The journey to a successful life will never be an easy one. Everyone's idea of what success is differs from person to person. For some, it's having a stable career, while for other's it's making six figures. For some, it's having children to pass your legacy on to, while for others, it's to be able to say that you traveled the world. Whatever it is, having a successful life will take a lot of out of you. It's all about hard work, making connections, and being indefinitely happy in what you do.

And sometimes, on the journey to becoming successful, you hit a few bumps in the road that blow your tires out and leave you hitchhiking on the side of the road.

I feel like college students everywhere go through this rough patch of: "Do I really want to do this?" "Will this really make me happy?" "What are easier options?" I went through it multiple times during my freshman year and even a few times during my sophomore year. It's hard.

As a pre-medical student at Rutgers, I hear this almost every day, not only from myself, but from my group of peers who are in the same programs, classes, majors, and internships that I am in. It's heartbreaking to hear so many people doubt themselves on a DAILY basis. Being around them had almost made me give up on my own dream of going into the healthcare field, but then, something unexpected happened that changed my outlook on my future:

I was in my house, studying for my MCAT's (all my followers on Pinterest though I was studying from the pictures of neat and organized notes, but I knew that I was really just slacking off for the most part). I had barely any motivation to study and I was contemplating if I should even take them at all. If I should just change my career path altogether.

But I looked over at the scrubs on my bed that were neatly folded in its package for my new job. Out of sheer procrastination, I stripped my pajamas and put them on to see how they fit. Honestly, I felt something as I stared in the mirror and looked at myself in those blue scrubs. It felt like something I had never felt about my future before.

I felt like I could do anything and that I could be anything.

All the stress that I was carrying on my shoulders about MCAT's and summer classes had vanished. I immediately thought, "If I get through these next couple of years, I can look like this every single day — with a white coat to match." It was something I had been dreaming about for my entire life and to see myself there, it gave me a glimpse of what my future could look like. I immediately got the urge to push on with my aspirations. I felt so empowered, and it was like nothing I had ever felt before.

Moral of the story is: What seemed like a reason to procrastinate had actually turned into inspiration. I urge everyone to find their pair of scrubs. I mean this metaphorically, of course. If you're lacking motivation and it seems as though you can't go on, think about why you started in the first place. Remember where you're going and do not lose track of your goals. Find something that you can look at, wear, remind yourself of, that will encourage you to keep fighting for your dreams.

The roads we travel to success will almost never be paved in gold. But we have to be self-motivated to see the glimmer of light where there may be clouds of darkness.

You must keep hoping, keep dreaming, and keep believing.