We live in a time where unicorns aren't magical horses with horns; they're humans. Confused? I was too when I first heard this term.

A unicorn is a person in your life who represents everything desirable, yet unattainable. They're like "the one who got away" without ever having them in the first place. They're the one that you make eye contact with in the dining hall; the one that you spot buying a drink from across the bar. They're the one that gives you middle school butterflies after a conversation over who won the football game this weekend. But, that can be typical of any crush, what makes them a unicorn?

Unicorns are legendary, regal, and majestic. They're flawless and mythical in the eyes of society. In the college world, your unicorn is the guy or girl that you put on a pedestal and are, like the creature, mythical, a truly ideal being.

Unicorns are all about the word "almost." You "almost" hooked up once. You "almost" asked them to your date party. You were "almost" drunk enough to get the courage to form a single sentence in front of them. It does not have to be this way! You only have one unicorn: they're very rare. Imagine a society where the unicorns frolicked among us as mere humans. We have that power. Don't sit on the back burner during your college years and be the starry-eyed admirer from afar. Sure, there's probably someone out there who is decent looking and kind of compatible with you, but why settle for mediocracy when you have laid eyes on the definition of perfection?

Trust me when I say that I'm themost awkward human on this planet and talking to boys is the last skill you should endorse on my LinkedIn page. And here I am, a fifth year at Ohio University, and I can count on one hand how many times I've interacted with my unicorn. As a matter of fact, my unicorn doesn't even go here anymore *sobs.* So, take the advice from the girl who feared the supernatural and allowed her unicorn to run freely with little to no knowledge of her existence- take the time to release the unicorns into the wild, talk to them, treat them as people. You might even be their unicorn, so make the move.