If you happen to be a college student, such as my still soul-searching self, then you might be asked the same question that I get almost every day. "What do you plan on doing after college?" When these words come out of the mouths of a family friend, relative, or even my own mind, I choose a well-known f-word, but probably not the one you're thinking.

I choose faith. What else is there that I can choose to keep with me, at all times, under all circumstances, and hold so dear? When thinking about my future, I don't assume that I'll have it easy. There is no way of knowing exactly what will happen -- at any moment in time.

I practice what I preach, which is living in the moment. I completely understand trying to prepare for the next one to the best of my ability, but I will not decrease the amount of sincerity I keep in the present to prep for the amount I wish to have in the future.

Growing up is a massive jumble of unknown feelings, choices, and events. Do I make sure to maintain a proper structure when thinking about what next step I will take in life is? Yes. This is an absolute yes. However, in recent years, I have realized that worrying about something that has not happened yet, or something that could of, would of, or should have happened will not bring me any more peace of mind than focusing on the now.

I have dreams, and I have a reality that, with a constant and persevering sense of faith, will hopefully get me to the destinations in which they will be able to be fulfilled.

I don't need to say where I want to live in three years, how old I want to be when saying "I do" or when I scream with tears in my eyes "It's a healthy baby!" I am thrilled when thinking of these events occurring, but I truly do not feel a need to pressure myself to plan them out (well, not entirely, anyway).

Before anyone starts getting completely mind-boggled at either understanding my methods or not getting them whatsoever, hear me out. I do know that I need to keep tabs on what is to come. I am aware of needing a plan of some sort to make sure I can keep going in the direction I choose.

However, I also need to make sure that if the direction I have chosen suddenly twists in another that I had no idea existed, I won't freak out and feel like I've met my match.

Regarding short-term goals, I get it. Without planning, there would be chaos. Am I saying that I don't respect people who have their lives mapped out? No. I'm saying they're awesome, and I'm glad they're happy with knowing what they want to do, and how they want to do it. That is exactly what I'm choosing to do, but in a different way.

When someone asks me where I want to go, or when I want something to happen, I suppose a reply from me would go something like this:

I'd like to say that I have my life figured out, but then I would be a liar, just like anyone else who declares that they do. Part of the beauty of our existence is that we get to help shape our world while we are trying to figure it out. Right now I am in college. I have dreams, I have exciting ambitions, and I have reality checks. Of course, I set myself up to reach standards that I will either meet or fail to touch. All the while, I must remember that I am human, and I am here. I know that whatever makes me happy is what I will be doing.

Feel free to call my ease with uncertainty a form of ignorance, but I prefer to call it indulgence. I would much rather make sure I'm satisfied with the way I am living, rather than the way I feel I should be, in a time period that is not promised, not always matched with plans, and nowhere near perfect.

The future is a wondrous thing to think about. I refer to it often, and will always greet it, no matter if the arms it sways carries good or bad, with a smile of compromise. Right now is exactly how it sounds- now. This is what I have, and when tomorrow, or the next day, or the next year, brings more of those "now" moments, I'll be excited to live them as if there is no tomorrow.