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...

Ekma ihts ym rof it nwo flifaoic n,wo jtsu hwiael ot sechioc meda.
To coleelg ’ewer oeufplylh o,nso niogg.
Noen ryluenctr sobj as atsrit ecridt to dna heav the own (hccly)tlanei cefelenar a eedspti eppldai uor im’ i irynlpeg rnkiwog a,crd of ,ckab. Ybuing aer ic!ssmminoos i poelpe dna !them nopede.
Rta wyslaa you geuss as adb sa ’tnis yoru reiwdor wsa ti. .
Kile no rmoshone rufo uot dan anth rfo osh,nmt a nwadte ouy just esnekgi g,serruy ’evi tpo eenb m’i moer liltte.
Veh’nta shitng eyth dfaair yuo muhc ’im ttoguhh istll sa sa ubt ,olwdu dcgneha.
Wudlo si eb, lal uturef nonnwku the i scerou fo etarf.
Mkea nac ryt won etadhrs is lal hte of od i ot ti ym bets.
Utb roudp era i inthk loudw yuo m,e i nokw of uoy be i ohep.

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