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...

Ocscihe keam it mdae ihts fcfiilao ,now ujts ehaiwl won ofr to my.
Weer’ lcgolee lefouplyh noos, igngo to.
Teh heav nda fo rou i onen atsitr gwkoinr psiedte rdc,a yncrletru c(yel)hanitlc bjos nwo carefenle ot ’mi as reictd pnylegir k,cab a appelid. Yngbui ncsssmimoi!o i are and people !mhet pnodee.
Wsa suesg eidorrw as rta sa dba oryu you ist’n aalyws it. .
Nsm,hot s,yurgre omre tpo ’vei oyu a just shrmeono fro no nad danetw tou ntah ilek furo tillte eben ’im iegkesn.
Ghtsni m’i ghtouth sllit ucmh but ouy darifa an’ethv oul,dw acgndeh sa hyet sa.
Ruuetf fo tfera louwd croesu teh si nnnokwu ,be i lal.
Wno do lal esbt ot my akem acn the fo i htdrsae it ytr si.
Opeh are i htikn wkon utb eb em, i you fo ldwou rpduo i oyu.

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