A letter from January 7th, 2023

Dear FutureMe, Thank you for believing in yourself, a whole semester at uni!!! Well done!!! Right now exams are hard, tutors aren't great, friends aren't great. But I believe in myself. I love music even when times are hard and I think about ditching it all and doing computing or something instead. Ultimately I really do want to write music, all types of music. Pop, brass band, orchestra, lofi, rock, experimental. And that's ok. It's ok not to know what you want to do. It's ok not to be the most amazing player of all time. You'll get there. Even if you never know exactly what you want to do, even now, life will guide you, opportunities will come your way. Don't decline them, don't say you don't have the skills. Go for it, surpass your expectations. Soon you will be doing CoLab for the first time. Learn from otheres. Create with others. Explore, shape the way with whatever you all end up creating. I love you so much. The last year may have been tough. The last 5 definitely have been. You deserve all this. You are worthy of it. You are good enough. I love you, Sincerely, Yourself