Dear Future Self,

I write to you in a sense of hope thinking for the future. Although life isn't always so planned out, I hope that life turns the way we have hoped. As I write this letter to you, I'd like to say that as from the perspective of a 20-year-old college Junior, life kinda sucks. And I know it's still early in my prime to say this but I guess it's the "Millennial/Generation Z" form of thinking. I don't know, I guess I'm writing this to you to express my hopes for myself. Almost like keeping a mental note to myself on to keep moving myself forward. As I am trying my hardest not to sound like an edgy young adult trying to better themselves to look high and mighty, "Oh, look, I wrote to my future self and I'm gonna read this in five years. I'm definitely the role model of people's dreams"

Anyways, I just wanna say that I'm really hopeful for the future. That is, if I get to live that long as for life has its many mysteries and I guess we never really know what's to come of it. I'm here sitting in my full-size bed in my red painted room writing this on a hot summer's day enjoying myself, while you're probably living in the polar opposite of content or you're actually living life to its fullest. But how would I know? This letter is a bit of a ramble, let's be real here but it's also a little moral compass from me to myself. So let's be real here and cut to the point, don't change who you are. Ever. Don't. I mean that. DON'T EVER CHANGE.

Life will always throw it's curveballs at you, whether it comes to relationships/friends/and family. You shouldn't change who you are for ANYONE. Come on buddy, you and I know we've had a bad habit of doing that constantly, whether it was to impress someone or to look like the better person… and look how that turned out. Next on my agenda, remember where you're from.

I mean I think you and I both know this is trivial and kinda dumb to really explain but I mean it, don't forget what raised you. Whether it be the streets you grew up in, or the people who pushed and motivated you right from the beginning to the very end. Everyone on your side till the very end are those to cherish the most. Those are the ones who've kept us going through every rough toll in our life and kept us moving. Like my guy, you and I both remember that one song that we love that kinda tells us this (Lines In My Face by Chronic Future):

"Lines in my face are becoming more apparent
I stare with the same eyes as my moms parent
People I can be scared with are the ones to cherish
And I hope someday to be able to say that I shared it."

Anyways, I'm almost rambling on but… I don't know, I have a lot to say to you and I wish time machines were real because I'll love to know how our story continues. Or even how it ends, if it's a bittersweet story or a story that lives on for generations. Only life knows, but soon enough I'll get to where you are, reading this letter and trying to make sense of what the hell I'm trying to say here. But to really get to our main point here, the world ends with you. And that's something we've always kept to us dearly and I hope you live on with it. Broaden your horizons, open up your world and live life the way you want to live it. I won't be able to stress that enough until I'm you. But, all I can say now is that… I can't wait to meet you as you, I can't wait till I sit here 5 years or more reading this and not only realizing how dumb we are, but to able to see my life and say "That was all worth it."

So thanks for the hopefulness, and you're welcome for the memories. Love,

Yourself.