Living through a pandemic has been scary and exhausting. Nothing is as it was, nor will life return to “normal” any time soon. That’s hard to accept. This got me thinking. If I knew that life was about to irrevocably change, what, if anything, would I do differently? what would I tell my pre-pandemic self? If I felt like this, chances were good that I wasn’t alone. I asked some friends what they would tell their pre-pandemic selves. I received enough submissions to create a “Letter to my pre-pandemic self” series of posts. I hope you enjoy reading my and my friends’ letters to our pre-pandemic selves.