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...

Isoechc icliaffo onw, ofr eakm my eliwah maed siht nwo it jtsu ot.
Wee’r ot lylufeohp ,noso ggnio gleoelc.
A i prygeiln realcfene as tepidse ot dan of a,rcd ia(ylhctencl) veha eth apdliep eicrtd bsoj kc,ba itsrta now noen lcrnyuter uor onwkgir m’i. Lpeepo emth! epodne ngbuyi aer !cossiisnomm i dan.
As ’istn dab wredori rat uyo ryuo as ugsse ti saw slaayw. .
Ntah stuj m,tsnoh uot nkieesg endawt oyu no i’ev dna fro a otp omre ourf mi’ keil rgsyru,e smrnoeho eben ltlite.
Tinhsg wldu,o sa yuo as togtuhh tub yhte llist fiadra heacngd m’i mchu e’ahtvn.
Futuer eth orseuc fo b,e dulow is nowkunn lla i rfeat.
Ot is od estb lal rahdset eth ti of i kmea acn won ytr ym.
Eb uoprd i tbu of i ihknt rea i m,e okwn udowl oyu ehop ouy.

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