I never thought the time would come. I just started my last semester and reality is about to slap me hard in the face. What now? I feel like it was yesterday, I was in High School deciding that I was going to major in Music Education. I look back and I never imagined I would be graduating with a degree in English nor would I be writing for the Odyssey. Not only writing, but finding joy in it.

It wasn't until I was a sophomore in college where I decided to study English. I was scared. I thought to myself, "You're in college and you don't know what you want to do in the future"? The decision came from nowhere. Honestly, it was the best decision I made. It opened my eyes and made me realize what I honestly wanted to do, and that is to write (and possibly teach). Living in Buffalo, I often drive pass the city where The Buffalo News building is located.

As corny as it sounds, I find myself staring and saying to myself "one day". One day Ill be writing for a major newspaper company. As an English major, I learned things almost everyday and read books that I will pick up to read again. College is not easy. You have to work hard to achieve your dream. I had that professor that hated the way I write. He made me feel like I was wasting my time, like I was in the wrong field.

However, you will have those professors who will give you the confidence that you were missing. The confidence that was taken away from me. I had a professor that sat me down and told me, "You can go far with this degree. Where ever it takes you, you can succeed". That will stay with me forever, where ever this thing we call life takes me.

I share this because I believe that everyone can take something from this. Those who are fresh into college and are having doubts. It's okay to change your major. Its okay to not know what you want to do. Your dream job can be the one you least thought it would be. You just have to look and take risks. To those who doubt themselves saying they cant do it, they are in the wrong field, you're wrong. Don't let anybody tell you you cant do anything. Nothing in life is definite.