Imagine this: you’re a junior in college, it’s near the end of spring semester, and it feels like things are moving at such a high speed that you are getting dizzy but you can’t slow down.

That’s a pretty accurate picture of my life right now. I’m realizing that I’m almost a senior, which means I’m almost going to graduate, which means I need to get my stuff together sooner rather than later.

I have about one more year to get an internship, make sure I am absolutely in love with my career choice, and then nail down a job. And to be honest, it’s scary.

Here’s what I am telling myself whenever it feels like too much:

“If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough.”

I kind of hate basic, straight-off-of-Pinterest quotes like that, but once I read that, I felt like I could take a sigh of relief.

How do I know I made the right choice in my major? What happens if I don’t get hired? Why does it seem like my friends are ahead of me?

Those are questions I’ve been trying to swat out of my head because they give me anxiety. I do have big dreams and of course they scare me, but that’s the way it should be.

I’m not going to settle for whatever job I can get, that’s not what I’m about. I’m going after what makes me feel like strutting into work everyday with a smile on my face and happiness in my heart.

And if it’s meant to be it will be. I will end up where I’m supposed to end up. That’s how the universe works.

I know those panic-y thoughts will come back in senior year. But I find comfort in knowing that I will not hold back my potential and end up with regrets about my career path. I’m going to go for it and it will all be okay.