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...

Ot ym this kmae acfiifol eihalw eadm sjut now wn,o rfo it osehicc.
Ullfhpoey oo,sn oegellc to ew’re onggi.
Bjos to rastit our tpeesdi idtrce (cichy)nlltea nad of fcaneerel adr,c wno cabk, nkgirow negypril a as m’i papelid ahev i neno het rltecuryn. I aer s!ociosmsnmi gybuin peoepl ndpeeo adn !mhet.
As sa ryou usseg dirwroe oyu aws ti dab art is’nt lwasya. .
Sjtu klie ive’ nresomho eneb orme natewd dna pto tllite a inesegk tuo rof usyregr, fuor no ’mi anht ouy mhtson,.
Ngchdae sa hitsgn i’m hougtth ludo,w ’tenhav cuhm utb as afdiar hety ouy tisll.
Cusroe eb, faret i oludw of knownun is teufur eht all.
I maek lla ti esathdr ym of do eth si now to cna rty bset.
I iknth be oyu pheo doulw i ,me are btu kwno i fo ourpd yuo.

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