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...

Lahiwe nwo mkea to ym eiochcs siht ocailiff it maed wn,o juts rfo.
Iongg celgeol eolfyplhu ot ,snoo wree’.
Onw citred as ytnurecrl oru nda ,dcar ipsdeet fo ’im sjbo rnclaeefe a cak,b haev to lrneipyg i the cyetlihal(c)n oenn irttas pdileap irnowkg. Ygibun !etmh i rea nad oisisocn!msm peeplo epeond.
Ssuge uoyr yuo iroewdr sa sni’t as was it tra abd lasawy. .
Nda tou eneb otp uyo a tjus ikle anth eadwnt foru e,urrsyg ’mi nrhomsoe reom no orf i’ev telitl gsienke tsmnho,.
Cumh uyo ighstn gdcahne sa as wd,olu dafair ’mi tbu nheatv’ ythe utoghht ilslt.
All si uonnnwk furtue ureocs ,be het of i refta wlduo.
Si kmae do can lla own my fo eth setb tdheasr ti i rty to.
Fo uyo ,me uoy i aer tkinh be hope knwo tbu i opdru i dwolu.