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I'm Not Afraid Of Not Knowing What My Future Holds

By living every day to the fullest, we discover that things find us.

Sophia Camaya
Jul 11, 2017
Western Washington University
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I'm Not Afraid Of Not Knowing What My Future Holds
Sophia Camaya

I'm not like the average college student who earns a degree in a specific field and ends up having a job waiting for them a few months after graduation. Nah, that's not me. Most people that I hang out with are always saying "Ugh, I need to figure my life out now," and I am just like, "I'll figure it out one baby step at a time." That's all I'm doing: Baby steps in the direction of adulthood post-college.

I'm not afraid of not knowing what I'm doing after graduation because of my indecisive mind. I want to do a lot of things with my life, but sometimes I never know when to do them. I like to focus on the graduating part first and then the post-grad stuff later. Graduation is my main focus, not the stress of looking for the job after graduation.

I'm not afraid because I know I will find something and then grow to love it within a few months. For example, working at the YMCA has helped me grow as a leader and an individual and has given me a sign that maybe I should work for the YMCA after I graduate, but leaning to more of an office or leadership type of job but still have the time to still have opportunity to work with the kiddos.

I'm not afraid because I know I have to support my dog, so I pretty much know I will find something in order to keep putting kibble in her bowl at night. She is my driving force behind my work ethic. She is also the reason behind my adulting skills when it comes to paying my bills on time.

I'm not afraid because I have a lot of back-up plans and certifications that I am going to work on getting in order to make my resume more appealing to employers. I know I want to add Emergency Substitute Teacher and Para-Educator to my resume qualifications. Maybe even Therapeutic Riding Instructor, as well... Who knows!

I'm not afraid because I don't want to be stressed out all the time when I could be living each day to the fullest and discovering new things about myself. Why would I want to live in stress all the time?

We all shouldn't be afraid of the future; we don't know what is in store 100% of the time so why should we worry about it?

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