Future me

The following is an e-mail from the past, composed on Tuesday, July 31, 20**, and sent via FutureMe.org
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Dear Future me,

I am now in [city] and pretty upset. It's been about three months since I left [edited] and I'm still depressed about [edited]. That and I don't have a job yet, besides teaching the ICC students. I have some prospects, but eventually, I may just need to get a whatever job. Is that what you did? Well, I guess I'll know soon enough.

I'm just wondering, did you decide to stick with your guns and stay the way you were (the way I am now)? Or did you finally do something different? I am under a lot of pressure from my needs. I'm just wondering if I'll be happy giving in to what others think I should do. Do you know better than me?

My thinking is, if you are thinking of [edited], maybe you should write to her to see how she's doing. If I haven't written to her by the time you get this, please write to her. It seems like a bad idea for me to contact her. But maybe it'd be ok if you did. Time may not matter much to us (or at least to me), but it does things for other people.

Or have you decided it's best to move on and leave the past alone? I don't know. I just don't like the way things were left. Do you think I should have done something differently? Remember that article you put in your blog? The Psychology of Regret? I just wondered if you see things differently now. I suppose it doesn't matter. It's over and done with now.

Do you still blog? I'm most of the way through Season 2. I've thought of quitting, but I seem to have momentum.

Do you think as much as I do? Probably. I doubt you and I are much different in that respect. But I hope you think a little less. I hope things are different for you than they are for me. Do you like where you are in life now? Have you found anything meaningful?

I'm sure I'll think of more things to write later, but I think I'll just leave it at this.

I'd ask you to write back, but I'll be gone by the time you read this. So, um...hope you're doing well.

- Past you