As a child, all I ever wanted to be was an adult. I wanted to grow up and do adult things, like ride a bike without training wheels, and be able to walk across the street without my mom holding my hand.

When I finally crossed the threshold to adulthood, I found myself wanting to go back to the times where my biggest worry was making sure I got everything on my Christmas list. I wanted to run back to the golden days of childhood, holding my mommy's hand with a backpack full of my favorite toys.

Then, I was asked the question "after college where do you want to end up?" and the answer to that is that I genuinely don't know.

I thought to myself, why should a person at 17-23 years old stress about life's problems when you have the rest of your life to worry about life? Why should we have it all figured out? Why should the rest of my life be planned out meticulously? Goals, dreams, and aspirations are so important, but if things don't go as planned, it's not the end of the world. Those should be the years that it's okay to be confused, make a bunch of mistakes, and mess up.

Personally, growing up, I've always wanted to be a singer. That's all I ever wanted to do and all I've ever wanted to be. But I loved weather so much, that at 17 years old, my college major was professional meteorology when I entered school. I knew that was my career and it wasn't changing, but then my vision changed over the years. My third year in college I found my passion for Journalism.

Life so far has taught me so many interesting things about myself, and one thing that I’ve learned is to live in the moment and for the moment. I know more now than ever, that the future is inevitable, and the past are the only memories that we’ll ever have.

So, to answer that question, I don't really know where life is going to bring me after I become an alumna of Mississippi State in May 2017. I don't know if I'll end up at my dream school, Berklee School of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, or maybe London School of Journalism in the United Kingdom, or I may decide to get my masters in Meteorology right here at Mississippi State. Maybe I could do missionary work in Africa, or give English lessons on the French Island of Martinique. Who knows? I may end up singing in little music pubs across France. I don't know where I'm going to end up in this life. We have to understand that God didn't put is here to worry, He is the only one who truly knows what's in store for us.

The only thing I know for sure is that I'm 21, my dream and goal board is endless, and I'm absolutely comfortable with whatever and wherever God takes me!