A letter from February 13th, 2020

Dear FutureMe, So Valentine's Day is tomorrow. Are we still single? It's okay if we are, honestly. You've just started learning this and you've just started teaching yourself that it's okay to be alone and to not always have a man or woman with you. I hope that that's still something you're trying to do, that you're still trying to put yourself first and "fix" yourself before you try to jump into a relationship with some rando. Have you started going to therapy? That's something you've always wanted to do but for some reason haven't. Maybe we should look into that and see if Kean provides it for free. However, if you somehow actually are in a relationship right now, I hope they're a good person and that you're happy with them. I would say all the physical features I hope they have, but hopefully, by your age, you've finally let go of what society deems beautiful and what your stupid physical requirements are. I hope that our partner is kind to us and our friends and family, that they make us laugh and keep us happy, and that they are willing to always cuddle with us and will ACTUALLY send us voice memos back rather than respond to us with texts. I hope you're over the assholes who hurt you and that you're finally able to move on. Finally, I hope that your partner is somebody that mom and dad and ate approve of. Ask them if they do, and if they don't, ask them why they don't approve of them, and please actually listen. They might be right, so please just hear them out. I also hope that you're applying what we've learned in interpersonal communication in our lives and that you're trying to improve yourself in any way that you can. I'm sorry if this email is trash or whatever, but I just wanted to try this out. Maybe you could send future us another email just like this one. AND PLEASE PLEASE REMEMBER THAT NOBODY IS WORTH OUR TEARS AND IF A BITCH MAKES US CRY, OR MAKES US FEEL LESS THAN WHAT WE'RE WORTH, IT'S OK TO CUT THEM OFF AND BLOCK THEM. YOU DON'T OWE ANYBODY ANYTHING, but at the same time, please do be kind to everybody. Some goals I have for us that I hope we've achieved: - become an RA at Kean - maintain a GPA above 3.25 - make more friends and nurture the friendships that we already have - stop being such a hoe - work on ourselves before trying to shove somebody else in our life - go travel more, and go to more concerts. overall just have a good time with your life and don't stress as much - eboard for FUNK - lose weight in a healthy way - lessen how much you care about others' opinions - check up on your family at least twice a week. tell them good morning and good night and that you love them every day. - be happy, or at least be content with your life I hope we're okay - 18 year old Alex