Dear Self,

This note is for you to read and look upon when the time is right. You might think to yourself when the right time will come. But since this letter is coming straight from your own words, you’ll know when the right time to open this letter will be.

When you open this note from yourself I hope you look back at when you first started writing this and how so much has changed since then-- or at least I would hope to think that things changed since then. As you write this letter, you don’t know what tomorrow has to offer or the day after, or even ten years from now, which hopefully it won’t take that long for you to look back on this.

So to my future self, I want you to see what you’ve accomplished so far, and expect more challenges to come your way. You haven’t given up this far, so don’t start yet. I want you to keep pushing yourself to the fullest. Even when times get tough and there's a lot to handle, just step back, take a deep breath, and go at it again. Don’t be so quick to throw in the towel.

Don’t look at others and wish you had what they had because you know that if you push yourself you can accomplish wonders. You know that you can go far in life if you just set your mind to it. So don’t just sit there, or stare, and wish for something. Go out and work for it. It’s always worth it when you know how hard you’ve worked for it. Things aren’t going to come easy and it’s not going to be placed in your hand. You have to really work for it in order to get it.

This isn’t a note to discourage you or tell you to just dedicate your life to work, but more words of encouragement and sense. So when you look back at everything, hopefully it’ll make you smile because you know what it took to get to where you are today.

Good luck, future self!