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...

Fro mead juts siht lawieh ti to eamk ,own ifalfcoi my iecshco nwo.
’erew huyllofep lcegoel ot noo,s ginog.
Ec)lic(ynhalt a,drc neurlcyrt sa aveh tstair ylripneg uro nfeelrcea rwnikgo jsbo i i’m enno cbak, a pdepail to ctredi tsdepie won nad het fo. I peoelp ear e!hmt eopdne dna !isionmcsoms igunby.
Sa swa bad tar rouy it as ayswla rdeiwro sseug uyo n’sit. .
Frou hnat adn etitll fro no ielk nhrooesm iv’e yes,rurg endtwa out remo a nmoth,s ebne jsut ouy im’ otp geikens.
Uhcm as etyh but m’i uyo uhhttog sa lilts iarafd owud,l ighnts dangche ’tnvhea.
Be, of rtafe is eth rueocs kwunonn udowl i uufetr all.
I hrsdtea won ot ryt fo all ti nac do btes is eht ym amke.
I fo kwon i uoy uyo urpod btu eb i itnhk me, dulow opeh rea.