Featured Letters from the past

Time Travelled — 12 months

The high price of being a fool

Dear FutureMe, Well, you spent many years worrying to much, even though your rational mind told you that worrying never affected a change. You had a sleep disorder that was nothing less than pure hell. In fact, it rendered you a nervous, miserable wreck. Finally you snapped! There was no one who even cared. Then you realized they really didn't matter anyway. Everyone is just living fo...

Time Travelled — almost 3 years

19 today, Happy Birthday!

Dear Future Me, In 2004, you were 16-and-some, attending GSGA and becoming a rising star in the music department but failing in many others, including Maths and Physics and other things that seem easy but were actually just easily forgettable. You were wondering what you would do after high school, what career pathway to take, though you knew that it had to have something to do with scie...

Time Travelled — about 1 year

None

Dear FutureMe, I would like to ask a lot later version of you but I don't know how long this e-mail is going to last. What the hell are you doing right now? Are you back with Nancy or are you hating yourself because you let her slip away? Are you still going into the music business or have you decided it was best to do something more lucrative. I wish you could come visit me, take me by the han...

Time Travelled — 12 months

Everything

Dear FutureMe, I guess all I have is questions- it seems so silly to offer you advice, though I think there are parts of this life right now that I hope you remember very vividly. Those purple crumbling flowers- like tissue paper- that fall from the trees on the sidewalk on the way to work, the way the wind moves through the leaves, and the leaves themselves, yellow scratchy fishes on the ...

Time Travelled — 12 months

regards to our offer of employment

Dear FutureMe, I am writing in regards to our offer of employment with ___. Due to your use of profanity and inappropriate responses in your application for security clerance, please be advised that our offer is withdrawn effective today, August 24, 2006. Please re-read the offer letter where we promised to pay you $60,000/year, and do not contact us again. Sincerely, TC Manager Huma...

Time Travelled — 12 months

2 years ago today you had to start from scratch

Dear FutureMe, You felt crappy the day you wrote this, and used a stumbledupon site to set the goals that got you where you are today I hope you have been staying far away from the meth and have realized the profound effect that eating healthy and working out has had on your physical appearance and self esteem. Have you been enjoying spending time with Eden? She's just over 2 years old no...

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