Wisdom from the future
Dear June 30 2017 self,
How goes it? Just kidding. I know the answer. It was a rhetorical question.
Anyway, I was thinking today that you’ve been chilling a lot. And being lazy. I want you to know that you going to feel like you accomplished little in 2017 if you go down the path you are currently on.
I know you feel like you need a break. That you need to chill for a bit. Trust me, you are going to feel guilty-as-shit if you do become me. So here’s hoping that you get your act together for the rest of the year.
Finish that book quickly. The one resolution that we made for this year was to read 12 books and try and also cover up for the 8 you read last year. It’s not that hard! You’ve read 4 in 6 months — no improvement! You don’t typically lose steam in the first half! But you did, now you’ve got to cover up the lost ground!
Finish the one you are writing too. You’ve been sitting on the near final draft since January and on comments since May. I know it seems hard to be clinical with the editing now, but you know you’ve got to do it some day. Better now, right?
You will not have abs by December. Stop dreaming about that. Enough about that already! It’s not funny anymore.
Try and not stress about turning 30 when you do. I know it’s hard for you — can’t ask you to change that fundamentally. But you should know that I am on the other side and things are a-ok! Nothing changed. Well, that’s not entirely true. Your hair are slightly better now, actually — so you’ve that to look forward to!
I know if you read this and change your ways, I will cease to exist in the dimension that becomes your eventual reality. So we won’t meet. Tomorrow you can start on a new time loop. You might not end up inventing this cool trick of sending letters into the past, but that’s a small price to pay. Just remember to take care of your hair. I’ll break the continuum to ‘find you and kill you’ if you don’t. Also, please watch fewer Liam Neeson movies.
Your today is as meaningful or as arbitrary as my today. And I have to deal with all this pressure of partying on a Sunday evening. You on the other hand have amazing weather and Friday evening going for you. There’s Okja on Netflix — guess you already know that. Or get around watching Le Dolce Vita or L’Avventura finally? Celebrate the half year a little.
Happy remaining half of the year!
Cheers,
December 31 2017 self
