2023, I just graduated from college and have received my degree in who knows what, but I have no care in the world cause I know I’ll be happy at that point in my life. I’ll start my “adult” life by traveling the world, getting to experience new opportunities and helping others while I’m “living my best life”. The realistic side of me says that I’ll be attending graduate school to receive my Phd cause we all know a bachelor’s degree doesn’t get you very far when pursuing a stable career, living with my parents and working multiple jobs to pay off student loans. 

Yes, my first choice seems so unrealistic, but why do we stop ourselves from doing what we really want to do. Maybe I should be pursuing my career at that point in my life but at the moment I am writing this I don’t really know what that is. From thinking I wanted to be a teacher in fifth grade to then wanting to become a dancer my junior year of high school, I have never let myself stop thinking about the endless opportunities life has to offer. I used to be so scared of the unknown but that’s inevitable. 

All I know is that I want to live a life that consists of adventure, of course one day I would love to settle down and start a family but to have an 18 year old be told they need to know what they want to do with their life is crazy to me. I don’t strive for a perfect life, in fact I enjoy the unknown. I enjoy not knowing what tomorrow’s gonna bring and trying something new cause if we don’t then we’ll never know if we’re missing out something we could potentially love. Life does come with the decisions we wish we didn’t make with the sad days to follow but that’s what makes the happy ones that much more special. Us students should be dreaming bigger cause why waste your time doing anything less than what makes us happy.