Being a senior can be the best and most exciting thing ever but it can also be really scary. We are always thinking about our future, the goals we want to reach, the places we wanna live, and the people we wanna meet. However, it starts to get really mental as you realize your future is now, and you need to actually start thinking about what career you want to follow, and the choices you're gonna have to make so it can lead you to the path you want to follow for the rest of your life. It's so weird to say "the rest of your life" when you're 17 right? I feel that we're so young to be taking such a huge and impacting decision like this. Geeezzz parents, you won't let me get a tattoo because "I'll regret it later", but at the same time, you're making me choose what to do for THE REST OF MY ENTIRE LIFE. That's so clever.
Here in Brazil there's this thing called "Vestibular", which is a big test that everyone takes to get into an university. All universities have a different "vestibular" each, and depending on the one you want to take, it can get really difficult! I'm on my second semester, and in less then 3 months I'll be taking those tests, and hopefully I can get a good grade and be in a great university! I can't say that I'm totally calm and relaxed, because I'm not. I'm actually really nervous, but I'm trying to see this whole situation with a new and better perspective.
Now is the moment that I start to think that maybe high school wasn't that bad, and the school wasn't such a terrible place as I thought it was (ok, it actually was, but there are things like seeing my friends everyday that I'll miss dearly). When you're at school, everything is set for you, and you don't need to think about your future, because there's this line you need to follow and it can't be different.. There's no choice. But when you are actually leaving school, it can all get a bit blurry, as you don't know what to do next. However, we need to see how beautiful and amazing is to be this free! We'll have hundreds of possibilities of what to do with our lives, and there are going to be hundreds of doors closing, but a million more opening, we can be whoever we want without having anyone trying to set our future for us (except for our parents, but we can deal with it haha). It's all in our hands, and we can totally make the best of it, as nobody can tell who we are, what we like, what we want to do. WE tell them who we are, what we like, and what we want to do.
Embrace this moment! Don't be scared of the future, don't be scared of failing. It will all be good as long as all the choices you make, you make it for you, and not for anyone else. If you're a senior like me, and you're reading it, let's make it the best time of our lives!
