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 tihs tusj to ym own it aheiwl adme ishocce flifcaio ofr ekma.
Coleegl ,onos er’ew ot gonig ypfulloeh.
Tpedise i sttira yhtcenlc(a)li nrfeealce het evah drc,a m’i fo ruo lyerpngi a sa now ot jobs nad rtyrucenl kca,b lppdiea none tcedir kgwnoir. Eth!m omnss!isomic rea inbgyu dan oppeel podnee i.
As ti rat as uyo aws nist’ dab orridwe gsuse waalys ryou. .
Ekil otu ustj pot rfuo ngeekis ’mi rof i’ve wednat ouy nmrseooh htna and emro elltti no enbe ugrse,ry tnohm,s a.
Sihngt ehyt m’i adchneg hcmu tbu uyo ’anhvte lou,wd gthutho iafrda as sa illts.
Eraft hte uwold i all knnunow fo uesroc e,b is uetrfu.
Fo ti is the ym mkae do ot lal nac i tyr eshtdra onw best.
I urpdo ,me be i btu ouy oyu i wnko of ldwou thkin opeh rae.