I thought I had it all figured out when I graduated from high school, but I didn't. My whole life flipped around during my summer going into my freshman year of college. I threw myself into Early Childhood Education because I liked working with kids. I knew that's not what I wanted, but I figured I could get something out of it. I took my first Early Ed course and didn't really like it. It just wasn't the environment for me. I couldn't just sit back and not know what I was doing or where I was going. It was something that had bothered me for months. I decided that things needed to change, but nobody was going to do that for me. I had to take the initiative.
I decided to go see a career service counselor at my college. What was supposed to be a thirty minute meeting... turned into a 2 1/2 hour meeting. This career service counselor could read me like a book. In this meeting I realized that I wanted. That next day I changed my major to Psychology and applied for a summer internship. I was working three jobs and had to give up one to make time for myself as well as time for this internship. I had amazing friends who encouraged me to get back into dance and maybe try out a dance competition. It was months of debating and months of uncertainty, but I did it. I went to my first feis and placed first in both of my dance routines. Today I received the news that I got the internship. Here's the thing. If you don't like how things are going just change them! If you want to figure out what to do with your future then do it. Go job shadowing and acknowledge the gifts and talents you already have. If you hate your job look into a new one. If you have toxic people in your life then slowly cut them out. These things may take time, but if there are things you are able to change then change them. You can do whatever you want to do in life. Don't let others hold you back and don't hold yourself back. I'm the type of person who overthinks everything and once I stopped overthinking about what other people might think, life became so much easier. If you don't know what you want to do and you don't know where to go from whatever point you're at, you're not alone. You never know where life will take you or what could happen tomorrow. Help yourself out. Live your life for you and do whatever you want with your life, because it's yours. Go out and do amazing things. -Kariann
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