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...

Rof jtus my ti sith now aloifcfi hioscec to aekm elhiwa mead ,own.
Ot lpluhyefo legolce goign sn,oo ’weer.
,cadr nrlcreuyt obsj now yrenplig tedpies edicrt dna ot fereaclne teh aepdlpi as orgiwnk kb,ac fo our strati im’ i l(atihnclyec) enno eahv a. Emht! epolpe nda ugbiny scimsi!oomsn i rae dneepo.
Ridowre awyals sa art oyu ti sa bda in’st uroy gsseu saw. .
Eben tuo mi’ on o,nsmth ntah henormos andtew erom oruf oyu adn e’vi fro jsut yuegsr,r geknsie ltelti keil pto a.
Btu sa much thgthou sa i’m owuld, tishgn lstli dafira tyeh hvneat’ heacgnd ouy.
Het nwoknun is lal i dulwo ueuftr be, taerf fo eucros.
Lal my ot do i emka own bets is fo cna it rty ehadstr het.
I tbu i i uoy uldow rpduo m,e eb epoh tnikh kwno yuo fo rae.