What are you going to do with your life?
I can't even begin to tell you how many times I have been asked this question. Be it at family gatherings, work or running into old friends when I'm out...it's a bit ridiculous. At this point, it's more surprising when I'm not asked, but I still don't have a good answer to that dreaded question.
Being a college student, it's easy to get stressed out about what the future holds. It baffles me how often I find myself sitting at Starbucks, relaxing at the beach or even hanging out with friends, when I find myself thinking about the rest of my life.
Honestly, thinking about it, I have wanted to do so much throughout my entire life. I've wanted to travel, and still do. I've wanted to be an artist, and am working on that. I've wanted to be a princess...but what little girl hasn't?
Basically, if you're like me, you've changed your mind about what you want to do more times than you can count. And, trust me, that's not a bad thing.
Quite frankly, I don't know what I'm going to do with my life. I don't know where I'll end up or how I'll get there. And that's perfectly OK. This past year I realized that it's OK to not have everything figured out when you're 19. It's OK if I don't have a well thought out plan yet. It's OK to not know.
I guess the stress happens when you start college. Maybe even a little before that. You know, when you've decided on what school you're going to, and you figured out what you want to study, and you start to get an idea of what it's like to live in the real world.
But then, you get asked that dreaded question.
What are you going to do with your life?
Do you have a good answer? I know I don't.
When I get asked this question, I often have to stop and think about it for a while. I am a 19-year-old girl. I am attending college. I am no longer living at home during the semesters. I can do basic adult things. I thought I was doing pretty good at life. But then I was asked that dreaded question and everything was ruined.
Except, everything was not ruined. Just because I don't know what I want to do right now, doesn't mean I will never know. Just because I don't have a plan at the moment, doesn't mean I never will. I'm just taking it day by day, and thats worked out pretty good for me so far.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, don't let that question stress you out. Don't spend every minute of every day contemplating how you fit into this world. Don't worry about what you're going to be doing ten years from now, and instead enjoy the present.
You will figure it out eventually. One day, everything will fall into place. For now, focus on living life and making memories.
So, the next time someone asks me what I'm going to do with my life, I will simply smile and say, "I'm going to enjoy it."
