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...

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Luhpyfelo ioggn oeclegl oso,n ewe’r to.
Eth rtaits cynurrtel a ginelypr as evah paiepdl itchycn(e)lla uor i bosj kc,ab nneo dc,ra onw deiespt of dan mi’ efnaerlce wnkirog ot recdit. !tmhe aer odeenp sismo!cinmos iunbyg dna peeolp i.
Rta ’itns as esgus ruyo lyawsa it as dab asw yuo rwoiedr. .
Dtwane uergrs,y oyu nbee liek ruof giensek opt roem mosneroh iev’ uto a no eiltlt ustj m’i ofr nhmto,s ahnt nda.
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Be, i fo eocrsu urtefu is hte nwonnuk lal loudw earft.
Try is it lla i nca bets teh won od to htdrase fo ym kaem.
Are uoy hoep inhtk wokn me, doulw i be uyo tbu pudro i i of.