I’ve heard a lot of people say that when you reach your twenties you’re basically just winging it, trying to figure out what to do when you really have no clue what to do. My twenties are fast approaching and I feel like I’m floundering now. A lot of people head into college knowing exactly who they are and what they want out of life, but college is a time to really find out what you’re passionate about. One girl in my art class has had 4 majors leading up to art because she realized what she was passionate about. I always thought I would be a scientist or a mathematician and then I discovered how much I love to write, which threw me way off course. Sometimes even if you think you know yourself, you try out something new and realize you’ve just encountered your passion. Other times, you’ll think the thing you’ve always been striving for is a great fit for you only to find out you have no pleasure in doing what it takes to pursue that thing.

Some of us are quick to dismiss things like this as immature and relative to high-schoolers, but this is something people struggle with all of their lives. That’s one thing that makes this world great: you can always change your mind. Of course, there will be consequences, but nothing is stopping you from pursuing what really makes you happy. To be completely honest, I don’t really know who I am. I know I love cats, cooking, video games, art, and writing, but I don’t know how all of these things combine to form me. I was someone who had a clear-cut plan when I started at USF last year and then I realized how much I really love literature, language and writing. Public health to English. That’s a huge jump. I second guessed myself because I don’t like letting people down and I was afraid of what people would say when I decided to completely change my plan. That made me realize that I needed to stop living for the people around me, and to start doing what makes me happy. I have a long way to go, I may change my mind again, but that’s fine. It’s fine because we’re not constant beings, we change from day to day and year to year and that’s what makes life beautiful. We are capable of being who we want to be in a world with infinite choices.