A letter from February 19th, 2021

Peaceful right?

Dear FutureMe, You’re 18 now. How does it feel to have that freedom? Is it as scary as I thought? You’ll be okay you know. Take a breath. Growing up isn’t as scary as you may think. You can’t live life always worrying about what comes next, That’s not living. You have to live life knowing that you won’t always be able to predict your next step, and you need to make choices based on that. You can’t always be so scared of what you don’t know. Nobody knows everything. The more you don’t know, the more you have a chance to learn! Don’t be scared. Just breathe.

Epilogue

about 20 hours later

Dear Past Me,
I am 18 now!
It feels, relatively the same.
I’ve been able...

Eadm onw ot ti ekam orf won, tujs choiesc my thsi hliwae foiifcla.
Ot sn,oo gogin oeyuhlfpl ewer’ clgleeo.
Uro to lfrenecea nnoe rpiengyl ,dcra vhae as hte ticedr of ,abck attirs own i gokirnw a stepeid ’im dan )ncy(altichel jobs terucnryl apdplie. !smicoosmisn eoplep rea eepdno nuibyg tmhe! i nad.
Was aawlsy yruo weirrdo sa essgu ouy it abd sa tar n’tsi. .
Elik for a teltil eesgnki on htan smohoenr ujts nad pto eebn uot etwand emro m’i ger,sryu rofu hos,mtn you ive’.
Chmu as htey uothgth egndcah ltisl vnhtae’ but im’ sa adifar l,duow nstgih yuo.
Is i refta nunkonw dlwou euftur fo lal rocuse het be,.
Is meak i tsedarh ym won anc do lal ot sebt fo teh rty ti.
I wuldo i you wkon ohpe i of you be e,m oprud tub ear knith.