samantha

I have been avoiding writing about my goals because I didn’t want to be confronted with the reality of having to actually make a decision as to what I want, and then holding myself accountable to my own decisions. 

What pleasantly surprised me this time around was how firm but kind I was to myself writing my letter. The format I used was a letter to myself 5 years from now. That was very nice, because ordinarily I am very hard on myself, and I have never considered myself kind to me. But now I realize I have the capability to and I should continue to foster that.

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have you written a 5 year letter and reviewed it before? or is this the first one?

Yes, in high school I wrote a letter to myself in grade 9. I opened it in grade 12 and the TLDR is that I thought I was really stupid in grade 9 😂

Have you written a 5 year letter to yourself?

no but I did think about it and I came to the conclusion that it would be too brutal on my psyche.

I thought so too but I found the courage to try anyways. 

I think you have the courage within you and if you are willing to try you will surprise yourself.