So this year has been pretty tough, but out of all the bad I have found myself being led to amazing and exciting things. If this has made me realize anything, it would be that everything that consumes your stressful mind might seem like the world to you now, but won't matter a week, month, year, or even 5 years from now. When we encounter struggles in our lives, it's hard to see beyond them and realize that the world and our lives have so much more to offer. There will always be another choice, another day, and another worry ahead of us. Sometimes things happen to us that make us unable to comprehend how we are going to make it to the next week.

But we always do.

I think that it's important to reflect on what we focus our energy on, because if it's all negative energy, it's time to take a step back and remind ourselves: "this won't matter 5 years from now."

I am not saying ignore your problems. No, what I'm saying is that its more important to focus on yourself and positively working on whatever your struggles are without letting them consume you. 5 years from now, you more than likely are not going to care or even think about the things that make you cry, angry, or stressed today. Reminding yourself of this can really put things into perspective, at least it does for me when it comes to these five things.

1. GPA.

There is nothing worse than hearing your friends talk about their 4.0 while you're self-conscious about what you have. (What you really have, not what you round up to). But the way I see it, as long as you are doing the best you can and you're in a good enough standing... well, that's just fine. 5 years from now you're going to have a job either way, and you will figure it out.

You can still get into graduate school without a 4.0

You can still get your dream job without a 4.0

You are not doomed if you do not have a 4.0, 3.5, 3.0, etc.

GPA is just a number, one that you will probably never think about once you start your career anyway.

2. The One Who Broke Your Heart.

5 years from now you could be with the person you are going to marry (scary) or you could be single, living it up as a full-on adult person still trying to figure life out (even scarier). Either way, you're more than likely not going to be heartbroken over the same person you are now. Heartbreak will happen all throughout your life, yet when we find ourselves in it, it's so hard to see that there is a future beyond it. We've gone through it before, but surely this time is the worst.

But guess what? It might be the worst, but you can get through this too.

And this heartbreak is what will lead you to be the person in 5 years with a future spouse in sight or carefree single with a whole new list of things to stress about.

3. Your Decisions.

Skip class too much? Splurge your money? Have maybe a few too many reckless, wild nights? All these things can get you to be really down on yourself, but everyone makes decisions every day that will come back and bite them in the a**. So maybe that class had attendance count for a grade, or you have no money because you went on spring break, or maybe you made awkward eye contact with one of your professors as they were driving by the street that you were walk of shaming home from.

Regardless of any small or big decision you make, you won't know how anything will turn out until it happens. The only thing you can do is try to make a better choice next time, and the time after that, and the time after that. And if you don't, well, you try again.

4. The Toxic People In Your Life.

Honestly, this one is the worst. Because this could be toxic people in the form of professors, bosses, friends, ex-friends, strangers, roommates, co-workers, exes, and the list goes on. What is worse is that sometimes, you just can't escape them. Being surrounded by their negativity is without a doubt going to put you in a bad place. They might even be purposely trying to knock you down, for whatever reason they have.

Looking forward to 5 years ahead is so incredibly helpful in this situation. You know that you must be in a better place, because hopefully those people are far from your life by then.

The best thing for you to do is not let yourself get caught up in the drama, because I guarantee you that every party involved, including yourself, is being melodramatic about it if you let it continue for more than a week.

Be the person that is positive, and make sure you're not a toxic person in someone else's life.

5. Daily F-Ups That Make Us Want To Repeatedly Bash Our Heads Against A Wall.

Just apply for a job with spelling errors on your resume? Get a parking ticket that could have been avoided? Fail a giant exam? Get called out on a small mistake you made because you overlooked it? Accidentally offend someone and feel like an awful human being? Say something a little crazy to the guy you're into, basically scaring him away? Sorry, am I ranting? I was just thinking about my typical week.

The list can go on, because on every single day, we are going to mess up. I don't think there will ever be a time in our lives where everything will be figured out. We learn along the way, and sometimes our stupid f-ups take so much out of us.

And honestly, there are no other inspiring words here. The only constant that we have is that 5 years from now, we are more than likely going to be messing up from time to time too, and be just as stressed with heartbreak, toxic people, bad decisions, and who else knows what. But you will get through everything.

Just as you will get through these things now.