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The Cost of Chasing A Dream

Everyone has a dream but not everyone has the drive to chase it

Brianna Gunning

Sep 06, 2016

Franklin College

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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?

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All names should be "unisex names."

1. Communicating via email can be awkward.

2. Appointments usually accompany weird looks.

3. Introducing yourself to someone is never without a hitch.

4. You’ve probably thought about changing your name.

5. You’re often asked why you have the name you do.

6. You get excited when you meet someone of your gender with your name.

7. You feel awkward when you meet someone of the opposite gender with your name.

8. You’ve had someone say to you, “I knew a [your name], but they were [your opposite gender].”

9. You’ve heard a bad joke/pick-up line or two about your name before.

10. People are surprised when they see you.

11. You’re extra sensitive to other unique or unisex names.

12. You’ve fought with your parents about it.

13. All things considered, you’re happy your name makes you unique.

You know that all of these things apply to you. You'll just never tell.

I get it... I'm pale.

1. At least I can't lose you in a crowd!

2. Oh my goodness your skin is like glow-in-the-dark.

3. Can't you just get fake tan?

4. Do you tan or just burn?

5. Your kids are going to look like Casper the Friendly Ghost!

6. *holds arm against your arm* Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. *holds pale arm against another pale arm* Aw, at least you're darker than her!

8. I laid out by the pool almost every day over break!

9. I haven't used sunscreen since I was, like, five.

10. *adjusts selfie lighting to their face* Oops, where'd you go??

11. *after working out* Your face is SO red!

12. *wears white* Look! You're all one color!

13. You need to get some sun.

14. Aren't you excited for summer?

The struggle bus is real.

1. Child prodigies:

2. Hearing other musicians in the practice room next door and accepting that you will never be as talented as them:

3. That anxiety that takes over before every performance:

4. Taking a million 0 credit classes:

5. When there's a paper due the next day, but you have to attend yet another concert in order to pass a 0 credit class:

6. When your friends try to encourage you after a performance, even though you are criticizing everything in your mind:

7. Knowing that there's always that one professor during juries:

8. The oh-so-attractive band/choir uniforms:

9. Realizing that a college campus is maybe not the best atmosphere to finish your latest composition:

10. Hearing "Oh, you sing opera? I LOVE Phantom of the Opera!" for the hundredth time:

11. When people think finals week is a breeze for you.

12. When you're drowning in the stress that comes with 18+ credits (and not to mention all those 0 credit classes) and people ask you how you are:

13. When it all comes down to it, though, you know that at the end of the day, music is your passion:

Because you need it in your life.

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6. holds arm against your arm Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. holds pale arm against another pale arm Aw, at least you're darker than her!

10. adjusts selfie lighting to their face Oops, where'd you go??

11. after working out Your face is SO red!

12. wears white Look! You're all one color!