With graduation nearing and everyone talking about what they are going to do after college got me thinking about how I should be (but am not) graduating this semester. I joined ROTC late so I had to take a fifth year, and with ROTC your MSIII year is all about accessions. For someone who wants Active Duty, accessions is really important right now and it's probably the most stressful thing ever.

But all this stress has made me realize a couple things, one of them being that it's good to have a dream and a plan. It's nice to be able to work for something and that's how life should be. But it has also made me realize that you need to have a backup plan. A contingency plan should be in effect just in case Plan A doesn't work. In my case, I want Active Duty and I am trying to make sure that if I don't get it, I'll be okay. Because there is nothing wrong with your plan B.

I am a firm believer in things happen for a reason, and I think that if I don't get active, there is something better I am being called to do. So a backup plan should include something that you would be more than happy doing in your life.

All in all, I fell like people need to be okay with the idea that their first choice in life may not be what they are supposed to do. I need to be okay with the idea that if I don't get active then maybe it just isn't the master plan for me and I think this can relate to anyone who is struggling with the idea of "what am I going to do after college..."