Every morning we wake up having to make decisions. There are simple things like whether you should wear a t-shirt or a tank top. Then there are more important things like deciding whether you should stay home and eat dinner with your mom, or go out and see your friends. Decisions. It’s senior year and I am barely thinking about these little demons. This is the time when we should know exactly what we are doing, where we are going, and how we are going to get there. But what happens if you don’t know? I have never known what I wanted to do for my future. I mean, I knew I wanted to go to college and get a degree, but I didn’t know where or when or how long it would take me to get there. Now it is getting pretty close to time for me to make yet another decision.
Saturday morning my mom woke me up yelling at me to open the letter I received in the mail. It was from the college I had been waiting for a response from, the University of Arizona. The letter had said I was accepted. Hooray! My mom was so excited, she told everyone she knew about the news before I even had the chance to get up and brush my teeth. It makes sense that she would act this way though, since I will be the first in my family to attend college, let alone even graduate high school. I was excited too but in the back of my head I was still debating on every other decision I would have to make before I chose to pack up and leave.
High school is a scary place. It is like our second home. The place we learn, prepare, and grow. There is no doubt if I had the decision to never go to school, I would not even give it a second thought. College is the same way. We are not yet finished growing. College is just another decision waiting to be made. You just have to decide whether it is a simple one or a more important one. So when I fell asleep on Saturday night I had to believe that making this decision to go to UofA was the best opportunity for me. I had to stop telling myself that I have all the time in the world because, well, I really don’t. Decisions. You decide.
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