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A Letter To My Future Self

Hopefully I'm still this awesome.

Sarah Rosenthal
Jun 06, 2016
Westfield State University
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A Letter To My Future Self

Dear Future Me,

Hi, how are you?

I wonder how my life is going now. When I was little, there was no way for me to predict how my life would turn out. I wanted so many different things and had no idea how to go about getting them. My life was one huge tunnel that I didn't understand. Now, I am 19 years old, and I am watching it play out. It's like getting to the end of a TV series and finally understanding why things are happening the way they are. Except this isn't a TV series, and this isn't the end. No one knows how far into my series I am. At this point in my life, I am starting to understand who I am. I am starting to understand my place in the world and why I am here. As I talk to you, I have a few hopes of how my life turns out.

I hope I am happy.

I want to be content in my life and in my place in the world. I want to take a look at myself in the mirror and be proud of what I see and I hope you feel like that. I have a lot to be happy for right now. I am happy and healthy, my family and friends are all in good places and I can't ask for anything more than that. I hope that you, looking at where you stand in your life right now, feel the same way about your life- or our life.

I hope that I am living out my dreams.

I hope that I am teaching. Although this dream may change and probably will, at this point in my life, I hope I am teaching. I can't wait to finally get out of school and start working and using my talents. I am preparing so well for this and I can't wait to get out there and actually start working in my field. Whatever you are doing right now, I hope you are happy and I hope you are doing something you love. I'm not sure if between now and wherever you are if that dream will change, but if it does, I hope you are doing what you love.

It is normal to look into the future and be scared. No one knows really what the future is going to hold for us. When I look into my future, I'm not scared anymore. I believe that whatever happens is going to happen because it was meant to. Everything happens for a reason and every action has an equal or opposite reaction. Whatever I do now, is going to affect my future, and don't worry, I'm being careful.

As a first year student at Westfield State University, I am here, and I am happy, and I hope you are too.

Love,

Your Past Self

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