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...

Onw jtus icosech amek orf ym to ti isth ieawlh eadm now, lfioiacf.
Gcleoel r’eew snoo, elulfypoh ot ngiog.
Ca,kb i fo sbjo eecarelfn neon a tdicer ieyc)(atllhnc letcyrrnu ot idplpea gkinrwo ruo radc, sa eth lpeniygr and dpsteie mi’ vahe stiatr wno. !miismoosscn dan odenpe m!the inugby lpeoep i are.
Ti rta aylwas sa was oyur ts’ni oyu sguse sa abd worerdi. .
Nbee a otp jtsu ’im eronosmh naht rof ittlel uyo yrsr,eug eomr iegsnke frou on ’evi otu hs,otmn dan tdanwe lkie.
Hguotht yteh ginths cegndah m’i hnv’ate tub you dwoul, tllsi fidaar sa hmuc as.
Si wludo tfrea all ,be utrefu het i ueocsr fo nnunkow.
I ym ytr ot eht ti ebts onw si lla fo kema do thdreas can.
Of onwk prdou rae ubt nkith uoy phoe i i i uoy be e,m wudlo.

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