Today I got a letter to myself that I wrote almost 10 years ago (apparently on June 4, 2002. Thank you, past self, for dating the letter). My 7th grade core teacher had us write them and apparently he saved them all for 10 years and just mailed them all out. I'm not going to type it all up for you to read (some of it is quite embarrassing), but here are a few of the gems (along with my commentary):
"Dear Self,
How are you doing? You must be 22 now. What have you accomplished in the last 10 years? Well, here's some stuff that I want to remember about me now. Here are the things that I want to remember."
(Apparently, I liked being redundant in my writing. Let's hope my writing has improved in the past 10 years? Or in other words... Let's hope my writing has gotten better in the past decade. :P)
"I have lots of favorite movies. Some of them are Rat Race, The Princess Bride, A Walk to Remember, and Miss Congeniality. I like the first 2 because they are funny, A Walk to Remember because it is a really sweet love story, and Miss Congeniality because it is funny."
(Again... my writing needs some work.)
"Who I like or have a crush on- Let's see. I liked (name redacted) for part of this year, but I don't anymore. I now like (name redacted), (name redacted), and (name redacted). I like them because they are members of the church, funny, nice, and dare I say it? HOT!"
(Uh... no comment.)
"One thing that I am really proud of is that I was able to make friends with the "populars" and I can hang out with them. They seem to like me, too!"
(Oh... poor little, naive me. Next year with the "populars" was not so great.)
"One thing I am embarrassed about is when I first started hanging out with the "populars," they decided I needed to have a boyfriend."
(Oh man... that's a fun story.)
"10 years from now, I'll either be on a mission or be at college. (Hopefully at BYU.) I haven't really decided if I'm going on a mission yet. If I don't, I will be in college--possibly even married. If I am married, he must be a returned missionary, hot, and able to take me to the temple. If he isn't that (and more!), I've cheated myself. I could do better. If I'm in college, I'll probably be majoring in writing or acting. That'll be fun!"
(Got the BYU part. Did not follow the writing or acting part or the mission part. And definitely did not follow through on the marriage part yet.)
"Right now, the most important thing in my life is my friends because they really help me feel wanted and needed...I hope that they won't dump me like my past friends have. I hope that we stay friends forever!"
(Some of them did dump me later. And I haven't had any contact with any of "the populars" that I listed past 8th grade.)
"I am still learning about me though and hope that in 10 years I have learned a lot of stuff on that topic."
(Um... I guess I have.)
Haha your twelve year old self was quite fascinated by hot guys. I like how you told yourself that if you married someone who wasn't hot, didn't serve a mission, or couldn't take you to the temple that you cheated yourself.
ReplyDeleteI remember writing one of those letters when I was in seventh grade. I guess I should be expecting it next year...weird.