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...

Sutj dmae now ti for wno, akem ym lfoiiacf sohcice to tihs aielhw.
Ongig nso,o ew’re ot glecole leuolhyfp.
Eth nylirgep rtunerlyc ticny)haelc(l adn i’m nkrogiw a i wno aitstr our eefearcnl to sa have tcrdei ckba, elaippd enon fo osbj ca,rd teipdse. Hte!m i eednop yuingb so!comnsisim rea adn loppee.
Sa tar esugs dab you yruo rredowi aaslyw it i’nts asw sa. .
M’i enbe hnat jtus mnreoosh ofr emor dna ruof a gsnieek e’iv ltltie twdean resryg,u top on tou uoy st,nhom klie.
Gstnih ythe dhgcane frdiaa sa umch ’mi tbu hotught d,lwuo lsitl sa avt’enh oyu.
I of eaftr lla e,b nuownkn etrfuu dwlou srceou eth si.
Ti adsther od eth all fo my cna try own si i bste mkea to.
Era dopru i hope eb nikth me, i of you tbu dulow yuo nwko i.