Letter of encouragement while off for college

From yourself from junior year of high school, You better have just graduated high school. You better have not screwed up your grades so badly that you had to repeat a grade... well... Mom would've already crucified you by then. You already let your grades slip too much sophomore year. You better have kept your GPA above 3.5. You better have still qualified for that scholarship at Jacksonville State. If you managed to screw yourself over in less than 2 years, I, and by default, you, will never let you forget it. You had just about everything going for you. If you managed to screw it up, you missed your chance on a $40,000+ scholarship. I hope you haven't let all of the opportunities you had fade away, and you better not have gotten anything below an A in Spanish 1 and 2; in Mrs. Albus's class, you would've had to TRY to fail to get below an A. You know better than to let any of your grades slip. If you haven't screwed yourself over, I would like to congratulate you. You managed to get through high school, and you have probably walked across the stage of the chapel, multiple times, unless things have become drastically different since last year. I'm proud of you. You are finally going to go off to college, and start your career as an indie video game developer, unless you've changed your mind. However, that probably isn't likely, considering you've been hooked on coding since who knows how long ago... probably at some capacity for 7-8 years now. I have to wonder, though... Have you published anything yet? Have you finally learned how to stay focused long enough to see a project through? I'm not really condemning you, just myself. I have great ideas for games I want to develop, but I'm such a perfectionist that I can't even get past the first stages without giving up. However, I hope that by now, you have found some way to see a project through... you don't want to depend on your minor in cybersecurity all your life. That just isn't your dream. That isn't what you want to see yourself doing in another 10 years... at least, I don't think that is. Again, things might've changed since the time I am sending this letter, so all my encouragement might be irrelevant. I mean, for all I know, you might currently be interested in being an accountant. But I'm going to focus this letter on the dreams you had back when you were an underclassman and probably upperclassman. I'm not going to ramble on too much longer, but I want to leave you with a thought: create the future you dream of. Don't just dream of a perfect future for you, put in the work to create and sustain that future. Not everything will just be given to you, so put in the work. Remember that you probably will have low sales numbers at first, but don't let that discourage you. Listen to the constructive criticism, and ignore the people who hate and don't have any suggestions to give. If they want to criticize you without suggesting how to improve the fruits of your labor, then they can just dedicate months and probably years to make their own perfect game. Anyway, that's all I have to say. I wasn't planning on writing an essay when I hopped on this site again, but talking for a while can quickly become something that fills many pages. Also, I've got an assignment in my dual enrollment class due tonight, and it's already 5 PM, so it would be wise of me to go ahead and send the letter, but you've always known you were a terrible procrastinator. :)