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My Visions Of My Future

When you close your eyes and think of what will be, what do you see?

Kayla Resler

May 07, 2019

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When life gets rough and I want to stop trying, or I get so stressed I can't even anymore, I find that thinking of what I want for my future helps. When I can see what I am working towards I have more motivation to get stuff done. And I know that things in my future won't be exactly as I envision or that my wishes may change, but at that moment that is what I strive for.

With that being said, here is a list of what I see when I close my eyes and think about my future.

1. Job

When I think about what my future will hold I always see myself as a teacher. As I am currently in college to become an elementary school teacher I would say that I am on the right track. After a full semester in my major, I can't imagine being anywhere else and that part of my future isn't as blurry anymore. I can see the classroom and the students and the late nights and early mornings and I can't wait.

2. Dwelling

This part of my future isn't as iron clad. I know that I want to live in either an apartment or a townhouse but I am not one hundred percent sure which one. I know that I want to teach in either Lee or Collier county so I will just have to wait until it is closer to the time that I will have to leave campus housing and make a decision based on location and price.

3. Travel

I know that I definitely want to travel before I settle down and start a family. I want to see different places all over the globe and doing so with children would be next to impossible. So that is something that I will have to do early on once I finish college. I think the first place I will go is back to Europe, maybe visit Florence.

4. Love

While I am not super confident in this area of my life I know eventually I want to get out there and find someone that I can spend the rest of my life with. Considering I have never had a boyfriend and have no experience in finding one or even flirting for that matter, I am unsure as to how I will start this endeavor. But I know that this is definitely something I want for myself in the future.

5. Children

Now this will definitely be a long way down the road, but I know that one thing that I was meant to be is a mother. I have always felt like the mother of my friend groups, hell, I mother my own mom sometimes. It was a role that I was born to take and sometime down the line, I will be ready to start that chapter in my life.

6. Pets

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Kayla Resler

Growing up, I always had pets. I can't imagine a future where I don't have at least one. I currently have a guinea pig named Leonard and he is my baby. But when I picture my future I always see a cat in the mix. Because my stepdad is allergic I haven't been able to have one in a really long time, so once I am able to I plan to adopt one from a shelter.

No matter what happens between now and then or what changes, I know that my future will be bright. I have a lifetime of happiness waiting for me and I can't wait.

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5. Children

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Who knows where we would be without them.

1. Thank you for laughing at my jokes, even when they really aren’t funny.

2. Thank you for singing unbearably loud with me all the time.

3. Thank you for letting me vent to you for hours about anything and basically being my personal therapist.

4. Thank you for ordering pizza with me at 2 in the morning.

5. Thank you for all the movie days when we don’t feel like moving.

6. Thank you for being my workout buddy everyday.

7. Thank you for sharing your closets with me.

8. Thank you for taking naps with me at random hours during the day.

9. Thank you for cleaning our home with me when we absolutely need to.

10. Thank you for all the rides when it’s late and you don’t want me to walk home alone in the dark.

11. Thank you for studying with me in our kitchen when we didn't want to go the library.

12. Thank you for making dinner with me.

13. Thank you for helping with my hair, makeup and outfit every time we go out.

14. Thank you for taking countless ugly pictures with me.

15. Thank you for not judging me when I go too long without showering.

16. Thank you for making our apartment feel like a second home.

17. Thank you for being there through all of our boy troubles.

18. Thank you for giving me a hug when I feel homesick.

19. Thank you for getting excited with me when one of us gets a good grade on an exam.

20. Thank you for still being my friend and not judging me when I say or do dumb things.

21. Thank you for telling me what I should do when I am sick.

22. Thank you for dancing horribly with me everywhere we go.

23. Thank you for staying up super late with me when we aren’t tired or can’t sleep.

24. Thank you for being super weird with me.

25. Thank you for all the unforgettable college memories.

26. And most of all, thank you for being the best friends a girl could have.

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7. "I’m going to fail. I’m going to fail."

8. "I’m dropping out of school."

9. "What grade do I have to get on the final to pass the class?"

10. "Oh, no, I have to do good."

11. "I shouldn’t have procrastinated all semester."

12. "I wanna go to bed."

13. "We did not learn this!"

14. "I should go get food."

15. "Why do we even have finals?"

16. "I don’t want to be at the library."

17. "Get off your phone."

18. "I can watch Netflix for like 20 minutes and then go back to studying."

19. "I shouldn’t have watched Netflix."

20. "You have to study now!"

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Let it go. — Elsa

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