How Far I'll Go

I’m currently a sophomore in college, but come spring I will have 60 credit hours and will have finished my GEP courses making me a junior. With that a lot of people tend to ask “well what do you have planned post-graduation?” Which to me is crazy because I still have two years and a lot can happen in those two years. all I know is that I want to major in elementary education for undergrad and then move onto getting my masters. In what you might ask? Well my answer is that I have no idea.

I feel like everyone is always getting caught up in the future and never take the time to enjoy this moment. There is so much that can change in such a short amount of time. I have idea of where I want to go and what I want to do, but life can change at any moment. Maybe that’s me being realistic and optimistic. (I know people tend to think there is only three perceptions for viewing life: optimistic, realistic and pessimistic. However, there are ones in between.)

With being in college, it seems like a lot of people who don’t talk to you on a regular basis assume you have everything planned out or that one should have everything planned out. However, most of us don’t. if I don’t have what I’m eating for dinner planned out then I most likely don’t have where I’m going to live and be five years from now. It is a pretty realistic thought, but this does not mean there are some people who do have where they want to be in five years from now.

For example, I have friends who want to be in the medical field. Those friends have their career path pretty much completely planned out. They know they have to graduate from undergrad then move onto medical school and then residency (I hope this is the correct term) and a few other things along the way. People in the medical profession have a lot more qualifications in order to reach their desired job, and that takes planning ahead more.

I guarantee there are other fields that required planning long term, but then there are others that aren’t. now just because one might not have to plan as long term as others, this does not mean there are not multiple tasks that are needed to reach those goals. I know for teaching from my friends who are higher up in the program that there are tests and certifications that must be passed before you can have your own classroom.

Everyone’s paths are completely different and everchanging. What I’m getting at is there is nothing wrong with not knowing where you want to go or where you want to be. I have friends who have an end goal of moving to Tennessee or California or Pennsylvania or Texas, but I also have friends like me who feel lost. I personally have no clue where I want to go. All I know is that watching my friends leave Florida or have a plan to leave Florida, that I feel like I should go to because it feels like my heart is being pulled in all different directions. Also with education as my major, I can pretty much teach in whatever state as I want. Additionally, I learned from my education class, my undeclared advisor and a few others that in the coming years there will be a shortage of teachers which is also a plus for me. But it does add to the confusion of where do I want to go?

Over time I know that clarity will come, but at nineteen almost twenty I don’t have that insight yet, but that’s also a great thing about my age is that I don’t need to know just yet. How Far will I go? Well that’s a good question, and for now my answer is I don’t know. I am just going to enjoy the current and overtime I will get a better idea. So my advice for those who are feeling lost at times like me, just take a deep breath and relax because over time the answer will become clear even if it doesn’t now.

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