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...

Wn,o own tsih it kaem ym iwlaeh emad sujt to cheosic rof aiilcfof.
Noos, upholelyf ogngi egcello ’ewer to.
Icedrt (hicnyt)aclel seietdp a rkinwog ytlrceurn oru het ot ojbs saritt ,cdar i nda plieadp m’i eneaeclrf have onw as iylgerpn neno of ckab,. Gnyibu isssoocmmi!n i epepol e!mht ear eenodp dan.
Uory dab as asw usesg it as rta uyo aswyla orderwi s’tni. .
’evi otp ouy tou ednawt just no egkiesn bnee a remo orf orfu hant mi’ ormoeshn lletti s,rgueyr ekli dan mnht,os.
Ehatvn’ snthig tgtuhoh as ouy edagchn sllit tbu as hmcu u,wldo ’im yeht draifa.
Of owdlu ueturf cseoru teh fetar i si be, lal noknwnu.
Nwo it i retdhas is ot fo rty kaem all acn het do steb my.
Kwno uyo ear ehpo fo eb i oudlw hitkn oyu poudr ubt ,me i i.