It starts happening senior year of high school, and it just gets worse as time goes on. Family, friends, teachers, and even workers in Trader Joe’s all start asking: “What’s your major? What do you want to do with that? What are your future career goals?”

For those of you out there who have answers to all these questions, you deserve a genuine round of applause for following your passion and knowing exactly what you want with your life. However, all of you are also the people who make me feel bad about myself as you list off your impressive double-major and minor with an oddly specific concentration, explain how you expect to apply everything you’ve learned in school to your future life, and even give exact companies that you hope to work for one day.

For the rest of you who answer those questions with a shrug and a somewhat mumbled “I’m just trying to keep my options open:” do not worry. You are not alone. You and I, and so many others are all in the same boat here.

I entered college with the famous “undecided” major, saying that I didn’t want to choose a major until I was sure it was what I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing. Although that was true, it was mostly just a nicer way of saying that I have no clue what I want to do with my life. I just recently declared my major as Communication, with a minor in Human Rights, and I was hoping that with my major finally decided, people would stop asking me what my future plans are. They didn’t.

Now more than ever people are asking me what I want to do with my major. And honestly, as I’m nearing the end of sophomore year in college, I wish I had an answer. But the truth is that my future is a big open slate, and I have no idea what I want it to look like.

And that’s okay.

There is nothing wrong with being 18-, 19-, or even 45-years-old and not knowing what you want to do with your life. Life is unpredictable and there are so many aspects of life that are waiting to be explored.

So, if you’re just like me and you’re not really sure what you want in life, take a deep breath and realize how lucky you are to have so many options ahead of you. Take life one step at a time. At first, I was focusing on just finding classes and subjects that interested me. Now, I’m focusing on finding ways that I can apply my passions in the real world.

But until I figure out what path I want to take, I’m just enjoying the chance to discover myself and the world around me. I'm coming to terms with the fact that life can change at any moment, and sometimes it’s okay to not have a plan.