A letter from Jan 01, 2026

Dear future me, It's New Year's Eve, 2025. When you get this at the end of the school year, I want you to do one thing for me. Look around. See how far you've come. Are your grades a bit better? Do you have more friends? A new boyfriend? The same one? Do people still look at you like they did before, when your shoes were off-brand and your pants didn't touch the ground? Are you popular? Is your room clean? Did the antidepressants work like everyone said they would? I really hope, for both of us, that they did. Because right now I'm in a pretty crappy place. And listen to me. Life sucks. It probably will for the rest of forever. And what the heck, who cares about a letter of improvement and guidance!!!! I'm here to tell you that if you're reading this, you're doing great. And if you're anything like me, all you need is for someone to say, "I'm so **** proud of you for getting this far". So that's what I'll say. I'm so **** proud of you for getting this far. Trust me, it probably wasn't worth it, and it probably won't ever be, but what. The. Heck. Life can bite my *** if it thinks it's going to stop us from having the most ****** existence ever. Oh hey. Life just bit my ***. Good luck. And one more thing before you go(I am being so serious please take my advice). SCREW WHAT EVERYONE THINKS ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON WHO MATTERS So if you want to go and ruin yourself and change everything about yourself, do it. But only if that's what you want. And right now, it's what I want. I want us to be able to fit in and be popular. *sigh* We have a lot going on right now. And if you decide you want our life to end earlier than it should, that's your choice. But for now I guess I'll do the right thing and tell you some cool stuff that happened in 2025 that you probably didn't forget about but also don't think about all the time. :) WE........ Read a crap ton of books. Do it again. Got a boyfriend. Is he still there? We never thought that day would come. Had our first kiss. Wowie zowie. All I can say is I had terrible anxiety about that kiss before it happened. Went on our first date. It was nice. He makes really good enchiladas. Got into 8th grade honor band. I mean, who really doubted us? Learned to play chess. You're probably still learning since we suck. Okay, all that stuff is great, but here's some of the LESS great stuff that happened. We were diagnosed with depression 3 days before Christmas Our best friend moved to California. Most of the girls still hate us. We started taking a weight loss medication. We learned that we suck at chess. :) That's all for now, but that said, I love you and just know you deserve so much better than crippling depression and mean girls. Okay. Um, good luck out there, wherever that may be. P.S.- Write another one of these things on futureme.org to tell us how you feel about going to high school. Write it like right now and date it to send New Year's Eve of 2026 so we can do some reflecting. P.P.S.- You really are great. Enjoy your summer. Hang out with your friends. <3