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Help! Is this confusing?? Do I make sense or do I twist you in circles with my different tenses? This is for a scholarship that asks me to make a top ten list of things I want to accomplish in my lifetime. Of course I had to dress it up a little, but my editor (my Mom) says that she got so confused with the tenses. Basically I'm telling a future me, an old me, what I want me to be like now.

Dear Me,

You’ll probably find this in your attic fifty years from now. Please remember me, when I am lost in the depths of time. I do not fear growing but I am afraid that you’ll be something I never wanted you to be. When I am old—when I am you—remember who I wanted you to be.
I want you to be well-read. Books hold the key to humanity; to forget them would be to forget yourself and all that you hold most dear.
I want you to be well-traveled. Truly become a child of a thousand lands and the entire universe is yours!
I want you to own wonderful things. Not money but old books, art, and music. Let there be a record of who you are.
I want you to grow in grace.
I want you to get many Ph.D's in more than one subject!
I want you to be a fantastic professor. You have the power to mold people and their lives—do not abuse it!
I want you to do something principled and heroic. Find out your limits, even if it hurts.
I want you to write a book. Fill it with real characters that leap off the page and into your heart.
I want you to be a wonderful wife and mother.
Finally, all of the things on this list are worthless unless they are used for a specific purpose. Use them to glorify God. I want you to be a Christian more than anything!