. It doesn't matter ok?! Also! This is only 3 years into the future! You have so much more time to find your place if you need to! And if everything worked out as we wanted to, I hope you are happy right now. I hope you are healthy, I hope you are satisfied. Oh! And if you are reading this and procrastinating on something then stop right now!! :D Go buy some food, or make yourself some food... or get something nice to drink and work on it! Just do it, that's an order from me, so you have to! :D Cmon ;) Now, let me ask you some questions. Maybe you forgot about some things you liked, maybe you are in a rush and don't think about the things I do. But I'm also interested if our dreams came true (as I said, if not, it's ok! Ok?). I also hope nothing tragic has happened... if so, just know that I'm with you. Right now I'm thinking about you, about my future me. I'm sending you strenght into the future. And if you don't need it, take it anyway and save it up for later! It's my gift for you. I love you. You can do it. Don't forget to tell yourself that from time to time. - So, have we moved? Are you in Japan? I hope life is not much difficult, just remember why we wanted to go there. You know the reason... we both do. Also remember that no country in the world is a paradise, we are just exchanging problems for different problems. Everything has its ups and downs. We just have to find what fits us and what we are willing to fight and accept. If you are in Japan, stand up right now and go to the window. Look outside, look how beautiful it is. Is it morning or a night? Just appreciate the moment. If you are not in Japan, do it anyway. - Have you bought the camera? Are you traveling? Is that still a thing we wanted to do? I hope you are having fun with it. See it as appreciating the world. And don't get too much upset or sad if things aren't as perfect as we wanted them to be. - Do you have a girlfriend? Haha, probably not? But if you do, wow! :D Do something nice for her. Remember that we should always remind others how important they are to us!! Don't get too comfortable, keep doing nice things from time to time. It's important. With that being said, call or text your parents. Tell them that you love them. I hope all the relationships are still strong... do we still have the same friends? Do we have new friends? Either way, tell at least one person how much you appreciate them in your life. Ok? Do it for me, for us. - Are you happy? You know what I mean by that. Just be strong ok? Everything is ok now, I'm sure of it :) Just, keep it up, ok? Remember how hard it was in the past, and appreciate what you have now. Alright :) I think we're good. ;) - Is school ok? Are you studying hard? Don't forget to study, it's important. We have to get our degree! Alright :) Or have we changed plans? Hmmm... I also wonder if the war with Ukraine has stopped. I wonder if people in Europe are safe.. I wonder if people are no longer suffering because of this horrible war and humanity can again focus on its bright and amazing future. Have everything ended "well" or did even more horrible things happened? Oh please tell me nothing more horrible has happened.. Now little bit more excting questions, haha. - How's AI, robots? Are they really smart right now or still pretty much the same? Anything crazy? Haha There was this big thing about a Google employee thinking the AI over there is sentient.. I wonder if he was right. If there are some interesting things happening with AI or it's nothing much. - What about VR? Is it much more better than now? Do you have one? VR is scray, isn't it? It can be a much more dangerous place than the internet if you think about it... since, on the internet you're meeting people through text.. but in VR, well... you are actually meeting them. But don't think about that right now... HOW COOL IS IT?!?! Is it like crazy now or ... "ehhh, so far so good"? haha :D I hope everything is much more real and advanced right now :3 Such a cool tech. - So, how about space? Have we found aliens, or any form of life? Are we on Mars? Think for me about some interesting things, I'm really curious! Kurzgesagt, is he still doing videos? Remember how we were always so excited about the future of humanity. How we always believed in it? - What about your Japanese? It must be a pretty good right now, no? Do you watch any JP YouTubers? Can you watch movies without subtitles? - What about Nintendo? Do they have a new console? Are they still a good company? - What are our new hobbies? Something new or exciting? Do we have/own something I would be really suprised by? Try to think about AT LEAST two new exciting and crazy things! :D - Oh, oh, and any good food? Any new favorites? Think about something right now that you really like to eat/drink (That we have never had before) and buy it as soon as possible! If you stil can >...,< Oh well. I guess I'm out of questions. Right now I'm studying for JLPT N5, so I hope we were successfull. And I'm getting my Bachelor degree at the end of the year... so, I really hope we were able to get that too. I hope you are a kind and happy person, no matter where you are right now. Appreciate the small things. Look around you. Oh, and smile for me again, ok? :) Never give up, I'm so happy for you no matter what! I hope I haven't made you cry >....,< I can imagine this being really emotional. Haha - Your past you. <3 PS: Please write an Epilogue for this letter ;) I've just read a few letter on here and cried my eyes out... so many lives, so many dreams, so many fates. It was amazing to read those people's epilogues.