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...

Ym ot aemk onw mdae ti hwliea ustj thsi cilfaofi iehocsc wo,n fro.
No,os ot ylpehfolu loelgce ’were ognig.
Iwkrngo adn nlypreig as eecfleran ycnelurrt drteci a atrist nnoe ipetesd avhe won bjos our a,kcb i eth i’m pdeilpa ot aht(ci)eynllc dcar, fo. Si!inomomscs etm!h i dna ubniyg eloepp rae neodep.
Bda yruo int’s sa art aws you uesgs waysal eorwird it sa. .
Dan a tnha rgur,sey nroeoshm otp on hmonts, sjut ’im orf out seegikn eneb endwat elik eomr liltet oyu fuor eiv’.
’mi illst as vna’teh do,luw radaif cuhm yuo but gcendha outghth higsnt yeht as.
Het of ,be taref nwounnk si ruufte ceuosr all i dwuol.
Tshaerd ti fo lal tyr nac is kmea ym own best i do eth to.
Oldwu i m,e fo tub eohp ouy ropdu i era eb i uoy inhkt kown.

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