I hope this letter finds you in good circumstances. By the time this reaches you, I hope you will have achieved quite a lot of things. There are a lot of things I am uncertain of when it comes to my future, but I believe there will be quite some things I will have done by then of which I can be proud. One of them will be that I will have become financially independent and will earn enough to make a good living. Maybe I will have also just gone somewhere off the grid and made my living by labor, but whatever I do, I am hopeful that it will find me joy. At best, you will have a family by then, since starting a family is one of my biggest dreams. Besides that, while I could imagine myself working as some sort of carpenter, I would definitely prefer to be some sort of salesman. But if I really do plan on achieving these plans, I must now not get weak with my schoolwork. Sadly, I am currently on the brink of having to retake my 9th year of school because my grades in Latin are beyond atrocious and I could very well fail. Besides that, I also have to improve my general work ethic in lessons like English, German, and math. But if I do manage to get through the 9th and 10th grades, I plan on pushing through till the 12th grade and then doing one year of service in the Bundeswehr. There, I will get enough money to finance my life as a student and get a Fach-Abi as well. Then I will go on to study BWL (business administration teaching) as well as WW (economy science) to gain enough knowledge about the economy and selling to make a profitable living,

Your past self.