A letter from Jan 14, 2026

Dear Future David, Yo, just checking in from the past to remind you how far you’ve come. Last year was actually kinda fire—you really leveled up physically with all those early‑morning and late‑night runs, plus the workouts you actually stuck with. I’m low‑key proud of how hard you pushed yourself in school too. Yeah, you didn’t snag straight A’s and ended up with that one B, but the grind was real and you didn’t just coast. This year, the mission is simple: lock in harder, get all A’s, and crush that Marine recruitment test like it’s nothing. Also, bro… put the phone down sometimes. For real. Less scrolling, less procrastinating, more doing. Hopefully by the time you’re reading this, you actually pulled all that off and proved to yourself you’re him.