As I've reached my senior year, my parents seem to rather enjoy asking about my non-existent boyfriend and when he will be entering the picture (sorry to disappoint, Mom and Dad). When my parents were married, my Mom was still finishing school and my Dad had just graduated. Youngins' as they were, they were lucky enough to find each other in college, and I guess when you know, you know (or so I've been told).

But c'mon guys, the times have changed. It used to be dramatic to women who were graduating college if they hadn't met their future husbands yet. Like OMG, I'm going to be single forever — well, probably not, but you do you.

I was thinking the other day that a majority of my friends are single, and how that is today's norm. We care more about satisfying our own futures before we consider another's. But I think that's just okay, and here's why.

If I had a fiancé or husband when I was graduating, I'd have to move somewhere he wanted to go too. It would be about compromise. I'm too selfish for that right now. I want to move where I want to live, not where someone else does. I want to be independent and pay (most of) my own bills. Okay, I don't actually want that (who does?), but it's an appealing concept to be able to afford an independent lifestyle. I want to get my dream job because I earned it, not a job that was convenient to get because of where my life was at. I simply want to do what I want to do, and be carefree and happy about it, just because I can.

If you haven't figured this out yet, this is probably the only time in your life when it is okay to be selfish! You are allowed to choose you. So I call it the "Love Yourself Revolution." I'm definitely not saying to leave your friends and family in the dust in the process, because that's just not necessary or nice. But basically, having somebody to love isn't nearly as important as it is to be able to love yourself. Learn to love yourself and be happy, then love others, because you can't have one without the other. And when you can love yourself and be happy, having others to love is so much more worthwhile.

Give the song "Love Myself" by Hailee Steinfeld a listen if you haven't heard it yet. Yes, it's super girly and peppy, but it's such a feel-good song that I don't even care. If it doesn't pump you up and make you happy, then that's just weird.

Long story short: look at your priorities. Look at where your life is. If you don't like it, bring it back to here and find a way to make yourself happy.