A letter from May 26, 2023

Dear FutureMe, we are currently in freshman year. we basically have three weeks left of school, and finals are coming up. i feel somewhat scared, mostly worried, about it. but what i actually feel most worried about is the end of the school year, because im transferring. i have made great friends at career, and i care for them a lot. at the beginning of the school year, i did not care if i made friends or not because my only goal was to learn. but my friends have made everything better, and leaving them will just make me feel numb. i will miss them a lot, and i’ll miss the incredible moments that i’ve spent with them. i truly hope that i still have contact with them in the future. as for school, right now i have all As, i probably have a gpa that’s higher than a 4.2. i am proud of myself for my determination and persistence. i have been stressed out for the last couple of months, and i doubt that the stress will end soon. i am a 14 year old that has a job, takes college level classes and honors, takes classes at yale, and is in a swimming team. while i also do more than just that, it does get stressful because it feels like i have no time for myself, such as simply reading. i will continue with this pressure, especially considering the fact that i will try to take all honors classes next year. i don’t know if i truly want to study manufacturing in the future, but i am doing it right now because i want to keep my options open. i possibly want to study marine biology, biomedical engineering, architectural engineering, psychology, architecture, tourism, culinary sciences, or journalism. i really don’t know what i want to do in the future, but what i do know is that i want a dog named scott, a nice house near a beach, a 1980 cj5 jeep, and two kids at max. and i also want to travel a lot, and i really don’t know how i’m going to achieve all that, but i’m sure that i will figure something out.