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...

It awlieh meda to amke ym ,own ofr now ciescho sjut ihts liocfaif.
Hyopelluf ot eellogc gongi wr’ee ,oosn.
Psdteie nwo nl)eaci(hlcty bsjo aitrst enno crad, kacb, raenlcefe dan rwnikog het a ’im fo aevh plepiad nyecltrur etidcr sa ot lringype i oru. People aer t!hme dna gubyni i ssis!noomicm edenpo.
Swaaly irreodw ti as uory sa adb ’tnis swa you uessg tar. .
Klie elitlt ofr mi’ y,sgreru urfo ebne stju osenmroh and you atdwne a giseenk i’ev remo on htna tou o,smnth top.
Oyu ul,owd lstil hety inghst as umch as ththoug aegncdh hntae’v ’im raidaf but.
Onnnkwu of etfuru i si hte csueor lla etfar uwdol e,b.
Akem to ryt best do ratsehd teh i acn si ti ym now lla fo.
Kown i tnhik fo i uoy eb ohep but i uropd e,m aer you ludwo.

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