The following is an e-mail from the past, composed on Sunday, March 9, 2008, and sent via FutureMe.org

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Dear FutureMe,

Just in case you’ve forgotten, these things are important:

- live life to the full

- take risks

- try new things

If there are things in your life that seem pointlessly difficult, but that you can’t do anything to change, then create a new stress in your life; one that you CAN control. Learn something new, push yourself to your physical limits, expand your social circle, organise a social event. Your little brain can only hold a certain number of stresses at any one time, so if you squash in some new exciting stresses, then the old boring ones will be edged out.

Better to be stuck between a rock and an icy place on a scary mountain than to be stuck in a rut in a luke-warm living room.

Oh and never forget how important your friends are. They are AMAZING, so go on, get in touch with someone you’ve not seen for a while.

Life isn’t about circumstances, its about choices.