letter to myself – MAGAZINE

Dear Good Girl

Posted on May 20, 2023May 20, 2023 by Fransivan MacKenzie

You felt so unworthy of anything good that you took anything you could get and called it enough…

You Are Anything But Average

Posted on Mar 10, 2020Mar 9, 2020 by Germ Magazine guest author

Dear present me, I know it feels like the walls are caving in on you. You have bad day after bad day after bad day. You’re exhausted all the time and you feel like your friends are getting bored of you. You’ve been on dates with boys and girls alike, but nothing ever happens because […]

Dear Future Me: Times Will Change

Posted on Aug 14, 2019Sep 22, 2019 by Germ Magazine guest author

February 28, 2018 Dear Future Me, Times will change. Right now, I am in the calm before the storm. Along with times changing, relationships (with friends, parents, and siblings), the structure of my life, and the way I view things will change too. Somethings, though, must stay the same. Stay optimistic. Life is not going […]

Dear Present Me: Your Imagination Is Power!

Posted on Jul 9, 2019Jul 9, 2019 by Germ Magazine guest author

Hi Margaret, the insecure version of my present. I can feel what is seeping through your bones right now. I know how hard you try to seize your tears when the worst thing hits you like a bullet shot your heart. I even saw how your face reddened while clutching your jaws tight to keep […]

Be You, For You

Posted on Feb 20, 2019Jun 18, 2019 by Saachi Shetty

Dear 18-year-old me, Hola, amiga, how ya’ doing? I believe you survived high school. Congrats. However, today I lay on my bed perplexed. For whenever I think about my future, my heart almost skips a beat, I get goose-bumpy, and my feet get cold and numb. As for years to come from now, I’ll be […]

Dear Me: Aging Isn’t What We Thought It Would Be

Posted on Jan 1, 2016Feb 1, 2016 by Germ Magazine guest author

So, not sure how to address this. I don’t know what to call myself. Guess I could just use my name. Or Whatever — When you were in junior high school, there were those kids who stood at the top of the hill during snack, or recess, or whatever it was called. You thought they […]

Letter to Myself at Age Fourteen

Posted on Dec 2, 2015Feb 14, 2019 by Kate Conroy

1. Believe in love, every kind, big and small, weak and strong. 2. But don’t wait for him. Or any guy. Or anyone at all. They’ll never be able to give you what you really want. They’ll only hold you back, when I know that you can fly so far, as long as you’re doing […]

Dear Past Me

Posted on Jul 29, 2015Jul 29, 2015 by Margaret Harrison

Hey, 8th grade me! Things kind of suck right now. You’ve been dealing with depression for a while, and you think everyone expects perfection from you or else they’ll hate you forever. I understand where you’re coming from, and, honestly, that’s not the case. You have a great family who loves you and wants to […]

Dear Past Me

Posted on May 24, 2015Jun 21, 2015 by Shannon Gleba

Dear Past Me, Looking back now, I think it’s funny that you are probably sitting there stressing about finishing your two-page persuasive essay AND your pre-algebra homework. In terms of school, think of the workload you have and multiply that by ten to get an idea of what you’re dealing with three years in […]