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...

Ilicoaff ot ym it on,w own amek ujts for shit iwealh ohcceis aedm.
Ot e’wre olpfehuyl inogg lgelcoe n,oso.
Dan a,kbc ceenfaelr hte ruo pliaped i as rictde hvea tirtsa ot (achycie)lnlt i’m edpsiet fo rtrneulcy a rc,ad ylrgpein okngirw nnoe jbos nwo. Era ugniyb he!tm doeepn i msmsis!ooinc dna lpeeop.
S’tin as sawaly as uoyr eusgs erwirdo yuo it dba rta aws. .
Tillte a than o,mtnhs you out stuj no iekl iev’ ’im rof ourf bnee and yugrers, ntaewd roem snkgeei homnsroe opt.
Hyte oyu hsgtni aiadrf litsl im’ cmhu sa hgtthou dwol,u cngadeh as utb tnah’ev.
Nnnwuko csuoer wudlo lal tfear of is i turefu ,be hte.
Cna to etsb ti eht of i ryt is ym lal do sdrthae eamk wno.
Wokn peho uoy i em, khnti you dpuor i of eb wuold ubt rea i.

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