Often times, we have a picture of what our life should look like. I pictured my life going to my dream school, getting a job and coming home to my future husband watching Fixer Upper and eating Chips Ahoy cookies.

But unfortunately, life hasn't seemed to be going like my picture in my head. Right now, I disenrolled at my dream school since the cost was way too much and I was denied financial aid. It was like my heart got shattered when I had to make this decision, or that my dream died.

But the good news is that life doesn't go as expected for a reason. I may have dropped out of my dream school, but I found a few better options to explore.

We all have set backs in life. Everyone feels like a failure at times. But what is important to always keep in mind when a setback happens is that a setback is a setup. An arrow can't be shot forward without being pulled back first.

Setbacks are hard, but the setup of success is built from these times. JK Rowling wrote Harry Potter when she was broke and jobless, and with that her setup was the success of Harry Potter.

Life doesn't go as planned, but never lose the dream picture in your head. The picture will always be there, but maybe the path to get there will be adjusted. Just like building a Lego set, there are many pieces to the whole picture.