Are finding yourself stuck in between? In between good days and bad ones? In between your head in the clouds and your feet on the ground? In between who you are and who you’re going to be? Me too, don’t worry.

Living in a world of “growing up” before you can legally buy a pack of cigarettes, this “in between” stage is scary. It’s everything you look forward to, but also everything that scares you to death.

Often you hear college students say the phrase “I don’t know what I’m doing with my life” because truthfully, they don’t. You are living in this world where most of the college population is relying on their parents income to buy their meals, pay their rent, and essentially anything else that comes up, and then there is a portion of the college community that is on their own. They’re paying their own bills, buying their own clothes, and honestly just kicking life’s butt.

And then there are people who are taking the minimum 12 hours, living off of their parents income at the age of 22 and still trying to figure who they want to be.

And you know what? That’s okay.

Everyone matures at their own pace. I’m only 18 and I would like to think that I know what I’m doing with my life, but often I give myself a newsflash that I most definitely do not. My last newsflash was when I was laying on the floor of the science building crying about shapes of bacteria. No Bueno. We often find ourselves in those moments, when life has laid you down and essentially kicked you until you bled. But you know what? We stand up. We wipe our eyes and straighten our clothes because we are persistent. We may be stuck in the in between now, but we won’t be forever.

No one figures out who they are immediately. It takes time to find the things you like, the environment you like, and the people who make your heart happy.

So for now, enjoy the in between. Give yourself a pat on the back for waking up today. You are living, you are thriving, and you’ll figure it all out one day. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but one day.