Public letters

February 1, 2012

bokte mazo, Elena! Jesi li diplomirala? Jesi naucila 3DsMax? a jesi djavola Mozda si i otislo nabrod. Batice, jo.. nemoj promaja da te ubije.

January 22, 2012

Dear Me, I hope you did it. I hoped you lost the weight, (well done on the first few months btw), I hope you kickstarted that relationship and I hope you ditched that dead end job and starting living again. Life is short. Love Me xx

January 22, 2012

Dear me, I am going to think clearer in my head. More responsible. I will have alleviated Most of my depression thanks to no more Alcohol. Happier within. Refreshed! Over all a better person and an even better Mother to my children. And all because I could not have done it without the power Of our creator. God thank you.

January 9, 2012

Hi. It's you. At the start of 2012. You're going through a hard time. It's been a tough six months. But you can see light on the horizon and you are feeling more positive. You are going to work hard to achieve what you want and to be more aware of yourself and others around you. When you read this in a year, you will be a much more positive person, who cannot remember a time they didn't possess such self-belief and strength. You did well. Keep going.

January 9, 2012

We're going through a rough patch now..but when you read this we'll be smitten kittens. x

December 31, 2011

Well done quitting smoking---the whole family is very proud!!!

December 29, 2011

So it’s your birthday. You’re 23 today. Or when you open this letter you’ll actually be 24! Happy Birthday! What a crazy year you’ve had. Then again every year for the past few years has been crazy. Full of highs and lows. Yet for every challenge that is sent your way you to seem to not only face it but thrive upon it. The year started with a bang. You had an amazing opportunity to travel the world with someone who means the world to you and love dearly. Walking hand in hand you saw some of the most amazing sights you’ll ever see and have experiences that you will never forget. After having the privilege of travelling through Europe twice by yourself you thought countless times about how special it would be to see this sights with the girl of your dreams. She probably doesn’t realise how special this trip was to you. Not content with just roaming the hills of Italy and the countryside of England to top the trip off you even managed to speak at a conference in London. This gave you the chance to meet with industry influencers in the recruitment and HR space from around the world and take your career to the next level. After the excitement of January and February the following months were a really tough time. Family challenges reached an entirely new level. More responsibility was pushed your way. Work had usually been your release during times like this. Time to knuckle down and push to the next level. But your energy was being sapped by other avenues. You also has the realisation that you were being limited by your current workplace and weren’t doing the best possible work. So you did what you do best, dug in and started to think about where your next opportunity could come from. Your hard work and dedication to personal development over the past few years meant you were ready to take up an exciting opportunity in a new space of digital marketing. Since taking this role in August you have thrived as you’ve had the ability to be a key decision maker and instigate change in a global organisation whilst still being able to balance all the other projects that you take on. On a personal level you also reached a huge milestone this year. After living independently in Far North Queensland for two months in 2010 you set yourself the goal of leaving home in 2011. This was a tough decision as you felt your three younger brothers and single mother relied so heavily on your contribution (both financially and emotionally) and your support. But you knew that trying to be everything for everyone wasn’t sustainable any longer. So in July this year you moved out with one of your mates from school, you two couldn’t be anymore different but your differences make living together a laugh and quite easy. For a long time you read a lot about young entrepreneurial types living their dreams and believed that organisations could generate profit whilst still working with a purpose beyond money and actually creating social change in the community. So I congratulate you on opening up your own consulting and speaking business whilst also volunteering as a social change entrepreneur. I know you didn’t think you’d have this opportunity to do all this great work so young but that’s no reason to feel guilty about the opportunities that have presented themselves because of your hard work and dedication. Feeling guilty will only hinder your chance to create real change in this world. You’ve always had the ability to use your own inevitable death as a motivator for life. This was probably due to the fact that you attended far too many funerals in the first 15 years of your life and had to deal with the death of your best friend in primary school due to cancer. You read an article recently written by somebody who worked in palliative care about the top five regrets of the dying. 1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. 2. I wish I didn’t work so hard. 3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. 4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. 5. I wish that I had let myself be happier. Over the past few months you have struggled with two of these regrets and you know exactly which ones they are. So what are you going to do differently in 2012? I’m hoping that you took action and weren’t paralysed by change to ensure that when you open up this letter you can read it knowing that you have ticked all five of those boxes in 2012. Good luck and don’t forget that I’m proud of you.

December 29, 2011

Dear Future Self, How did you find 2012? I believe you managed to accomplish the following this year: a) quality time with the wifey and the sonny and the parents b) 'constructed' more programs c) found more of your code in production with happy users d) managed to submit your patches to ghc Good Luck with your future Hemanth of 2011

December 29, 2011

Hey Xav, Just thought to tell you that you've come a long way into your postgrad career. Hopefully you've gotten your scholarship. It's not easy. Don't forget to keep drawing. Sydney can be difficult when you don't know many people there. Cheers, Xav from a year ago

December 25, 2011

Hey Jen, I wrote this for you 12 months ago on boxing day, and hopefully you're receiving it at the end of an amazing year filled with love, learnings and laughter. Did you say yes to things? I hope you lived life like every day was a gift. No regrets. I hope you told everyone how you feel about them. If you didn't, do it today. I hope you matched up every moment with your highest intentions and the highest vision of yourself - which we both know is something pretty spectacular. Did you have adventures? Did you meet new people? Were you brave every day in some way? Did you surprise yourself with the things that you did, the places that you went and the times when you realized just how strong and capable you were. I always knew it. I hope you took advantage of every opportunity to prove it. You don't need to be afraid of anything, because everything is exactly as it should be. Most of all, did you remember to honor your spirit and cherish who you are? Love always, yourself, 12 months ago

December 21, 2011

Hi Lobo! Just wanted to check in and make sure you are loving life and killing it in 2012. Your bro, Lobo

December 20, 2011

привет Ксюш. хочу напомнить тебе, как ты чувствовала себя ровно год назад, а именно 20.12.11, скоро кстати новый год)) я вот недавно вернулась из общаги урагса, от оли и клюва, хлестали виски с колой... впрочем как всегда. как ты живешь, да вообщем то ничего супер интересного. зачетная неделя на носу, мутишься с зачетами, пока вроде получается. думаю, ты все еще в УрГу, а куда ты оттуда денешься. сидишь тут перед своим розовым нетбуком, надеюсь у тебя сейчас айпад, ведь ты так его хотела. кстати именно сегодня ты сидела на морозе с банкой страйка и думала о своей личной жизни. и знаешь, ты пришла к выводу что нахер тебе не сдался вова (ты его помнишь) если не дождешься от него обратной связи. кстати сегодня он въехал в новую квартиру, и естественно тебя не позвал, кто знает может ты сейчас живешь с ним, а может не хочешь его знать. а еще ты очень хотела получить права, надеюсь, они у тебя есть. а да, точно ты тут на днях в гавно разосрались со своей соседкой из за того, что ты привела его к себе в общагу.... ну думаю ты вспомнишь эту историю, после стекла приехали к тебе в 7 утра в гавно пьяные, а кстати надеюсь ты похудела и теперь охуенно выглядишь, потому что сейчас ты мягко говоря жирновата (68 кг) ну я думаю хватит пока... жду с нетерпением конца зачетной недели и нового года, обязательно загадаю супер желание... что нибудь типо уссполнение заветных желаний: жить с мч, ездить на его машине, иметь работу, и успевать в учебе, а через год проверим чтоб все сбылось. береги маму, она самая лучшая и больше всего я конечно хочу, чтоб у нее все было хорошо. не болей и не скучай. я знаю все сейчас просто заебись у тебе, не предовай своих желаний, будь умницей и живи счастливо и с улыбкой, ведь ты этого достойна. с наступающим =***)))))