A letter from April 6th, 2021

Peaceful right?

Dear FutureMe, I'm writing this as of the sixth of April of 2021, with the delivery date being in 3 years, when I'll, hopefully, be in university. Right now, the future is something that highly worries me and makes me anxious. I have been looking for universities to attend yet none captivates me like Coimbra. It's highly renowed and it has the major which i want, history. Am I still pursuing my dreams of becoming a history teacher? Did I end up getting into History or even Coimbra? I'm really worried about starting the internship and also taking the PAP and the exams :/ You probably don't recall it, but at this point I've lost hours upon hours of sleep thinking about my future and worrying about failure. If we did get into university, how have you been handling it, finantially wise? I know that money, wether it's tuition or the cost of living in another city is always a big worry and stuff can get difficult. Knowing myself I'm probably freaking out, if it's the case. On another note, have you been keeping contact with your friends? Catarina, Raquel, Ribeiro? How have they been, message them, tell them you miss them. Right now we have the strongest bond ever. Even with this whole pandemic going on, we still find a way to spend time together and everyone has been really supportive. Hopefully we made some new friends in university! Let's talk boys... or girls! How have you been on the process of discovering yourself? Right now I don't label myself, and am super happy with it. I don't like the fact that society implements labels and wants us to fit in them. I'm way better not labeling my *********! Back to lovelife. Got anyone special? I'm going to give you a quick recap of what's going on right now. There's two boys that simultaneously like me, and yet I like none of them. Oh well, it is what it is! I hope you found your significant other or at least have had someone by now! One last thing before I end this quick letter, what are your interests right now? Do you still like One Direction? I am currently enjoying the minecraft server DreamSMP, do you still watch it or any of the youtubers/streamers involved? If not, please check up on them. Here's a list of people I would love you to check: Tommyinnit, Ranboo, WilburSoot, Nihachu, Technoblade and Tubbo. Are you still on stan twitter? Do you even remeber any of this? Of the nights you stayed up watching streams, lore or not, MCC's, Jackbox streams? Do you remeber Sad-Ist? Alliumtwt? I really hope we don't let go of this because right now it's one of the things that bring me joy! And did you get that ADHD test? I'm planning on taking it, since I have my own suspicions. I'm going to wrap this letter up by asking you to please write another letter for your future self. The website is futureme.org, in case you forget! I hope I was able to achieve my main goals :] Sincerely, 16 year old Juliana. P.S.: I'm going to set the delivery date of this letter as Tommy's birthday, go wish him a happy day!

Epilogue

3 days later

Dear 16-Year-Old-Me,

Wow, it's really weird writing that, I completely forgot about this specific letter's existence (although I still use this website), and it was absolutely shocking receiving this email...

On esadytu ghtn!i a oantifinitoc.
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Os 500 vnee nukdbe a realyl s'rheet yaw oemr ma ,dwors oyu adn( dna lot heets smeede i is aiuibtmso a ni a hnta )otl atht crryetnlu to e,ronsp ilke.
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Ralcify )w!aay kihtn nluo'dct ntah omm we tneh rc,hi otg raye iopc:t a deawtn a tiefirecd dna lwloof i nda si gcthn!iea eiplnhg idd, lal tlyxeac rdafof a tuhsohgt my but vsye!itirnu half hw,it i!t era raye i!n atht tisrf ubt ot fo orf i pag oiwnlogfl a 'eewr nda uor twih b!ayb itlsl it's r'ewe eenb ni inrasttg g,ao took dna 'mi upllyfohe fi hwta egadnih gihh rtsioyh celnrytur nnsfiiihg hnotm adn ti opnaiss to yfetlnnuurota sirtf to ,'blasrcoeh ruthgho ryae tub and cnise yuor ym ot it! dna frist dan trdie tfrae sowadrt get ryaes coohls, i smtsrae' 3 yap ew gnivehyert arye not bertte neo( epsah ofr my in idnouceta dda.
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Acim!orb hsetraec rehe, i t'is batou eneisg teridecif ot tebs dan het so uoy vaeh uroy a anlitlnryeaonit rs'tehe 9 rslreua ni ltle toirsinash ntwa eb uyo lcayusla mcuh zneodcrige. M. I( nad mfysle slcas sl)csa ghift tysa os nto'd i dy,a to og in bed reoglniis reeyv. Fo i uyo nbgei the siht is dtnutes 'lcoutdn tcyi gamclai cnia!bema rome ealolrv ruetflga sa ,oplpee eht aeepms,hort as !thhogut reyethgniv eth urpdo ni nad rehe dan eb a. Ahd hesso dan in ew ym aboerwr,d het arejt uor teh intgits tbg!ouh lful aalerdy dan cep,a a,toc est is teh teh efitdt. . Evne tesoms(emi so fats teg try emht no elur,rsa nad mite ot its' os gnufl so i ,me by atht )gdyi!d.
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So vimgno rtybefult kiel adme mikgan e!reh uoy i fo a mroe clasio iripfshdnes tlfcaombore ahve new reev mcoebe uto and lefe iscen fnresdi i namy. Naraami inkd naa, lslcaeypei ciborma ni oyru we cush us htta gntih yeht otni ebtluyaosl ehty ldwmeoce os vluecdo' thsi no re!cilc lpoeep d,aemtli ifst ,in !em os bste losa oosmmtear to the are etbs mhcu saw ot nad zi,manag neam lyscaielpe ,su het odgo pdneaehp noeyreev juts lla are mseo fo pgour trehi dan ju rt,ahe ruo nda os and elwl redinf nneir rtgih is a rae aelcp. ):.
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And dmrveoe and r!eeht egdncah ear eaddd ingmzaa fo ougrp iernfd het uoghth ruo vene a,wy as a tsill eoulcp the eth is aglno robriei btu slilt h'ytvee dna eocr gnwro larueq we pe,ople m"o"eh sa ames! is e,ver. Eht wneh ehldecssu uor wtah ewr'e huc,m (wow omhe ceah see sllti ear ist' ecpmdian itwh xeicgrenipen gftroo ew tt),ah nlgai ot i hetro we teohr as d'ont abck eikl utb dan os uyo ees try ehac uabot.
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Ovle our elfi. . . Of kcal or. . . Ew a are iplncato vwei rvye !atht tboh ib nda aws ot of ,aitmronc ntecapecca ety 'hteanv teaoipi,snlshr dtdea is woh op!cit yaonne yoak mchu we dna i ttah eky oamdipclcet htiw. Us we'll oepevld mitticopsi rweosir hwo ti ielv owkn !sdoe on fo oelppe ni ogv,sloyuir o,wn herwe uyo ese lsaywa mfor idfrens 'im ees ptar in me aer rsyro pssoriahtnlie asntpoiipd ht,em liwl lkei eseemd tub !us fo uoelpc wree my htis to that ti tbu uot piek!oo flei ehter ear i ducol :) a ouy owrk all for tkinh it nde, sndiertete isth tip,co flftiruu eht su aseld so i so miet temesosim to ont'd.
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Aidem titnsrsee royu. . . . An usde ,umch tcwah hoghtu soine actwh hewil for but cmusi eefl fo itme eth srgnee i tymsol etldniyief i et'ryeh eikl ahtt etlilt fo aclk ghirt dkni ,tys)du to !hcdgnea wno fo to a adn ued nboradugkc itb ienstl eahv g,neer eev(n do'tn fo g,irl ,own eryve an-dlorula e/vmiovt asertms a lto i. I iedvsorc hn)m!ot otu eenb lamiyn tbu toregr,bnid no asy iael-lmt acrcit meac onti a to evha neevr otp it eintnlisg mayn id,sk knwo veneenset yatsr im' owh shwo ni oru ot to elik a nda hgtir leitlt wno, etmrta adn ve,trafsio oiaevrtf op-k,p si lot nymoeks lilw you chiwh itlls ofvrree of ieldk i vi'e ehwn korc tdri(h yalrle nad uro ti tbonhmo!capkr !niide snseao stirats a so lltis stkic i.
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Kiel arlfuef it lfte ibrrgmmenee wsa i nda htta ahwt i hsuc srfhe fo wtha itme, at hberat khgninti itsh aringde of niatgwia ria nda swa a. Aevh thta ndidt' vgie ehert fo a,ysre and i mte ,epepol htourgh ma and kwon ihrgt ebdilrinyc pa,pedenh wya,a ehwre eb ahwafyl apyph now up i ta ohhrtgu em sheet taht ,yfosuelr see tlo yuo ujoye!rn demov lto y16o olt i esey,alicpl a a nad, earelzdi hist sha a batou wuldo ot.
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1 tlceurnry odclu a omer tirew to otl ees'trh tsi' a ouy touba i htta but. M. ,aolrnm vree a si rlcreutyn of a rfo ton k!cosh ot sa we lto, mlafyi hhcwi yrou enspor dan sn,ar)ose itlsl gvrnhiti bo)veesdl ft)w( my sesirt btu mmo pecra os htiw add were na gverehntiy tath is koki ht,ing uyo ryou 'its setb i nda htnilaisoper yuo to i 41 a and o:einmtn and eth chus taryp tdlo selco ani,(2d#4n a si luofte(ntuyanr lespe amnizga i yuo leef adentw is e'sehr wnok salo hys n,traesp ntwa tib sa e!lovyl aubot vhea so i a of alfiynl.
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Eakw us ot 2lo2-r-deya o!rmspie orgnnim up, i 'ill teiwr ewnh oortmowr.
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Emht 'lil sa peke rwgtnii eepk gonl rnaedig ,teehs as you.
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Irlny,esec.
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Lyd-er9-1oa niaujal.

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