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 […]
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Dear Fourth Grade Me, It’s going to be okay. Trust me, it will. I know it seems as if the whole world is against you right now, but it’s not. Fourth grade wasn’t a great time for me, and you will remember it for a long time. I still remember those awful people and how […]
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Dear Past Version of Me, Don’t worry, we’re still alive. You didn’t think we were ever going to see this day, and you had almost given up on it so many times, so I guess the most important thing I need to tell you is that it happens. I know that right now it doesn’t […]
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Dear Nilanjana Rai, Hi, hope you are doing fine. I believe you are either A) eating at the cafeteria alone — which is not because you don’t have any friends, just for the sake of not getting hurt — or B) you might just be worrying about what all you did to others and what […]
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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 […]
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Dear Fourteen-Year-Old Me, Don’t do it. I know what you’re thinking, and it is not a good idea. He is only going to cause problems for years to come. He may seem harmless right now, but trust me: run. Run as far away as you can, and do not look back. Save yourself problems in […]
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To the grown man who harassed my friends on the Internet: I guess my main question is: Why? Don’t you have better things to do with your time? You had so many options. She called you out for your unfunny stand-up comedy routine and a joke you made trivializing sexual violence against women. The first and […]
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Dear 10-Year-Old Me, I miss being you. I try to copy you, but I can’t leave aside everything that has happened to me since, good or bad. I have to accept that I might never be like you again, and that’s ok. I am just glad to have met you. Some say people never change, […]
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Dear Future Me, You have been through a lot, there is no denying that. Do you deserve better? Yeah, you would like to think so. But is it true? Yeah, you believe everyone deserves better. How have you changed? How have you grown stronger? How have you accepted the past and learned from it? I […]
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