While going through my old blog, looking to see if there was anything there that I might want to keep for future reference before shutting it down, I came across a post from 2014 that caught my eye. It was titled ‘Note to a Future Writer’, and contained a letter I wrote to myself. Now, almost five years later, I thought it might be interesting to take a moment to consider what I wrote at that time. The letter reads as follows.
Hello Future Me.
To start off I hope that you are doing okay. If you’re not, just remember that you’ve been through hard times before and made it through, coming out stronger on the other side. Also, are you still writing regularly? If not, then why-ever not?! You know that your mood is never as dark nor as unstable as when you don’t write!
Anyway, I didn’t write this to assume that you’re doing badly, I just got a bit carried away.. Sorry about that.. I really just wanted to remind you about the importance writing holds in your life, in case you forgot about it. You were always the kind of person that could spend days, even weeks, without any kind of human interaction without feeling lonely or letting it bother you much. However, if you lost the ability to write in any way, it would not take many days for it to show. It would be the start of a quick downwards spiral towards insanity, and the signs are obvious to anyone who meets you. So whatever happens, don’t forget that writing is what’s keeping you sane.
Then again, perhaps saying all of this is completely useless, because you already know it. Maybe you finally managed to finish one of the many projects I’m working on right now. Or maybe you trashed them all and started a million new ones. Perhaps even got something published, that would be awesome! But even if you never get anything published, or even finished, I’m sure that you are writing something amazing right now, and I can’t wait to read it. And one day, if you keep working hard, that dream of being a published author will come true. As long as you never give up, you can make it!
And that’s really all I have to say.. Wow, this was more awkward to write than I thought it would be.
Love, from Luna of 2014 ♥
Well, this was quite the letter. While most of it is a reminder to never stop writing – it is a letter specifically to my writer self after all – it did bring a smile to my face reading it, because it’s such a me thing to stress. And I was right, writing is what keeps me sane, and as long as I never forget that everything will be okay.
As for my writing projects, I still haven’t completely finished any of the many projects that I was working on, and alas, I haven’t published anything at this point. I did scrap a couple of ideas from that time, and I have started a few new projects, while still working on my major projects from years ago; The ‘Flames and Illusion’ series and ‘The Black Case Chronicles’ series. Those are the ones I have been working on the longest and the ones that are the closest to completion.
I am very happy that I decided to go through my old posts one last time before shutting my old blog down, because this was a really nice find, and I would have hated to miss it. I guess that it is a reminder that, no matter how much you want to start over from scratch, it is never a bad idea to filter through the past from time to time because it will always be a part of us, and sometimes you find forgotten gems.
Have a wonderful day and stay crazy!
Luna Sky