letter to future self

Dear Me I’ve Never Met

Posted on Jun 23, 2018Jun 22, 2018 by Germ Magazine guest author

Dear Me That I’ve Never Met, I may look like you. I may speak like you. I may act like you. I may be you. However, I don’t know you. I don’t know what your beliefs are. I don’t know how many friends you have. I don’t know how you feel in this moment. I […]

Dear Future Me: I’m Counting on You

Posted on Mar 13, 2018Mar 1, 2019 by Germ Magazine guest author

Dear future me, I don’t know if you will ever read this or even be alive to read this, but I’m going to write it anyways because I have hope that maybe we’ll make it through. If you read this, I don’t want you to read it while crying after another sleepless night, wishing that […]

A Love Letter to Myself

Posted on Feb 9, 2017Sep 19, 2017 by Charlotte Berry

Dear Me, What I would really like to know is if you’re still in love with the boy you met back in February when the nights were cold and so was your heart. Does he still make your heart flutter and your brain question everything it has been taught about love and how wrong it […]

Dear Future Me: Keep Holding On

Posted on Mar 2, 2016Apr 4, 2016 by Germ Magazine guest author

Life isn’t easy. There will be twists and turns down the road. There will be opportunities you will miss. You will be frustrated, stressed, and constantly questioning things. The important thing to remember is to keep holding on. If you let go and give up now, how are you going to reach the goals that […]

Dear Seventeen-Year-Old Self

Posted on Feb 19, 2016Mar 21, 2016 by Germ Magazine guest author

Dear seventeen-year-old-self, The world has not stopped spinning in the days leading up to our birthday, but it has begun to spin even faster. Events that are quite out of your future hands (I’m sure!) have been set into motion that I have no power over either. Soon you’ll be worrying about college applications. […]

Dear Future Me: Live Life Like It’s a Movie

Posted on Feb 6, 2016Mar 7, 2016 by Germ Magazine guest author

Dear future me, Before you read the rest of this, take out your Miles Davis vinyl and let it play. I would like to assume you still have that record and that you have a new, beautiful, old record player. I would also like to assume that like your teenage self, you live life like […]

Dear Future Me: You Are Loved

Posted on Dec 28, 2015Jan 25, 2016 by Germ Magazine guest author

Dear Future Me, Though you may not have thought so then, I hope now you know: you are loved, you are kind, and you are wanted. I hope you followed the path you have wanted since you were 9. I hope you stayed, and will continue to stay tried and true to your goal. […]