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...

Now orf iosecch meak no,w ym siht sujt ti ealihw to offliaci deam.
W’ree llufeopyh elgocle to nggio on,os.
Nrokgwi ojbs i teh enno a,rcd iattsr cleyhitcla)n( ecrdti now plpeaid of a ytuerlcnr a,bkc m’i uor ralfceeen idetsep vhae dna sa to rnielpgy. I and m!the opedne nybgiu snoimsoc!sim peleop are.
Tn’is oury as was irwdoer ti usesg yuo art alwysa as dba. .
Otp gnkesei on rfuo anht uot a stju for deatnw ekli srre,gyu ’evi tlielt dna im’ hornmoes oyu ,msntho eebn rome.
Im’ tgouhht mhcu as sa edngach eyht yuo owu,dl ubt htea’nv nsitgh still idfara.
E,b i het nnwunok fo rafet eoscur si lal urfuet loduw.
I tbes si anc all of onw thserda od ym eht it ot make rty.
Owkn ouldw are ,me eb ouy nitkh i of eoph but uoy i i rupdo.

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