An Open Letter to Tom 1 Year From Now

Hi Tom, I'm you 1 year ago. How was the year? I hope you are doing fine, you should be if I have been following the guidelines I gave myself 1 year ago. You should be a more complete person now, at least be a better version of you currently.

Do you still remember the list I made of things that I was gonna do for you in year 2016? I hope I have been following that, I would be very disappointed if I hadn't. I didn't want you to stray away from your dream anymore so I decided to write them down. Here was the list:


I am going to write something everyday. You have always wanted to write a story, so you can freely express the creativity in your thoughts. You always have a lot of interesting(at least to me) ideas but my ability to write hinders you from putting them to words. I thought that you could at least share those ideas with others, who knew you might be the next George Lucas.

I am going to design something everyday. You know, the answer you have always wanted to tell others when they asked "What do you do for a living?" was "I'm a designer.". You couldn't because I wasn't really steering towards that direction, it could be a dead end with a concrete wall, it could also just be a dead end road sign that had been stopping you. I'm going that direction now.

I am going to draw something everyday. A picture tells a thousand story, but mine can't even tell one now. This is sad, considering that you started drawing 4 years ago(by your time it should be 5 years ago) and your drawing foundation still was bad. I decided that things can't continue like this if you want to realize your dream.

I am going to understand more about music everyday. It's been a while now, but you still believed that music was still the only thing to remind people who they really are. Do you still remember the busker who was playing a guitar in a busy street? You thought that he was the only one alive. Everyone else who walked passed him was like zombies. You know you want to be that busker and not those lifeless zombies. (My example is probably exaggerating, but it is close.)

I am going to smile everyday. Life's cruel, too many unexpected thing happen. 100 years from now, they really don't matter. If you are still smiling now, that's good, if you are not, I hope this letter can remind you the way to do it.

That's a lot of things for me to do for you, were you being too greedy? Probably, but I knew these are the things you want to do in your life. Remember, your goal before 30 was to create an animated video by yourself. You won't be able to achieve that without I starting doing these things now.

Stay positive, exercise often, eat vegetables, watch Anime, read books, get a girlfriend. Hope to hear from you soon, Tom.



Best wishes,
Yourself

The 2 days that just passed, they were like dreams. The kind of dreams that make me want to keep on dreaming. 48 hours ago, I wasn't expecting I would be dreaming for the next 2 days, by the time I realized they were dreams, I was sitting in front of my PC talking about them. They were good, I don't want them to stop, I don't know how much I'm willing to sacrifice just to have them prolonged, but I know they will be a lot.