The reason I wake up every morning is because of my dreams; they fuel my motivation and my very existence. In 2016, I wasn't able to follow those dreams. I woke up, went to a dead-end job, and I wasn't able to live out my dream of finishing school and attending medical school. Somehow, I kept going, though, because in the back of my mind I had hope that I'd return to my dreams.

Physically, I let myself go; emotionally I became inaccessible, and, well, I wasn't happy, but my dreams kept the hope in my soul alive. I look back at my tweets and posts every morning. I can remember almost every single one of them, the emotions behind them, and even the specific situations.

Now I look back and I realize that anything is possible if you just keep going and now that I'm back on the path of following my dreams I can acknowledge that dreams have a great power over us.

If you wake up every morning and tell yourself "I will be successful, I can achieve my goals, and I will not give up," you can verbally manifest those desires and they will not leave you alone even when you have no motivation. What I am trying to convey is that you shouldn't give up on those dreams regardless of the situation you're in now.

Being on the path of following my dreams doesn't mean that I am happy and worry-free. I still struggle with feeling less-than when I see a grade that doesn't fully make me happy and seeing all my friends graduate in 2018 knowing that I should be graduating with them, but I can't because of 2016.

While I won't be graduating this year and I still struggle with strong emotions of defeat on the daily, I try to live by the words my brother once told me, "Don't be pressured by people who are in different stages of their life. Look back at what you have learned and acknowledge that you are precisely where you need to be."

I leave you with the same piece of advice, along with manifesting your dreams and making a list of how what plans you have for your life. Place them somewhere you can see them, and don't be afraid to work hard for your dreams because they are what keep our souls alive.