A letter from Jun 09, 2025

Dear FutureMe, This should be hopefully timed to arrive around graduation (if everything goes right). I hope that I'm still well, that I haven't lost sight of my passions. I hope that college won't feel like going through the wringer with nothing to gain -- because I'm going into college to expand my horizons. I've desperately waited for college to become a more educated person. I want to be able to walk out on the other side with new passions found, and a better understanding of the world. Things are currently rough as hell, with the political climate being hostile to nearly everyone and with government officials playing with lives as if they are disposable. It would be a lie to say I'm optimistic and filled with hope for the future, with how dire this situation is. Even if we make it out on the other end, there will be many people who won't. It's disheartening, and currently brings me on the verge of apathy to the state of the world. But, I can't. I have to continue living, for your sake. I have to at least try. How are our friends? I hope you haven't lost touch with Wylie, Paul, Kat, Gracie, Cas, Spice, Kayla... among many other names. I hope that you can at least send a message to check in with them (if things haven't ended disastrously with them, haha). At the very least, even if we haven't maintained these relationships, we've found new ones to lift us up. This was hard to write. I'm still not fully over the idea of being 'cringe' for doing this kind of stuff, but, I forced myself to type this up because it feels emotionally important. No matter what, I hope we find we still believe in self love. Signing off, as the fresh highschool graduate version of ourself.