The fall semester of my senior year, I was beginning to feel like a huge failure. Everyone in my life knew exactly what career they were pursuing, what university they were attending the next fall, and some even had the minor details planned for their dorm rooms.

Me? I was still trying to figure out what I was passionate about so I wouldn’t be miserable my entire life. The only thing I knew was I didn’t want to do what everyone else around me was planning to do. Many of them were planning on being nurses, engineers, and teachers and I honestly just didn’t feel like any of those were my calling. So, I remember saying the simplest prayer – “Jesus, if you show me where you want me to go, I will do it. I just need direct guidance from you. Amen.” If I am being completely honest, it was not a prayer He answered overnight, but He was faithful to answer it.

I went to graduation still a little confused about my direction, so I spent the summer just looking into different occupations. That fall, I was enrolled in college as an English major, with dreams bigger than anything I had ever had in mind before. I graduate in May, and I’ve learned more things I am passionate about in the year and half I’ve been in college, than I ever did in high school.

So, to the high school senior who feels directionless, my advice is get out of your comfort zone. Try something new. If you are being forced to make a decision on your major, go for the subject you are good at in school. I never expected to be an English major. Although, in high school, English was always my strongest subject. Remember to explore your options. you got this. It is going to be OK. Don’t look at what the kids around you are doing. What if your calling is to do something that hasn’t been created yet? Comparison will get you nowhere. Sometimes stepping out in faith is scary but I promise everything will work out in the end. Keep your head up and keep moving forward.