If there is anything that scares me the most, it is the fear of the unknown. It terrifies me to think that soon enough, I will be in the real world and yet I have no idea what exactly I’m going to do, where I am going to be, and how I am going to get there. Even though I am not sure, I am positive about one thing and that is my ability.

I have always been the type of person to believe that I need my life mapped out already, though through college, I have found that it isn’t about getting from point A to point B. What it really is about is all the stops you make along the way that make you learn and grow. It is all the places you get lost in and wrong turns you make, to end up exactly where you are now, that helps lead you to your destination. I have talked to many other people who struggle with the same issue though, being afraid of where they will end up and if the path is right for them, but I have a new theory on how this walk on the course of life should be.

We are all facing the same battle in a sense when it comes to reaching our full potential and figuring out what our future destiny is. No two people are alike, so with that being said, no two paths have to match. What fuels us on this long journey is passions, what keeps us motivated is our support system, and what keeps us driven is what gives us the upmost joy to be exactly where we are in that set moment. The path we travel on isn’t always sunshine, it has storms come and go, twists and turns, bumps and cracks, but you have to keep reminding yourself, that it all works out in the end. You have no idea what blessings lie up ahead because your path has not yet been mapped out yet. The only one who can determine if it’s the right way is you. At the end of the day, the only person who is walking in your shoes is yourself. Make decisions based on how you feel and what is important to you, especially when it comes to the road ahead.

My family is really important to me and their opinions on what I do mean a lot and are highly valued. In school, trying to decide what to do the rest of my life is a challenge and a decision I am scared to make. They told me that at the end of the day, I would be good at anything I put my heart and mind into. As much as this frustrated me, I soon realized that they are so right. It’s what I am going to do the rest of my life, no one else is going to live my life but me. So, for now on, I decided to go through this crazy journey using my heart as my compass and my mind as the map.