The future. Sometimes, when you stop and take a look at all the things approaching in life, it can seem a little daunting to plan for everything? What? You're not worried about the future? Maybe it's just me then. Over the past 72 or so hours, I've had the honor and privilege of helping to organize a wedding. It's been a crazy few days, and now that it's over, it's made me realize the perks of planning and also made me consider much more all the different things to prepare for.

"But Drake, you're only twenty-one. You should be living life pretty carefree. How much could there be that you're stressing about or trying to concern yourself with yet?" Lemme break it down for you real quick. College is an easy place to start, because it's been rolling around in my life for the past three years. In the next year and half, I plan to be graduated from UAH (for those of you who have no idea where/ what it is) with my bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering. If I don't plan my schedules out right and manage all of my time appropriately along with finding the funding I'll need to continue through my studies, that won't happen. The rest of my immediate future, including jobs, marriage, children, etc., all hinge on college. The future I've planned for, the future I've always wanted, and the future my future-wife deserves all hinge on school. So, carefree? Not even.

I have payments to make already: student loans, credit card(s), membership dues, gas bills, and grocery bills. My paychecks are stretched then as it is. When I start to consider family requirements where the food I'm supposed to provide comes from, the place(s) we'll live, the transportation we'll need, and all of the other things I'm currently forgetting because it's 11:15 p.m., I start to see the madness of life. Granted, it's a madness that everyone endures one way or another, but it all seems like madness.

So, when someone tells me not to worry about the future, I struggle with it. There's always a nagging thought tucked away in the back of my brain that forces me into overdrive about pondering how everything is gonna turn out. What I've learned, though, is as long as God, family, and friends are on my side, I can't really lose. I'm always gonna wonder about the future, and I may even wonder how it's all gonna be okay, but deep down I always know that it will be.