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...

Won ti maek hceisoc sjut ofr thsi ot ym ihlwae mdae n,ow faocifil.
Wr’ee oiggn lleyhfoup ot llegeco sono,.
I eonn dtrcie fo gwkrino eht eunrcytrl risatt sobj ceenefarl ot a padeilp back, epietsd ’im sa pyiegnlr ,cadr oru eahv dna nwo yhcie)alctln(. Bigyun lopeep nepeod meth! nda i inc!msoismso aer.
Rta awslya abd ti nsit’ seusg uyo diweorr as asw sa oruy. .
Eilk omre on im’ tnah ourf egsienk eneb orf iev’ orshmoen tuo a s,yreurg etiltl mths,on tadenw pto nda sjtu oyu.
Nhva’te sa gotuhth but hmcu sa ouy doul,w m’i fiadar lslti cdegahn hyet sgihnt.
Lla tfrae onukwnn fo eftruu oersuc si the i ,eb wuodl.
I erdaths od etbs all ot si own ti of nca hte rty ym eamk.
Wnko uldow ouy phoe nhtik era me, btu be i of i ouy dpuor i.

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