Waiting For The Future

Each day that I get older, the more I realize the sand in the glass slides by faster. Realizing that this time is not just going by quickly, it is spent worrying and waiting about things that I should not. From every age, I can remember something I waited to do or something for which I was excited about. When I was younger, I could not wait to grow up. I wanted to attend school, play sports, and graduate with all my friends, I looked forward to so many things in the future that I could not wait for. We all spend a lot of time waiting for many things in our lives to happen. Time is spent waiting to growing up. I use to get dropped off at my grandmas house at seven o’clock every morning, for daycare. I would head into the kitchen, pour myself a bowl of cereal and eat before all my friends showed up. I would sit on the stairs, in complete quietness waiting for the doorbell to ring. …show more content…
While I think about the future a lot, my plans for the future change all the time. When I was a kid, I thought being a young mom would be something I could do. As the time is here, I know that I am not ready for that task, and hope that it stays that way, for at least, another eight years. Playing high school sports is more than what I saw as a kid. It is not just about staying in a hotel room and getting ready with friends, it is about playing a sport that you fell in love with as a kid and creating a bond with friends in and out of the sport. With graduation coming up, it feels like an accomplishment, but at the same time it is stressful. There is so many more decisions I have to make, in order to grow up. I still have to choose a college where I want to further my education, and choose a nursing path that I want to take. Although I have grown up a ton, there 's so many more things I want to do before I grow up. A lot of my time spent thinking about my future is what I want to do or who I want to be when I am