Create a meaningful life for yourself that you can be proud of. Boston University. I’m sure you have many questions. PS: Spoiler Alert! Dec 26, 2016. I feel like it’s gonna be a big milestone of your life, turning from the big 2 to the big 3, you know? Letter to myself: Dear me Laura Kelly Dec 19, 2019 Dec 19, 2019; 0 {{featured_button_text}} Students in Laura Kelly's Writing for Media class composing a letter to themselves. Call your parents (if you’re lucky enough that they’re both still here). Take a moment and go have yourself a proper personal day. Love, Me. We’ve been there, standing together. So before you drop this letter and begin to slowly walk backwards to the nearest exit with your mouth ajar; have a seat and please hear me out. That’s 3 years from now. Dear Future Me: a letter to myself 25 years from now. Promise me, you will make the most of it all. Lewis. An Open Letter To Myself Let's get real. Don’t be tempted to read the letter before it is time. And more than that number on the scale, you are happy and healthy and joyful. “Dear Me” … A letter to myself as a 21 year old Firefighter. Dear Me, I wish I could have written you this letter and actually sent it back in time. Seal the letter. We’re one hundred percent connected in a way no one will–or could ever–understand. There is no sugar-coating it. I want you to know that life sucks sometimes. Do not waste your time on people who do not believe in you. Dear Me, Myself and I, I’m writing this letter to myself, to me, to you, in the hopes that you will read it on the day when depression rears its ugly head. 260 Dear me, Before the new year starts, I want to talk to you about a few things so that you can start fresh once January 1 st, 2017 rolls around. I can scarcely begin to imagine how much our world will have changed by then. And don’t—don’t you dare—feel guilty for taking the time for yourself. Seal it in an envelope or tape it closed. Everything … You don’t need anyone like that in your life. You’re not at your end goal, but you’re close! Maybe that’s a message in itself ? Hello friend, Twenty-five years from now—if I am blessed to be here that long—I will be 68 years old. I write this letter to you as your 27 year old self. You took the year (and the next) and you have come farther physically and emotionally than I ever dreamed possible. Sometimes crying in the shower, sometimes snorting through our nose, but it’s always been you and me… Go outside. This will also help preserve the letter, especially if you don’t plan to read it for 10-20 years. Never let anyone get in the way of your goals in life. I hope you don’t feel so scared of this transition though. Shilpa Prasad. I am essentially still you, only I am a little older and wiser. Dear 30-year-old Me, So it’s the year 2019. Leave a reply “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” –C.S. This year has been a crazy one. 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