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Dear Future Self

A little friendly reminder.

Nicole Steplewski

Aug 09, 2016

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

Fine Art America

Dear Future Self,

We always look back on our younger years as the good times, without a single worry in the world, except which toy we would play with next. We lived each day with everything taken care of by our parents.

As we grow up, our parents are still by our sides. Most of us do not have to worry about bills yet and our moms still cook us our dinner a majority of the time. Our only worry is about passing our next Calculus test or getting our license.

We do not know what the future holds for us. We only know that we can mold it to fit our best interests and hope everything works out. As we start to grow older, we realize that we have more responsibilities, more independence and our parents are not around as much as they used to be.

We start realizing what we had, and how amazing it was, how easy life really was. And then we start getting scared.

But future self, I am here to tell you that everything will be okay. I still have complete faith in you. You have done so well so far! Even if you are a little scared right now, a little depressed, a little stressed out, you have been through so much before. This will be a breeze.

Even if you are regretting some decisions, future self, I want you to know that I will always be proud of you. Everyone makes mistakes, there is no avoiding that. What is most important is that you realize your mistakes and you can stop them from happening again. I think that is pretty incredible.

Future self, if you ever EVER feel self conscious, I want you to know that you are beautiful in many eyes. I know it may not seem that way when you wake up in the morning with makeup smeared across your eyes with a wicked hangover, but please believe me. I can promise that you will have so many days filled with soaring self confidence and, if you have not already, you will find that special someone who will make you believe it.

Speaking of special ones, do not freak out if you have not found one yet. Your time will come and when it does, it will be the most magical moment, and I am so excited for you! Please do not give up. I know love may seem impossible, it seems impossible for me now. I can only imagine what it is like for you. But I know they are coming. And they will make you feel wonderful in every way.

Future self, I cannot stress strongly enough how proud I am of you. I love you so much. You grew up to be an absolutely phenomenal person. I am so excited to see where we will go next. You got this! Never forget you are worth more than anyone can afford. Please take care of yourself.

Love,

Your Younger Self

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No one best represents the struggle like our favorite 90s squad.

1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

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1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

3. When you edit your friend's paper and they get an A.

4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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