Have you ever tried writing a letter to your future self? What would you say? Would you write about your current struggles, your love life, or even words of encouragement?

Let’s see what a special friend of ours wrote :)

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Dear future Sagittarius,

How are you doing?

Life now is pretty chill. Just loading up on guns every day and bringing my friends out to the woods to hunt and play. It's fun to lose and to pretend. Keep the stress away, you know? But there’s this girl…Is she still in your circle? She's over-bored and self assured. I’m sure you know who I’m talking about ;)

With the lights out, it's less dangerous — house dark, containing secrets. Here we are now, partying and entertaining each other, trying to live in the moment and put our struggles away. I feel stupid and contagious. The alcohol is messing with my brain. When it comes to her, I'm worse at what I do best. I can’t even get the girl I want when I can easily lay the rest.

Do you still keep the card and keychain that Taurus gave me during the secret santa event five years ago? I’ve never felt more blessed than the day she gave me that little wrapped up box, blushing and stumbling over her words as she handed it to me. No one had really spent time to make me anything. Most of my friends then just bought the latest thing on the market and call it a gift. Yes, it sounds nice, but also…not very sincere…

Thank the heavens that I’ve found a new group of friends — real friends who've never left my side these past three years. It's like our little group has always been and, hopefully, always will until the end, but sometimes fate has other plans. Tell me, are you still friends with them?

Oh and remember the godly trials? I'm kind of thinking of signing up for them. Maybe not now or right after I graduate but one day when the time is right. It just seems…cool…okay, that's not the right, or even the best, word to use but I'm sure you know what I mean, right? Wait, who am I kidding? You're basically me, just a few centuries older. Some of my friends would think this is weird, writing stuff to my older self…I think this is very therapeutic though. I don't know…it just feels like I'm getting something off my chest that I never knew I was fearing. Or maybe this is just the alcohol getting to my head.

Anyways, I hope life over there is greener and that things are looking up for you. It feels like I'm walking through an endless dark tunnel with no end in sight back here. Alcohol is like my comfort, the only thing keeping me from insanity but it seems to be driving me closer at the same time. No matter how hard I try to stop, I just can't…

Enough of this dark stuff. I really hope you're still alive there, buddy. I'm not one for sappy motivational speeches but I hope you're still there and fighting.

Love you always,
Old Sagittarius

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This letter was written by Sagittarius, the God of Hunting and Archery. Everyone knows he was the life of the party and a playboy back in his school days. Believe it or not, that was where he met his current girlfriend, Taurus, the Goddess of the Earth and Wilderness. He chased her for over three centuries, asking her out at least fifteen times. Want to hear more about their love story? Stay tuned for Taurus’ letter that reveals all the juicy details!

Written by Persephone
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Song: Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
Some of the lyrics were used to describe how Sagittarius felt as he “ranted” to his future self.