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...

Ffaiiclo alwhie ofr stju cocihes meak to onw ,wno dema tshi it ym.
Ceoglel ot eer’w gogni noos, uleolpfhy.
Oenn akbc, tiasrt objs of ot i as won i(ncctehayl)l tpisede nad ertcdi worgnki uor eenercfla a dar,c hvea eyginplr ulyrnrtec ’im epialpd eth. Pleoep rea mteh! ygbinu adn minm!socisso eodnpe i.
It aslawy as dab saw ’ints atr uesgs sa ouy orwirde uyro. .
Nedtaw opt orf iltlet tsuj leki ufro neeb sgnkeei ’im ’ive no tohs,nm eonhmsro a uy,serrg oyu and emor uot tahn.
As ouwd,l as mhuc uoy aifadr cdenhga tbu tsill ogthuth nghits i’m hvetn’a yeth.
Eht aftre dluwo fo i all uetufr be, wnnkonu is ocsure.
Etsb kaem ot is can rty hetsrad it i all eht fo ym od won.
I uoy i tnhki ,em i ludow nokw of eb uoy ehpo rae rodpu btu.

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