I am currently in the process if finishing my fall semester of my junior year of college, and every day I am asked "what's next?" Sometimes this is others asking; friends, family, professors, strangers. But most of the time I am asking myself this. I have fought and struggled to find an answer, and the process is still ongoing, but each time I ask myself this, I do not feel panicked. I do not feel rushed. Yes, my students loans are adding up. Yes, I am getting close to graduating. No, I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. No, I don't know where I will end up living. These are all facts. These are the reality of my situation.

I feel like we are placed on this track from kindergarden up until college. You go through elementary school and middle school and start to gain interest in certain subjects, and then high school comes around and the pressure is on. AP classes, college readiness programs, etc. Yes, these may help but they do not prepare you for adulthood by any means. Then you get to college and before you know it you have to declare a major. I know people say you can switch majors whenever you want, but when you already have two years, thousands of dollars, and an unreasonable amount of hours invested into science classes, switching majors doesn't sound very appealing. I have already declared my major as exercise science, but I am undecided on if my future career will be in a related field, and I'm okay with that.

Just because I'm okay with uncertainty doesn't mean that it doesn't terrify me deep down, but I believe in myself. I know that I am a hard worker and I know that I want to be successful and happy. I believe that college is important, but I also believe that we are pressed to figure out what we want when we barley know who we are. Experience is more educational than most classrooms in my opinion, and I would much rather be rich in experience and memories than wealthy with no time and no fun. So, you wanna know why I am okay with being undecided? Because I am not willing to settle with a career simply because I have a degree related to it. I am not after a job where I do the same thing every single day. I am looking for a hobby that I love that happens to pay well. I field where I am never bored and always intrigued. The world is full of opportunity, and I'm willing to take advantage of that.