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...

Ceioshc daem iths sjtu own loiffaci to n,wo it my for eakm haiewl.
,onos onggi rwe’e ot leocgle lhyfpluoe.
Vaeh ecynurtlr hncltel(c)yia onen ardc, nwo c,kab i mi’ a diapelp fo rou to kgirnwo ptdeesi sobj teh rylginep eecalnefr as dircte and trasit. Oedpen i rea hte!m iubgyn dna epleop m!oiisssmonc.
As bad art yaawsl it wsa sa stn’i ouy gessu ordeirw yoru. .
Nesmorho like e’iv hant eantdw ikenges tjsu eneb yuo rmoe tillte rgysuer, a opt mi’ otu urfo orf adn no sh,onmt.
Umch still huttohg im’ yhet dulw,o sa oyu ngsiht sa ubt nveta’h chaendg drafai.
Fo i fuutre hte is eb, ftrea lla wluod cresou ukonwnn.
Ym of ryt het lal i si ot do tsbe it sraehdt nca wno make.
Oyu olduw htikn nwko btu i of ,me i era druop be ehpo i yuo.