Public letters

November 12, 2023

Cats are the greatest

November 11, 2023

Good morning! And have a good day :)

February 9, 2021

Hi raj how are u today at 6.33 shubham mother and your mother is talking with each other the was 9 feb tuesday. That why u can't do the gym.

February 16, 2020

Hey Future Pete, As I write this, it’s a day before your 41st birthday. This time a year ago (two years for you) I was in relationship limbo, living in a one bedroom apartment in Toowong and unemployed with lots of confidence I’d land a 6 figure job. In those 12 months, I did not land any of the jobs I expected. Con moved into the apartment and after awkwardly sharing a tiny space, we then we moved into our house in Paddington, only to have to move on 6 months later. While I didn’t land any big ticket paid roles. I did volunteer with Sortal, met some awesome people at CrowdRound, mentored some prisoners and just in the last few weeks started getting paid for some of the Sortal stuff, been offered to be a co-founder of MySortal and am doing paid work for iMaven as they prepare to launch. In terms of relationships, I went from an unhealthy co-dependent limbo with Em (who I haven’t communicated with in over 6 months... at the time of writing this email), to a loving and beautiful relationship with B. While my poor drunken behavior and promiscuity triggered a lot of challenges, we’ve navigated our way through them and I’m happier for it. If you had of asked me 12 months ago where I’d be now (or in your case, then), I never would have expected any of those things to have happened. Now as I get ready to move into a new place at Red Hill, I have no idea what the future will bring. I hope that you have sorted out your financial situation. While it was exciting to live small for such a long time, you’re worth so much more than that! I hope you’re doing work that is fulfilling. I hope you finally have some savings and have had (or planning) a holiday. Did you get to Tassie? I hope that you settle in to your new place and get to deck it out with you’re awesome retro funky fun happy decor ideas. Lots of plants. Colourful rugs, danish looking furniture, comic book artworks. You deserve a place that reflects who you are and brings you joy! At the start of 2020, you decided to meditate, read and move regularly. I hope by now, you’ve smashed through a dozen books, have a meditation track record of a year and are healthy and in good a shape. Another thing you’ve talked a lot about but haven’t done much of is cook. I hope you’re making yourself tasty healthy food, taking care of your mental health, have big goals and dreams for the year ahead and are loving life. While I can’t even imagine what you’re going to do for your 42nd birthday, make sure you spend it with friends. And lastly, review what’s happened the last 12 months and write to your future self as this has been fun! Past Pete P.s. hope you are still as funny as you were. Don’t forget you kept saying you’d like to do comedy again :)

February 4, 2020

Hey Chloe, it’s been a year now. What have we accomplished? I really hope that you see the beautiful girl I know I think I am deep down, have we gotten into the police academy? Have I gotten my driver’s license? Do we still have our dogs and the beautiful people surrounded around you who love and support you. What’s been happening, do you have a boyfriend? Do you still work at Kmart? Do you still go to oloughlin? Are your friends still erini peta and evanthia? How’s mental health going? I hope your are improving and becoming a better person then who you were yesterday. Stay strong and safe xxx

February 4, 2020

I hope your not dead 😂 So have you got a new phone, did you get a camera 😍😋😍 did you get them A's PS your a dick head Love you from the past...this is very confusing lol Love Johanna PS study for school do well make sure that cooking Is one of your electives and I hope you figured out what subjects will help you become a lawyer jk you too stupid for that hahahs also get a life.

February 4, 2020

Hey future me it’s I’m still saving up for inter schools so far I have up to $796 and I got a new float and it’s a greeny blue I hope we get it because we are still not sure, how is Johanna now is she good I hope so also how’s Brutus. My 2020 goals are: - to get up to $10,000 so I can go to -inter school’s - to qualify kayno - to get straight As in school

February 4, 2020

Hi Teya this year in year 10 I would like to achieve my goals which are; getting good grades in all my subjects, building new friendships and to not fight with friends. I hope to achieve all of these and get A’s and B’s in my main subjects and also my electives. I hope no fights happen with my friends as it will be a hard year.

February 3, 2020

I wanna pass with all A

February 3, 2020

Izaak, I don’t know what to say, but I guess can you get an a in at least 1 subject or maybe 2, and choose a good team when we move

February 3, 2020

Dear tyla Let’s hope your report card is decent and you don’t get in trouble this year laters frick

July 26, 2015

Dear 2015-version of myself, A year ago today, I penned this letter to you in the hope that by the time you read it, twelve months later, you would have made the following changes to your trainwreck of a life: 1. Pad Thai, while undeniably delicious, should not be eaten thrice a week. Taking pity on the restaurant owners who each night stick their heads out from the kitchen wishing that, for once, the tables would be full of hungry customers is sweet but by no means a justification for this unhealthy addiction of yours. Cook your own damn food! 2. Remember when you awoke in your college dormitary to find nothing in the fridge but half a tub of margarine and a clove of garlic with which to somehow construct a meal? That was cute in 2007 but almost a decade later, and five years into a successful career, you really should leave yourself with more to eat before pissing away your last twenty bucks at McDonalds at 2AM after a night out on the town. 3. You're also far too old to experience the crushing anxiety that comes with handing over a key card to a salesperson and wondering if there will be enough money in your account to buy new shoes after the soles fell out of your favourite pair days earlier. The last time this happened the payment was in fact declined. You fumbled while slipping your key card back into your wallet and dropped the lot on the floor. As you scrambled to pick everything up, you muttered something about having to rush off to the bank, and fled the store red-faced with your tail between your legs. Learn to budget already, dude! 4. After finally stepping out of the closet in 2011, it seemed the world was your oyster. You played the field and turned down umpteen promising contenders for your heart, citing reasons as trivial as "I hate their taste in music". You assumed there was no shortage of time in which to find a partner and that you could afford to be fussy. However, as you lie awake at night, your face illuminated by the bright yellow colour schme of the gay hook-up app Grindr, you will discover the old adage "there's plenty of fish in the sea" is in fact bullshit. You really should have grabbed onto the first guy who took an interest in you, before mounting horses, and galloping off into the sunset together. Life lesson: you're not perfect and your partner won't be either. 5. There's nothing like a merciless round of redundancies to shock you out of your complaceny at work. You might be safely out of the firing line now - being young and cheap to hire - but there will come a time when, after many decades of unwavering loyalty to the corporation, your services are no longer required. Don't expect to find satisfaction only in work. When all is said and done, it is your family and friends who will be standing by your side. Invest as much in them, if not more, than you do in your career. 6. Go to the gym more, sign up to a yoga classes, and do a juice cleanse, yada, yada, yada. Gotta go demolish some Pad Thai. Later, 2016 myself.