I am one of the world's worst at having to follow a plan. I do not enjoy having my plans changed, or things popping up out of nowhere. I have always enjoyed knowing what my life would look like in two days and in 50 years.

Through out my life, I have been through many instances where my plans were changed dramatically.

I grew up wanting to cheer at the University of Tennessee. One day I passed the height of 5'4" and the weight of 115 pounds and knew that dream was shattered.

I have had many friends that I thought would be in my life forever, and sadly those people are rarely around at all now.

If you would ask me during my senior year of high school what my life would look like currently the answer would be so different.

I thought I would go to ETSU with my boyfriend and we would graduate together in four years. I planned on becoming a NICU nurse and he was gonna teach and coach basketball. We were going to get married the summer after we graduated and live happily ever after. I had so many friends that I had around and I was looking to make many more. I was going to make the Dean's List every semester and never procrastinate.

Well, let me tell you how much of that is my current reality: absolutely none of it.

My life has taken many turns since I graduated high school. My friends are not all the same. I have changed my major four times. My boyfriend moved to a different school. We are definitely not planning on getting married soon. My GPA is good, but I have not been on the Dean's List every semester.

And you know what, I am so happy with my life.

I am happy my plans did not work out.

I love the life that I live right now.

We are taught that we have to have it all together. When you graduate high school you must know the career path you want to take. You are supposed to find your soulmate in college and get married before you're 23. You are supposed to have good grades and be involved. But that does not happen, and it is okay.

The truth is that life is uncertain. That means that you can plan ahead all you want, but sometimes those things don't happen.

That guy you thought you were gonna grow old with dumped you.

The friend you thought would always be in your life no longer speaks to you.

The job you thought you wanted is not something you wanna do the rest of your life.

People leave.

Things change.

It is so important to understand that having a plan for your life is okay, but it is also okay not to have one. Let life happen and take it day by day. Do not let anyone tell you how to live or who to love. You are in control of your life, and you get to decide what it looks like.

So it is okay to not have a plan. Sit back and enjoy the ride we call life.