A letter from Nov 13, 2024

Dear future me, I have currently put together a team of people to take part in a hackathon. I hope our team is able to submit an innovative project, which would allow us to learn many development skills from each other and from the software that we use. I am also writing many emails to researchers, trying to take part in a research project. My goal is to receive replies and take part in interesting projects. I also want to maintain a healthy relationship with my close family and friends, ensuring that I can communicate as comfortably as possible with them. Currently, I am trying to improve my schedule making skills that would allow me to maintain my target grades and improve my schedule making skills, as my workload increases. One of my main targets is also to improve my mandarin language skills and make full use of valuable time with my teacher to ensure that I maintain any progress in mandarin so far, so that in the future I have well developed notes that are easy to revise with, allowing me to spend less time in the sixth form on preparing for that exam, despite teaching in the sixth form. I hope I can continue to play the piano and violin, that will enhance my ability to relax myself in stressful times, and would allow me to take my diploma piano exam, which is one of my main goals at the moment. I also would like to continue to do sports at least twice a week, once swimming and once running, as it would allow me to keep my body and mind healthy. The main thing standing in the way of these achievements is time. I have many goals and targets for this year and I must manage my time carefully to ensure that I am able to achieve all these different goals, as my workload will only increase as time passes. Regarding relationships with friends and family, the greatest obstacle is me being impatient and unsympathetic, and not making time out of my busy schedule to spend time with them. To overcome these obstacles, every day, I would like to have developed a detailed schedule, to ensure I waste no time in the day. When I talk with my friends and family, I must make sure to listen well and also talk about subjects of interest to them, so that we can have a good discussion and develop good connections. I need to also make sure that I maintain motivation and don't give up on these goals. To accomplish this, I must make sure to surround myself with positive, supportive people and limit sharing my goals with others unnecessarily, as it is pointless.