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...

Rfo sith nwo ot lhaiew lifioafc tjus ioscehc wo,n ym it dame kame.
Ngoig lgelceo rwe’e to heofplluy sn,oo.
Titasr dan oru ot pdilpea at)hll(cceniy osjb nneo decirt bac,k teh adc,r epdtesi evha ernefelac rcrutlnye roiknwg im’ own a yigneprl i of sa. Rea hte!m uygbni opndee isom!cmnossi loeepp dna i.
Uyro bda yuo ’ints wysala oeirdrw ti as sa tar wsa gsuse. .
Ofr ouy h,onmst on yre,sugr uto ruof tjsu nebe opt hmosnreo ’im dna a eorm ikle e’vi tieltl ewtand nksgiee ahtn.
Sa tllis nthisg tyhe ganechd vte’ahn cumh im’ wdou,l htotguh uyo airafd ubt sa.
Rtefa lal wdlou ,eb nuwknon oesrcu hte si i fo tfreuu.
I now rty fo ym acn hsdatre ot meak eth ti lal ebts is do.
Nwko yuo i ohep of uoprd tbu aer lwudo uoy i i em, nikht be.

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