Timeline

It's interesting to think back to kindergarten. Life was so different then. Priorities were snack time, lunch time, and play time. Food and game related activities, essentially. Fifth grade seemed like an eternity away. By fifth grade you were wondering when high school would arrive. High school wouldn't arrive until you suffered through three years of middle school, and let's face it, everyone is awkward in middle school. Everyone. Then you go to high school, and as much as people think you start finding out "who you are" in high school, college is what makes you really think about it.

College has presented me with some cool opportunities. I have a rockin' singles ward. I have super cool friends. Being an "adult" isn't so bad (at least the parts of adulthood that I've chosen to accept). But what it really does is force you to analyze who you are, what you want to be, and how you're going to get there. Which is completely nuts if you ask me.

It's weird to think that just five or six months ago I really didn't want to be journalist. I wanted to change my major to something like marketing or media arts (that one might still be my minor).

Just six months before that I was ending my first full year of college and didn't know what to expect from life.

Nine months before that I was singing "Our Last Summer" with my best friend, and panicking that college was starting.

I didn't know with certainty where life would take me, and I still only have a loose plan as to what's coming in the next five or six years. But it's really interesting to look back and see the changes that I've made, and to see the different directions that I've chosen to pursue. Each one taught me a lot about life, and helped shape my next adventure.

I know what's happening tomorrow. I know most of what's happening the day after that too. What I'm going to do for a career is a fuzzy picture at best, but I do know that all of the stuff that I'm experiencing now will help shape me and the direction I take in the future. I'll look back and see what I learned, and the ways that my experiences made me the person that I am.

Life isn't always perfect, but it can be a pretty neat ride if you make it worth it.

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