A letter from Oct 13, 2024

Dear FutureMe, hey. we just turned 22. crazy right. i remember not thinking we would ever even graduate high school. i really hope you were able to graduate college. i hope you got through your student teaching, your teks exams, your senioritis and whatever else may have been going on in life. i know there are going to be many ups and many downs. i hope it wasnt too rough. youre stronger than you think you are. and trust me i know that, 2024 was hell, but hey, we made it. i hope youve been able to maintain meaningful relationships. not even romantic, i hope you have good friends. i hope theyve made you smile a lot in this year and a half from when i wrote this letter. i hope youve also made a lot of people smile. i hope you arent as hopeless about life as you are now. more than anything i hope it was all worth it and that youre satisfied with your choices up until now. even if you arent, youre still young, you still have your whole life ahead of you. your life is just starting and its never too late to do what makes you happy. i wonder what typa things youre into now. right now im REALLYYYY into ateez, the brain rot is so strong, but its okay because they make me happy. i remember in an old futureme letter i wrote in 2017 to 2018 i asked if i was still obsessed with my little fandoms, whos gonna tell her that its 2024 and i still am!! i hope youre still a fan girl tbh, its so fun and makes me happy. and its pretty clear its been making me happy for a while now. embrace cringe!! be free!! i hope you still have nerdy little interests. i hope you and jackie are still besties for the resties, i cant imagine my life without her. shes really the only person i care enough to mention in this letter. yeah i have other people i love and care about but if i have jackie by my side, i know everything will be fine. i really hope youve been doing well. i hope everyone you care about has been doing well. i dont wanna curse anything so im not really gonna mention anything else. i hope this reaches you and youre happy to receive it and reflect on the past 600 days. it wasnt on purpose to have a good number, it just happened! just our luck i suppose. i hope youve listened to good music, had good food, had fun times with friends and family and overall have just had plenty of good times. i wonder how many concerts we're gonna go to in the next 600 days... even if its not a lot, i hope you have fun at all of them. i wonder how many new places we're gonna go to, how many new foods we're gonna try. also i think its funny that in the last letter to my future self i was going through my emo phase and now im going through my kpop phase. emo to kpop pipeline is real. swore up and down i was never gonna become a kpop stan but look at me now! i lowkey hope youre still a kpop stan, its really fun and makes me happy. god im gonna start talking about ateez. have they made it big? even bigger than they are now? i hope youve gotten the chance to see them again, i hope their comebacks have been FIRE, except its ateez... i know theyre gonna be fire, i hope theyre happy, i hope theyve come far, i hope people can recognize their talent. i hope theyre happy and i hope theyve been able to make you happy. im gonna try to wrap it up because i have a **** ton of homework to do still... i know its going to have been a tough path, but just know that whatever happens, im proud of us. youve done everything you can, and just being able to read this letter on your birthday is an achievement in it of itself. i hope youre happy with where you are in life, and if you arent, just know that its okay. there will always be time to get better, this year has been rough, probably the hardest year of my life, but ive gotten through it. youve been able to get through 600 more days of living and thats something to be proud of. i hope you can look back on these years with fond memories and smile. i hope life treats you well, and more than anything i hope youre excited for everything that the future holds for us :) Love, PastYou