From a young age, we are asked what we’d like to do when we grow up. At the age of 4, I wanted to be a princess. A princess with a big pink dress, and a large tiara on top of my head. Others girls wanted to be a doctor or a veterinarian, but I wanted to be a princess.
Before we graduate high school at the ages of 17 or 18, we are expected to decide our entire future. Colleges begin to email us at 15, take the ACT placement test at 14 and 16, and apply to colleges at 17. Our minds are still not fully grown, but we are forced to decide how we will spend the next 2-80 years.
The future is a commonly talked subject with families and friends, but it is also one of the scariest topics for me to talk about. The truth us, most of us pretend we know what we want to do, and plan to do, but we don’t. We don’t know if we’ll pass college, if we’ll get into the school, or if we’ll even get married.
It’s scary to me because the future is uncertain. In our lives, we tend to stick to what we know, and stay in our comfort zone. But honestly, college is completely out of my comfort zone. Moving away from home, away from all of the people I know and love, and moving to a completely new place.
Even if y’all aren’t going to college, beginning one of the jobs that you might have forever, is scary. Meeting your boss, can be scary. But at the end of your first day, you may be overwhelmed or you may be extremely content.
Although we have to choose at a young age, the future is also an exciting time. It means new beginnings, new friendships, and new adventures.
It may be scary, but in the end it is completely worth it.
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