Dear Future Me,

1. I hope one day you read this, in twenty or thirty years, and I hope you're living life to the fullest.

2. I hope you’ve found your place in this crazy, messed up world.

3. I hope you’ve found the love of your life and I hope it was the right time.

4. I hope you love teaching just as much as you did during student teaching.

5. I hope you go out of your comfort zone on a daily basis, and I hope you’re comfortable in your own skin and body.

6. I hope you have a loving family that cares for you and appreciates you for who you are.

7. I hope you still talk to all your Gamma sisters and I hope you’re close with mom, dad and Evan.

8. I hope you wake up each morning, realizing you’re here for a reason.

9. I hope you live near Disney, or at least go often enough.

10. I hope you kept in touch with everyone from school (or at least most of them).

11. I hope you’ve grown.

12. I hope you’ve learned to cope with your anxieties, your fears, and I hope you’ve stopped overthinking every little thing anyone does.

13. I hope you realize that you are loved.

14. I hope you have more good days than bad, but I hope you have a support group of people who are there for you on the bad days.

15. I hope you’ve learned to let people in and I hope you’ve learned to trust.

16. I hope you’ve learned to not be as scared of change.

17. I hope the world is a pretty decent place, and I hope you treat your friends with the respect they deserve.

18. I hope the real world hasn’t gotten to you too much and I hope you still believe that there is some good in the world.

19. I hope you’ve opened a day care or work as a kindergarten teacher and I hope you still dream just as big as you did when you wrote this.

20. I hope the years have been good to you.

21. I hope you still talk to your friends from home, and I hope you keep laughing.

22. I hope you still stand up for what you believe in and I hope you’re making the world a better place – one student at a time and one day at a time.

23. I hope you get lots of sleepy cuddles and I hope you’ve found what you were looking for.

24. I hope you had the wedding of your dreams – in Disney obviously.

25. I hope you’re still writing your heart out, putting all the feelings and emotions you can’t put into words into the world through writing.

26. I hope you go to sleep each night with a smile on your face and your heart happy.

27. I hope you never gave up and I hope you never let the bad days win.

28. I hope you are confident in your abilities and I hope you never forget what you’ve been through.

29. I hope you can drive and I hope you live somewhere beautiful.

30. But most of all, I hope you’re happy

Love, 21-year-old me.