1. It seems like you’re the only one who doesn’t have it together.

Several of the people I went to high school with are already graduating. I’m behind now.

2. You think a lot about missed opportunities from high school.

Why didn’t I ever do theater? Why didn’t I apply myself more? Why didn’t I try to join more clubs?

3. You worry that you’re still doing this, even if you’re not aware of it.

I should’ve talked more last semester.

4. Your biggest fear is that you’ll never get where you’re going.

5. And you don’t listen to anyone who tries to reassure you.

Yeah, I’m working towards my degree and I’m involved in extracurriculars that future employers will find to be relevant experience, but it’s not enough!

6. You put off doing things that might make your immediate life easier because they feel like roadblocks to the life you’re supposed to have one day.

If I get comfortable, I’m doomed.

7. You avoid anything that might remind you of the passage of time.

You when “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” comes on.

8. You hold on to things that are familiar with an iron grip.

9. You think about changing your major a few times a week, even if you love what you’re doing.

What if there’s a more direct way to get the job I want through another major?

10. You clicked on this article.

If this article popped up in some kind of Google search, or you clicked on it in your Facebook feed, odds are you went into this expecting to relate in some way. Rest assured that you are not alone in these thoughts, and that you’re going to be accomplishing great things sooner than you think.

I know that for some of you (most of you, probably), Taylor Swift is the last person you would go to for words of wisdom or comfort, but I just want to leave you with this simple thought I heard her say when I saw her most recent tour, which had a big enough impact on me that I still think of it almost two years later: “you are not going nowhere just because you are not where you want to be yet.”

This too shall pass.