To the Girl from the Future

Dear Anya from 2020,

I don’t know where you are right now, but I hope you’re doing okay. I’m glad I have a chance to write you a letter, it seems like a great idea. I want to ask you so many questions but I will get the answers only in a year. I wonder how many challenges you’ve overcome, how much you’ve cried, how many books you’ve read, how many new things you’ve learned about yourself.

We’re the same person, but I don’t know you, and you probably don’t even remember me because you can’t remember what you were doing the day before and you’re such an absent-minded person. So, what do you like? What do you think about everyday? What problems are you facing? I bet it’s still hard for you to deal with your laziness and you’re still getting distracted all the time.

This semester is going fine. I’m still worried about the Latin exam though, but I think I’m going to pass it somehow. I think one of the highlights I have to tell you about is that I really enjoyed the Phonetics Contest we had in April. I think everyone did such a great job and I was so proud that I had to study everyday with such creative and smart guys. I hope you’re not expelled and still studying with them.

You know, I’m reading this book called «The Martian Chronicles» and I really like it. Are you still fond of space and everything connected to it? I mean, do you still think that there will be one day when you will give everything up and devote your life to science? Okay, I’m kidding. Or am I?

You probably have some problems with your health, and I’m sorry for not being responsible enough, I’m trying to be better, really. I’m sorry for the pain you might be having right now because of me.

I’m thinking about this letter while I’m walking in one of my favorite places of NN. Do you even remember it? The park you used to go once in a week. I’ve been living in NN since September, I’ve seen fall, winter, spring, and I will see summer in this park. I’ve seen how it changed every period of time: the leaves on the trees falling and being yellow and orange, the bare trees covered with snow that no one liked, but I did, and, of course, great spring with its fast and cold creeks that I used to follow running when I was a child. I feel great spending some time alone. And you?

As for this Spring Break, I’m going to hit the books with Spanish (I had some short break because of my, well, laziness that I’m still trying to fight, and because I had some issues with my stomach), because the more I learn everyday, the more I fall in love with this language. And I think that I could(and I have!) spend some time studying the English grammar and writing in English in general. Also, I really want to go to the woods where my friends and I used to go every year in May because we were hikers to our fingertips and couldn’t help spending weeks on the countryside. It actually the thing that helps me to keep my chin up. And I’m so excited to see my friends again!

And I have some piece of advise for you: don’t give up on yourself and your body, work harder but not too hard, be wiser in relationships with people, and have more fun!

I’m sorry but I have to go to bed because I feel dead tired today. It was great to write to you. I wonder if you will ever read this letter.

And thank you for being you. I hope 2020 is cooler than 2019.

Love,

Anya from 2019