Everyday I think about my life and what I am going to do for the rest of it. I always wonder what I am going to think about years to come, did I choose the right major(s), will I be happy with my college experience? All of these things I fret over now, will not be significant to the decisions I have to make in the future, such as where I want to live and if I want to take the job far away from home.
This past weekend I went home to visit my family and to attend the Duke at Syracuse men’s basketball game. We picked up my younger sister Shelbie Saturday morning and she had said that she did not know what she wanted to do with her life. She’s only a junior in high school. I always think to myself about what it would be like to go back to high school during the time when I was worried about which college I would go to and what I would be doing there. After listening to Shelbie and her concerns I found myself telling her that she would be okay. I told her that as long as she picks a school that is liberal arts based, she would have specific core of classes that she would have to take no matter what. I told her that it is okay to not know what she is doing, and now that I think about it I should give myself the same advice. I want Shelbie to live her life and be happy with the choices she made. She has so much to look forward too: prom, National Honor Society induction, a few more band and chorus concerts, and another entire year to think about school related things. She has time to have fun. I always say that I miss high school. I hope that by the time Shelbie is in my place, she too looks back and thinks about all of the things that she misses and how it seemed so much simpler in high school.
As I write this, I have noticed that I too have time, and it is okay to not be sure about everything just yet. I am happy in the majors I have chosen thus far, and afterall it is only my second semester of college. There are so many things that I have to look forward too in these upcoming years. Even though I do not know exactly what those things are yet, it is okay, and I will be okay too.