I don’t know if you will ever see this, or if you do, that you’ll be aware, but I admire you.

You made it this far, so now what? You’re the college student your parents hoped for, and you’re equipped with enough ambition to get through the next couple of years, but still, you lack the “endgame” you used to dream about as a little girl.

At the moment, you’re dabbling. However, dabbling to you right now looks, and feels the same as drowning in a sea. Alone. While everyone else has it all together, and all of their ducks in rows that yours could never line up in.

And right about now, you are probably coming up empty handed when the world is giving you everything it can. And at the moment, you’re not ready. It’s not want you want.

Don’t feel bad. You’re not obligated to take what the world has to offer if you do not think that it is right at the moment.

Everyone has a purpose, and while you are stuck searching for yours, you are also looking at the girl next to you in class, and you’re face is burning with your insecurities because you are beginning to compare your journey to hers.

Life isn’t a competition.

And you are not running a race.

You should be congratulating yourself because you’ve made it this far. You will blossom with whatever potential your heart desires. Just not right now. You’ll find that whatever you are meant to do, and whatever path you are meant to embark on, will find you. Not the other way around.

When I was little, I wanted to be a ballerina, and then I wanted to become a vet, and then I wanted to become an FBI Agent. There is a large divide between these three things, and I totally recognize that. My point is, what found me was a career where I could be all of these things, and happy.

And it will happen to you. And you might occasionally second-guess yourself from time to time, but just remember that you are absolutely remarkable.

It is also important to remember that: You are so young, and you have so much time. It seems like you are supposed to have all of the puzzle pieces together early in the game, but you don’t have to follow the masses, and you don’t have to fall in love with the flow of the river. You’re allowed to go against the tides; you’re allowed to wait before you “marry” your career. Don’t let everyone else pressure you into falling in love with some false idol.

You’ll be just fine.

At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what you become; it only matters who you become.

Because your character is what will endure long after your professional career runs its course.