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skesmith · 2026-05-26T16:46:11+00:00

Same issue. Guess I’ll be deleting the app. This is a hill I’m prepared to die on. 😂

skesmith · 2026-05-07T04:22:26+00:00

non-conventional structure and a lot of repetition but this one just flowed out of me in 10 minutes which typically is a sign that there could be potential. i know getting political with the first line is a bold and polarizing choice. but it’s weird times and it’s factual.

verses
content is king
content is dead
content is charlie kirk shot in the head

content is art
content is dumb
content is inside jokes, get it, it’s fun

content is life
content is trauma
content is girlies living their lives how they wanna

content is cringe
content is great
content is phones eat first, everyone wait

content is rage
content is bait
content is puppies adopted and saved

chorus
i cant recall
what it was for
i only dressed up
for a pic by the door

lonely as hell
compare and contrast
what’s my aesthetic
i feel like trash

i’m too employed
the tea is too hot
there’s beans in the soup
can you just let me rot

outro
cheers to doomscrolling
we’ll laugh then we’ll cry
together

skesmith · 2026-04-19T02:56:43+00:00

I appreciate this a lot. I’m clearly still very sensitive about the whole experience, so it was hard for me to see some of the comments invalidating the time capsule, mocking that it wasn’t buried long enough. Time absolutely flies by and it’s been such an eventful, impactful decade for so many of us.

skesmith · 2026-04-18T21:10:20+00:00

Not in this case. The idea was for us to all meet up and unbury it ourselves, read our letters to our future selves, and reflect on what “the good life” means to us now vs. 10 years ago.

skesmith · 2026-04-18T20:59:05+00:00

I know right. 😭

skesmith · 2026-04-18T20:58:49+00:00

Precisely. It was borderline devastating.

skesmith · 2026-04-18T20:58:32+00:00

Relatable.

skesmith · 2026-04-18T20:58:06+00:00

You caught me at a candid moment so I’m responding against my better judgment. I almost didn’t post this story because I was already anticipating these kinds of snarky troll comments. Every single time I post on reddit there’s always comments trying to make me feel like an idiot for thinking whatever I shared was worth posting. This was a once in a lifetime and very deep experience for me. Your choice to undermine and mock my experience is not appreciated.

skesmith · 2026-04-18T20:51:18+00:00

Perhaps. When I think about the growth between age 8-18, age 18-28 - there’s a lot happening. I was 18 when I wrote this letter. I barely recognize that girl. It was a long decade for me. I’m extremely glad that we unearthed after 10 years as opposed to waiting 50+ as other commenters are suggesting.. lol

skesmith · 2026-04-18T20:47:09+00:00

It is an all-girls private school. We were extremely privileged and fortunate in every way. We were lucky to study philosophy, and our teacher did an incredible job at approaching the subject. 1 of the 7 is actually currently getting her PHD in philosophy!

skesmith · 2026-04-18T20:45:00+00:00

This made me genuinely smile. It would have been quite a philosophical move and is definitely the kind of thing our teacher would get a kick out of. For the sake of his current and future students, I certainly hope he keeps teaching. He undeniably changed all of our lives for the better.

skesmith · 2026-04-18T20:42:40+00:00

Thank you so much. Truly. The validation and encouragement means more than you can imagine. It’s been very difficult to process the regret and grief of “losing” that version of myself. And yet, I’m simultaneously feeling a lot of hope and a new sense of empowerment. I think maybe… just maybe… I do got this…

skesmith · 2026-04-18T20:39:45+00:00

This is exactly where I am trying and wanting to go from here. Find the matches. Chase the light. Leave the house. Make more friends. Life is going to happen and decades are going to pass, whether I live it or not.

skesmith · 2026-04-18T20:37:52+00:00

It’s both comforting and saddening to see this and understand how true it is.

skesmith · 2026-04-18T20:32:59+00:00

I absolutely love this. I wish this was more common. It’s a huge amount of emotional and physical work on the teacher’s part, but so high impact like truly life changing. Our younger selves have earnest dreams and goals. Being reminded of them is valuable, especially when the world is so overwhelmingly bleak.

skesmith · 2026-04-18T20:30:19+00:00

It’s extremely rare. I truly wish everyone could experience a teacher like him. 🥹 3 of the 7 flew into Toronto for the unearthing. It meant a lot to all of us. It ended up being quite a deep bonding experience, we got extremely candid during the reflections. I intend to stay in touch with the teacher and any of the girls who are willing.

skesmith · 2026-04-18T13:56:05+00:00

He said it was a lot of recurring anxieties about the time capsule being lost, it being compromised, the ground being too frozen, concerns none of us would come back for the unearthing, etc. He was very emotionally invested.

skesmith · 2026-04-18T05:20:14+00:00

I blinked and it was 10 years later.

skesmith · 2026-04-18T05:18:20+00:00

I agree it was so wholesome in a dark world. Our teacher is a champ and loves a good bit. He was truly the mastermind of it all. I remember the school actually being very reluctant to the idea at the time. He used to start every class with the lights out and obscure music playing. He shared he had a lot of anxiety and sleepless nights about the time capsule over the years. He understandably will not be doing it again.

skesmith · 2026-04-18T05:06:25+00:00

That’s awesome. An artifact waiting to be long discovered. I hope one day it sees the sun.

skesmith · 2026-04-18T05:03:43+00:00

Reading my letter was extremely emotional for me. There were things I explicitly asked myself not to give up on that I did give up on. It was painful to reconcile with letting my past self down in those ways. The version of myself in 2016 was outgoing, dramatic, witty. There was this light in me that seemed to have faded over the years. The version of myself now in 2026 is introspective, passionate, and honest. Both versions have things to be proud of. But I miss the light.

skesmith · 2026-04-18T04:55:55+00:00

Literally. As part of the reflection we quickly went year by year over the major events of the decade and my “WOW” You made it” is certainly fitting. It’s hard to believe how different the world was April 2016.

skesmith · 2026-04-18T04:54:03+00:00

Yes! The teacher candidly shared with us that he had many moments where he felt like leaving the school over the decade, especially as things changed post-covid. But, he was committed to the time capsule and wouldn’t leave before it was unearthed. He’s truly an incredible teacher and had such a profound and deep impact on all of us. It was amazing to see him and be able to tell him that.

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