You're at the finish line. Graduation is months away, but your oh-so-clear plans for your future are strayed. Me too.

If you're anything like me, you're extremely futuristic and can only begin something when you know how the end is going to turn out — whether it be how you wanted your GPA to look at the end of the semester or picking out a dream job.

Sadly, neither of those things really went my way.

So here I am, graduating in May and questioning every single part about what is going to happen after that.

Am I in the right field? Will I ever actually be a professor? Do I even really want to be a professor? Or am I missing a different calling that is right in front of me?

Am I heading a direction that makes me truly happy in the long run?

Am I actually doing this for me?

I finally had to tell myself to stop.

You will drive yourself insane if you keep worrying about the things that you want to happen, and believe should happen, months before they even arrive in your life.

So, here's what I am going to do instead:

I'm going to explore things that I have always been interested in, so I have adopted a journalism minor.

I'm going to take things one day at a time and focus on doing more than just keeping my head above water.

I'm going to do whatever I can to not overwork myself and to focus on finishing these last two semesters strong.

I am going to cut myself some slack.

The thing is that no one (not your parents, not your significant other and not your friends) knows how hard you have truly worked. None of them know the nights you have stayed awake and stressed about an exam or grade. No one actually knows what your process is like.

Just remember this: You cannot take care of the bigger things in your life if you cannot take care of yourself first.

Take care of yourself, and the rest will follow.