Dear Future Self,
Congratulations slim! You’ve met your goals and hopefully are on the path to realising some new ones. Just remember one thing though: when you’re going around telling people how easy it was, and probably being a bit of a dick about it – “Just sensible diet and exercise, duh” – please remember the days like today. Today was a bitch: you were stressed, upset and so close to going on a weekend-binge with a “fuck it” attitude. It’s dealing with days like this, the hard ones, that got you where you are now.
When you least wanted to, you still dragged your ass to the gym; and when you most wanted to, you were strong and resisted the Binge Monster. It wasn’t always easy, don’t forget that.
With love,
Your self.
The Binge Monster sucks ass. Someone seriously needs to kick his/her ass because he/she always ends up showing up when I think I’ve got it all in check and under control.
Props to you for your letter.