The year of 2017 is a great year. Not necessarily great as in good or amazing, but a huge and complicated one.

Thousands of undergraduate students will be employed right after commencement and thousands will be searching for that career they strongly hope to thrive in and be happy with. Thousand of undergraduate students all over the country will be participating in one of the biggest ceremonies of their lives this Spring or Winter and the level of excitement and celebration is overflowing. But is it really?

As a college student who suffers from the famous case of senioritis, my work ethic and every day emotions are not up to standard. I’ve been trying my hardest to over come these setbacks by taking one step at a time and focusing on what needs to be done, but there is always that sense of closure that is unsettling. I would say that I am looking forward to starting a new chapter of my life, if I only had the urge to create that new chapter.

Even though my transcripts are in great standing, I am graduating in May, I’m trying to take care of myself, I’m getting enough sleep, I get out of bed every day, and I face the day head on, I still feel unsatisfied. Maybe I’m living in my head too much, letting in the pressure and expectations of society drown my deepest feelings. Deep inside my soul I know they are there struggling in great effort to tell me to listen to them. They are trying to sooth my being, to tell me to live in the moment, and to have faith in myself that I can do anything my heart desires.

Yet, I still feel lost in the midst of all these little, but important successes. And not only in my own successes, but in other peoples’ as well. It is true that I should never compare myself to others and their successes. I should always believe that I don’t need to do everything others are doing the same exact time they are doing it. Every individual has their own path and travels down it at his own time. We’re individuals, not one collaborative person. We all have the potential to make it big, to follow our dreams, to land that opportunity of a lifetime. We just have to believe in ourselves and take pride in what we have to offer as people.

I may not have a job yet, but I will always strive to do my best, step by step to accomplish my goals. Having a positive and optimistic outlook on my life, living in the moment, having fun in the process, while staying focused, is my key to success and hopefully is yours too. As well as knowing that every day and every little step we take will add up to create a better us.