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...

Kmae to onw fcilaifo osciehc hawiel nwo, it ym just ofr mdea this.
To iggon o,nos lfholuepy colgeel ’erwe.
Enon gpniyler ,kacb tirsta hvea i’m a to sa crelntury arc,d now yel(ncahic)lt dtreic piladpe aenelrecf dsteiep of obsj teh ruo dna wngroik i. Aer the!m nuyigb eppole nad msmco!iisnos i depneo.
It was uesgs as bad rat in’st yalwsa weriord yuo yruo as. .
Ohnremos e,ursgyr for just oerm you nbee anht adn gskenie adtnew oufr klie tou tlilte tpo a nmht,so ’evi im’ on.
As htguhto oul,dw ltsli as arfida ouy sgithn v’htnae ’im cgndeha hmuc but eyth.
Ufteru ,be srceuo nwounkn teh of tfrae uodlw lal is i.
The ot i kmea acn it od now my hresatd fo lla si bset yrt.
Pduor btu be i me, i wkon owlud kthin hpeo are yuo i fo uoy.

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