If you know the kind of person I am, and that is the kind that is extremely indecisive, then you can probably imagine how incredibly terrified I was when the time to apply to colleges came. Each application included the same burning question that bothered me for months, "What will be your major?"

Every single time that I read that, I swear my stomach dropped. At the time, in my mind, choosing a major essentially meant choosing what to do with the rest of my life. How in the world would I be able to choose one major to study when I can’t even decide what I want to wear in the morning? How could I possibly make such an important decision when there are literally hundreds of different majors to choose from?

After much consideration about which majors sounded the coolest and which seemed to suit me the best, I decided to go into college as an undeclared student. While I was glad to be doing that because I knew that I wasn’t sure what I wanted to study, I couldn’t help but feel lame. When all of my teachers asked my friends and I what we were studying after high school, it seemed like every single one of them had definite answers. Whether they were positive that they were going to attend medical school or knew that they wanted to become a teacher, they had an idea of what they were going to make of themselves. All of my friends seemed to have their whole lives planned out perfectly, so why didn’t I?

Once college began, I found more people that were similar to me because of the fact that they also weren’t sure what they wanted to study. Finally, I didn’t feel as alone! From taking many different classes, I recognized certain aspects about myself that helped me eliminate some majors. After taking two semesters of biology, I realized that I could never become a doctor or scientist…unless I want to hate my career and basically my life (no offense to all of you biology majors, you guys rock). After taking some psychology and writing courses, I noticed how interesting and enjoyable I find them to be. From taking all of these different classes, I now have a better understanding of what I want from my future career. However, even after two semesters, I’m still not positive as to what I want my future career to be.

Life is all about change and growth so even though not knowing what you want to do for the rest of your life is frightening, everything will lead up to you figuring out exactly what career you’ll end up with. I’ve finally realized that it’s OK to not know what you want because everyone grows at different paces and no matter how long it takes, everything for everyone will eventually fall into place.

When my sophomore year of college begins in August, I will return to school as both undecided and fearless. While I was once afraid and ashamed to be undeclared, I now embrace my uncertainty. I know that one day I’ll have everything figured out and I’ll be thankful for the journey that brought me to where I’ll be in the future.

To all of my fellow undecided students, we got this!