I was reading Adela’s post again, Advice to My Younger Self, and realized I’ve never written one of these types of letters. Or if I have, it was when I was a child and forced to write one in school (and then promptly forgot about it.)
I thought I might be the only person in the world who’s never written such a letter because they’re so common online but TW says she’s never written one either.
Interesting.
Are we the only ones?
And did you write these kinds of letters to yourself when you were a kid? Michelle Belle did that and then read them when she was… I don’t remember… 18 maybe? But she’s very much a time capsule, look back on my life, look ahead to my life sort of person.
I am not.
Maybe I should be?
I’m considering writing a letter to my 60 year old self. Or at least attempting it. Is that dumb? It feels kind of dumb. But if the rest of the world can write letters like this, why can’t I?
Just do it. See if you can predict the future. What have you got to lose? She was very eloquent wasn’t she? I am thinking about what I want to say to little Karen.