letter to future me :)

 Dear future Jess,

I hope you have been able to complete a lot of the things on your bucket list. Some of my favorite items I hope you completed are going to Greece, riding in a hot air balloon and going to a music festival in another country. Right now you have a huge desire to travel and explore other countries (especially since your study abroad experience was cut short because of the coronavirus pandemic) and I hope you fulfill all of those dreams. 

As a junior in college I have some ideas of what career I want but I am open to so many different opportunities. Some of our career ideas right now are working for an NBA team,working for the Olympics, a staff member on a late night show, or maybe working in another country. I found a summer class program in Monaco which is about luxury marketing, brand and event management, but even if I don’t go, I know I am also interested in those fields. Another dream of mine is living in New York but I don’t know how well we will be able to survive there because we have gotten so used to the warm weather in Florida. 

I really want to learn how to scuba dive and swim with turtles and dolphins. I am interested in underwater photography and videography because I think it intersects a couple of my passions. I am also passionate about environmental issues and sustainability but I still have a lot to learn about it. I have a fear of not being able to complete everything I want to do in this lifetime because I feel like I have so many interests and I cannot do them all. 

You are the happiest you have been in college, after going through a rough couple of years but we have grown so much since being a freshman in college. Although I have a lot to work through still I am proud of our growth. I feel like at one point depression and anxiety engulfed me entirely but now that is just a part of me, not the whole me. 

I have so many different tattoo ideas so I hope this letter finds you with more than just the one tattoo you have right now. I have also been thinking about getting my septum pierced for about a year now. I am hesitant because our nose is small and we already have a hoop on the side of our nose. I hope you are happy with your appearance and we have learned to love ourselves more and more (another thing you have struggled with for a while). 

I am proud of you no matter where our life is at because although I feel weak and sensitive I know I am able to overcome challenges eventually.  I am becoming at peace with how life unfolds and I know whatever is meant to happen will happen. I know it is hard to stay motivated but we have too many aspirations to lay in bed all day (but we still can sometimes).


Love,

      Jess from March 11, 2021 


 


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