It is hard to figure out what you want in life.

I would say most people my age don't know or only have some idea of what they want. I have known for a long time what I want, the hard part for me was not figuring it out but the hard part will be getting there.

Many of my classmates will finish here and go on to grad school, others to jobs, but all of them will have a decent amount of freedom to do as they wish. Many will get married and some will have kids. Settling down has never been something I really wanted and I have already made the decision to focus on my career over other things but as I enter my second year at Franklin I am beginning to realize that those "sacrifices" have to start now.

Yes, I will keep my friends and I will still have fun and somehow manage to work weekends that I don't have a meet but other than that my time has to be split between studying and training. For anyone who knows anything about Quantico and for anyone who doesn't it is not your average school. You are pushed to your limit and tested because in the end, it is not about what you can do on your best day. In the end, it is about how much you can do on your worst.

I am sure right now most of you are thinking yeah okay but that's still years away, it is but time flies by without us noticing. The types of things I need to be able to do won't happen in a week, a month, or even a year...the sooner I start the better. However, the sooner I start the more I lose. Less free time means fewer relationships with people and I don't have a lot of friends to begin with, so I am hoping those I have will stick with me. I would like to think they will.

After telling you I know my personal life will suffer you probably want to know why I still want this. Honestly, I can't see myself doing anything else. I have always known I wanted to work in or alongside law enforcement. When you know what you want you chase it no matter the cost, ask any athlete or CEO and they will tell you the exact same thing.

I am not saying I won't have days where I wish I had more time for other things but not at the cost of losing my dream. It is going to be a hard road but in the end it will be worth the reward. Besides, they say it's good to challenge yourself right?