A letter from Nov 24, 2022

Time Travelled — 12 months

Peaceful right?

Dear FutureMe, It’s 2:13am again; I’ve woken up and can’t go back to bed. Waking up at this time is never good because I can’t stop thinking about her. It’s been almost 5 months. How the hell do I recover from this sickness? This week I’ve felt more sadness because I don’t remember what it feels like to talk to her. I’m very slowly starting to stop wondering what she’s doing. This might be good sign but it’s such a crazy thing to experience. I’ve felt all types of feelings: sadness, embarrassment, anger, fear etc. I’m really struggling man. I haven’t touched my power BI course or any other course in months. This year has been a very draining year. Pretty similar to 2014 or 2019. One thing I’m starting to realise is once a pain is in the past, you really forget a lot about the details and how painful it might have truly been at the time. For example, I can’t accurately compare which year was worse; I’m just going through it right now. I also feel bad that she may be going through a tough time as well. I miss her so much. But sometimes I feel angry about how the breakup happened. Right now, I’m considering not going to church for a while and just taking my Sundays to relax and recalibrate. I really feel the need to get my life back on track. I’m 27 now and I really want to be good at Power BI, Python and SQL. I also want to be very knowledgeable about the energy industry. I started financial planning for 2023 and I felt so so anxious. I really want a car now - it’s getting very ridiculous - but I don’t think I’m going to get it until Q3 to Q4 of next year. Well that’s enough for tonight. There’s a after work pub quiz later today so I better get back to bed. Please tell me it’s a lot better now

Epilogue

about 1 month later

Hey pastme!

You would be pleased to know that everything is a lot better now.

I was reading this letter on...

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Sttread gald sweek tehaypr uyo shti m’i a was frate etsn efw tetelr os. Fo olt tsnghi eahcgnd a taht. Aelreis hirotgscmosn dan no mdae uofcs you yrslufeo ermo now oryu it.
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Ogt so gsesu ti i veor oyu. .
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Eods urlyt what mtie ainamzg s’it.

This user has written an update to this letter.To see what they wrote, please


tinale2011:

almost 2 years ago

I don’t have premium so I can’t read your update. However, I hope you’ve found space and grace to allow for a more self-focused future. It seems like break ups can be hard and overtime to realize, what feels like wounds, heal— so much you forget about the scars.

Letter Author:

almost 2 years ago

Thanks a lot! The summary of my response is that I’m a lot better in a much better relationship. I received the letter on a trip with my new girlfriend.
My ex reached once after the breakup but that gave me enough closure not to respond when she wished me happy birthday 5 weeks ago, I also didn’t bother with a birthday message last week. Career and everything else is going well so all different from last year.

Thanks again for your message

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