Public letters from the past

Time Travelled — almost 13 years

Hello you.

Dear FutureMe, I hope when you're reading this you're either: 1) Filthy rich 2) Have friends who've become filthy rich. 3) Have found true enlightenment and therefore don't need money to be happy. The last one's my preferred option, but any of those would suit me just fine really... You should also have learnt to use a sewing machine by now and how to play the guitar in public. Get o...

Time Travelled — almost 10 years

A letter from the past

Dear FutureMe, -Wake up earlier, you have the rest of eternity to sleep but only so many days. -Talk to more people. -Read more. -If you're still smoking, stop. It will fucking kill you. -Swear less. -Listen to more music, more genres, but keep punk and hip hop close to your heart. Remember the roots. -Don't worry about things too much, nobody else does. -Ring mum and tell her you lov...

Time Travelled — almost 8 years

Epilogue

To you, from you

Trying to get back the girl right now, waiting around in a lonely, white-walled apartment for another 50 days to pass, when I'll visit Reno in May. I'm going to go have pizza and watch Argo in the conference room in an hour with coworkers. How's life? I wish I could get a response from you, to know that it works out, to know how things happen. Are kids in the future? If I'm back with C she'l...

Time Travelled — 12 months

Epilogue

A letter from April 4th, 2020

Dear FutureMe, It’s really difficult right now. I’m sewing masks. Hospital masks because there aren’t enough. I don’t even like to sew. But now, I do. My best friend is pissed at me. She’s a nurse and has to go to work. But I’m trying to help by staying home and not getting sick and by sewing masks. We can’t talk about stuff. I keep sewing masks. She keeps picking them up.

Time Travelled — about 2 months

A letter from February 4th, 2021

Hi! So it's been 3 months since you started to save money to aggressively pay off your credit cards and I think that you're doing great. Just remember why you're doing it: to get your life in order and be able to save for and afford more important stuff. Don't feel any guilt, you were unemployed for a long time and now that you're unemployed AGAIN, you spent a lot of money on tuition and star...

Time Travelled — almost 14 years

Congrats on hitting 40

Dear FutureMe, 40 years you have now lived on this Earth. How is the planet holding up? Have we destroyed it further? What kind of technology have we though up of using? I've just donated some money to the planetary society for their mars mission. You should be proud. Did anything ever come of it? Have a look and see. Do we still use normal computers? I'm typing this out at work but at h...

Time Travelled — almost 5 years

A letter from April 3rd, 2016

Dear FutureMe, It is currently 5 weeks after the heart attacked almost killed you. As you write this you are full of excitement for the future. You have been given a second chance to be a better person and to appreciate the extra time you have. You currently feel like you need to stop being so negative, you need to appreciate the people that care and not judge the new people you meet. ...

Time Travelled — almost 3 years

A letter from April 3rd, 2018

Dear FutureMe, I've been thinking about if I should or should not write this. I hope you are happier. I loved teaching kids, and I hope I'm moving in the direction of doing that somewhere along the line. It was the most beautiful feeling. Are you married, God I hope not yet. Mamma still must be after your life. I don't wanna say anything sad or depressing because well I don't wanna go into...

Time Travelled — almost 5 years

A letter from April 2nd, 2016

Dear FutureMe, April 2, 2016. Springtime in Tokyo, and the city is brimming with life for the sakura/ hanami season. These days, you find the weather still too cold, and in fact today, you chose to skip 2 hanami / sakura meet-ups. Instead, you spent the day watching Spurs and Coach Pop videos on youtube (and you dont regret it by one bit!). You also attempted to make leche flan, pero mukhang...

Time Travelled — about 3 years

A letter from January 2nd, 2018

Dear FutureMe, I hope you're a lot more confident than I am now. I hope you love yourself so much more than I do at the moment. I hope you're enjoying life, like you deserve to. I hope your loved. Because quite frankly you deserve it. Look how far you've come... You're not that little, weak girl. You're not cutting or hurting yourself. You're not hating yourself. You're not crying ...

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