If Not Now... Then When?!

I am finally a COLLEGE GRADUATE!

It seems I have waited all of my life for this moment, to graduate college and become the adult I've always dreamed to be. A successful fashionable business woman living in a big city in my cozy loft with an amazing view of the city sky, driving around in my luxury car, traveling the world with friends and just living my absolute BEST life. Ever since I was a little girl that is what I imagined I would be as an adult, I never knew how I'd get there or when but I knew that was supposed to be my life once I finished school.

In the height of grad season the number one question you get leading up to graduation is "What are your plans after graduation?" I spent the entire last semester of undergrad in shock thinking, "WOW, I am really about to graduate and I have no idea what to do next."

The school system is so interesting to me, you spend all these years in school and are never fully prepared for what is next to come. You go through elementary and middle school to not be prepared for high school. You graduate high school and college hits you dead smack in the face and now you graduate college and it's like I have been in school all of my life what do I do now?! Do I continue to go to school, maybe become a Dr. of some sort? Do I immediately go into the workforce and if so in what field?!

You are bum-rushed with all of these realities and quickly have to somehow figure out the rest of your life in a matter of months before you finally walk the stage.

I literally cringed any time any one asked me what I had planned after graduation, I knew I had an idea of what I wanted things to look like but I had no idea of how to get there. You look around at your peers and it seems everyone already has their life figured out. You scroll down your timeline and see all the posts about new job offers and graduate school offers. It's like you've spent so much time focusing on actually being able to graduate, taking grad pics and ordering your cap and gown that you don't realize you have to plan for life post-grad.​

Looking back to the dreams I had as a little girl I figured hey, now is the time to start putting those dreams into motion so step one was move to a big city.

-I was already living in Houston! How much bigger could I get?!

Being that I wanted to work in entertainment and media I thought what other cities would I want to move to that would be beneficial to my career? I considered New York City but thought "ehh it's too cold there," Los Angeles was too big and expensive, and I've always loved Atlanta so I thought perfect I'll move there.

So just like that I began making plans to move, I figured I graduate in December and my lease is up in February if I don't move now... then when?!

Now to be honest this was probably one of the most exciting yet scariest things I've ever had to do. I made up in my mind I was going to move to this place far away from my family where I barely knew anyone, I had no job lined up or anything planned but this was something I knew I wanted to do. So I packed up, gave away pretty much all of my things and decided I was going to go for it.

I knew there was a possibility that I might move and absolutely hate it or even a possibility that I might fail but even with having those doubts in the back of my mind I packed up my clothes, my faith and my car and I chose to take a chance and believe that God would direct my path. I knew that if I never made this move I would always have the thought of "what if" in the back of my head and realized I had nothing to lose and I should just go for it.

As I walked the stage and received my degree another chapter of life closed but another one has opened! A journey of self discovery and an opportunity to become the woman that little me always dreamed to be. So cheers to taking new risks!

"Courage is taking those first steps to your dream even if you can't see the path ahead."​

​Until Next Time,