What’s Next?

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about what’s next — not just in school or work, but in life. You know that feeling when you are standing in the middle of change, but you are not totally sure where it is taking you, but you know you can’t stay where you are? That is where I have been.

After my dad passed away, everything kind of slowed down. Grief is not linear. One day you are okay and the next something small hits like an ocean wave. For a while, I was just trying to keep it together. I tried focusing on school,responsibilities, anything that made life feel normal. But deep down, I knew I wasn’t the same person anymore.

Somewhere in all of that, I started to really ask myself what I wanted next — who I wanted to become. I dreamed of becoming a veterinarian, but life has a funny way of changing your plans. When I started studying law, something clicked. It was not just about reading cases or the writing; it was about the amount of help I can give to the community. I realized I wanted to be apart of something much larger.

Now, when I think about what’s next, it is more than just my education. It’s continuing to grow — personally, emotionally, and professionally. It is learning how to be patient with myself, even when life does not move as fast as I want it to. It is finding happiness again in small moments, creating balance, and trusting that I am right where I need to be, even if I can’t see the full picture yet.

So if you are reading this and you are in that same in between — trying to figure out your own “What’s Next” — just know it is okay to not have it all figured out. Sometimes, moving forward without a clear path is still progress.

For me, what’s next is to keep learning, and keep going. Because even when life does not make sense, there is always something waiting on the other side of uncertainty — and that is GROWTH.

SOMETIMES YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE MEANT FOR UNTIL LIFE PUSHES YOU TOWARD IT. TRUST THE PROCESS — EVEN THE PARTS THAT HURT.