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...

Ihst fro ti wn,o oesihcc ot kmea hwaiel my onw maed utsj flcafoii.
W’eer fpyhloleu llcgoee to sno,o oingg.
Leecfraen nwo rsttai ,rcda a)tclhli(ency ieapldp uro fo adn ,ckba ot aveh sjob mi’ i oenn reytlucnr eht rditec as etespid ygrlienp owrnigk a. Eh!mt dan era i peoned eopple gnuybi ncsoiismsmo!.
Sa egssu rouy tra ridowre s’nit oyu it yalsaw as adb was. .
Opt vi’e im’ anth eilk rof dan etllit uoy onoershm oerm on enesikg nsmoht, eenb rfou utsj ryuesr,g tuo andetw a.
Utb mchu adfira yuo im’ hetv’na lilts otguthh as dowu,l igtshn yteh sa hgncade.
Atfre si i teh orcesu teuruf of odluw b,e konnuwn lla.
Bset yrt akem my of eth lal ot own it do is anc i saderht.
Be aer i ouy nthki wokn peho i e,m i of ouy orpdu tub lowdu.

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