Letters to Myself
Chapter 1 of Letters to Myself: looking back at the version of us who had no career path yet, no clear future, and realizing that many ordinary things today were once distant possibilities.
To the Me Who Didn’t Yet Know Who I Would Become
Chapter 1 of Letters to Myself: looking back at the version of us who had no career path yet, no clear future, and realizing that many ordinary things today were once distant possibilities.
To the Decisions I Once Wished I Had Never Made
Chapter 2 of Letters to Myself: revisiting choices we once regretted, understanding them in context, and refusing to judge our earlier selves solely with knowledge we gained later.
To the People I Once Tried to Please
Chapter 3 of Letters to Myself: revisiting our need for approval, the versions of ourselves we built to be easier to love, and learning whose voices deserve influence over how we see ourselves.
To the Versions of Me I Had to Leave Behind
Chapter 4 of Letters to Myself: about identities that once helped us survive, versions of ourselves that have expired, and growing without denying who we once were.
To Me on a Very Ordinary Day
Chapter 5 of Letters to Myself: about days without milestones, the habit of living in waiting mode, and realizing that most of life happens on ordinary days.
To the Person Trying to Become Someone
Chapter 6 of Letters to Myself: ambition, self-improvement, and the risk of turning the present into nothing more than material for a future self.
To the Things I Keep Saying I’ll Do Later
Chapter 7 of Letters to Myself: about the quiet habit of postponing what matters, the difference between urgent and important, and the finite nature of ordinary opportunities.
To Me When I Don’t Know What Enough Means
Chapter 8 of Letters to Myself: about the endless game of more, comparison, ambition, and the need to define enough before the world defines it for us.
To the Person Who Will Live With the Decisions I’m Making Now
Chapter 9 of Letters to Myself: about future self, intertemporal responsibility, and treating today’s decisions as a handoff to the person we will become.
To Me in a Future That Did Not Go According to Plan
Chapter 10 of Letters to Myself: about plans, uncertainty, changing direction, option value, and building a future that remains livable even when forecasts fail.