As a rising senior who recently switched majors, graduation seems like the unavoidable crash waiting to happen, yet I cannot look away. Yes, Titanic, I am looking at you. We all know how it ends, yet I cannot seem to switch the channel when the film comes on the television. "Don't let go, Jack!" Anyways, I digress. I have spent many days and nights wondering what the future will look like...how I am still not sure of what I want to do, or how to get there once I actually do know. I think many of you can relate—going through college is a mixture of the best years of your life, and the worst years of your life. You get to learn who you are, but you also get hurt in the process. If you entered college with one career goal in mind, it might change in the next couple of years, and if it doesn't then you are going to realize how much work you must put in, in order to achieve it. Inevitably we reach the "quarter-life crisis."

Step 1: Welcome to college! Get excited. Choose your major and start taking classes. Soon enough you will leave behind all of your general education courses and start taking some for your major. Graduation cannot come soon enough!

Step 2: Wait, I have to take what classes for the major?

Step 3: You start taking all of these classes, but something isn't clicking for you. Either the material or the testing—or both of them—is swamping you. No matter how much you try, things just aren't working out.

Step 4: You begin to question whether you like what you are doing, and whether you see a future doing that.

Step 5: You either realize that you should have been studying way more than you have or you realize that what you are studying is no longer what you truly want to do with your life. Reality checks in and turns your world upside down. You even do a nice visit to your advisor—like your probably should have a couple of semesters ago.

At this point, you are probably loosing your mind. You are completely confused on what you want to do and everything seems hopeless. However, you should take this moment to reflect on the previous years. Look at your hobbies; sometimes the things you do for fun can give you a clue as to what you want to do in the future.

Although this time seems like it will last forever, it will not. You don't have to know what you want to do the rest of your life today or tomorrow. Take each day one step at a time. Explore different fields that you are interested in because these will give you clues to what your future holds. Take your life as a mystery novel, if you know how it is going to end, then it is not worth reading. Figuring out the ending is the best part. Everything that is supposed to happen, will happen in time. Don't try to force anything or drive yourself crazy because you haven't figured everything out. In truth, I believe most people in the world do not have every aspect of their lives figured out. Maybe you haven't figured out your career, but you have a strong relationship with your family, friends, or significant other, or vice versa. Focus on staying true to yourself, and everything else will just come naturally.