If there's one thing being a college graduate taught me, it's to not look at your peers' profiles when you're feeling crappy about your station in life.

I always see people I graduated with enjoying their lives: Living in a big city, starting an exciting (high-paying) job, interning in a foreign country, and starting master degrees. As I scroll through their electronic scrapbooks full of fabulous adventures, I find myself sitting there and wondering: am I on the right track compared to my peers?

To be completely honest, my entire college career was rather unimpressive. Sure, I did things like volunteer at campus events and other like things but I wasn't out there running for student body present. Hell, I didn't even get that amazing of grades. When I think of what I've done in school, I start to worry that maybe I should've been a little more active. That I should've taken that internship, ran for that position, and gotten straight As all throughout my four years of school. Maybe it would've lead to me moving to New York, Interning at the Met or Knopf publishing, and living in a swinging New York apartment and shopping at Barney's every weekend rather than with my aging parents in Florida.

Or, maybe it wouldn't have changed a thing.

Maybe I wouldn't have moved to New York and had an amazing job offer waiting for me. Maybe there was another intern who was far more motivated than me and got the job. There's always going to be people who are much better than you in this world, people who are more ambition, more driven, and far more talented than what you possess. But please, don't fret about this! I have a secret I must tell you:

You're exactly where you need to be right now.

Sure, things may not have turned out how you wanted them to, but please understand that things can only go up from here. You're going to get that better job. You're going to be accepted to that amazing graduate program. You're going to move New York City and live out your "Friends" fantasy. Our stories are only really just beginning.

Sometimes I worry that I made the wrong choices in life but that doesn't mean there isn't time to fix them. I have so many opportunities set out before me that all I have to do is take them. Sure, it still sucks living with my parents and not being able to afford much. It sucks not getting to lead the glamourous lifestyle I always I imagined myself leading. There's time. I have time. I have the whole rest of my life ahead of me to lead the glamorous lifestyle that I always wanted to lead. I just need to give myself time.

To my friends who are in the same boat: we'll get through this, together. Don't let yourself become obsessed with what other people are doing

You're exactly where you need to be at this very moment.