Some 16-year olds think they know everything about their futures.

I like to think I do.

In life, there are questions that just can’t be answered at the moment:
Where will I go to college?
What will I end up doing when I grow up?
Whom will I marry?
How many kids will I have?

All these are daily thoughts for me.

When I’m in Algebra, I think a lot about college. I’m unsure of exactly where I want to go, maybe Newark University or St. Louis University, or maybe even somewhere further away like California. I've heard a lot of great things about California and their physical therapy schools. I’m just not really sure where I will be going for sure, all I know, is that I want to go somewhere far, far away. I want to go as far away from Michigan as I can, this place just isn’t for me. I’d rather be in a big city, somewhere walking distance from everything I’ll ever need.

I plan on traveling the world with my family and friends. We will go to all kinds of beautiful places like: Sydney, Australia and Paris, France. When I go to the Eiffel Tower with my boyfriend, he will propose to me when we are at the top. We will experience so many great things and have the time of our lives.

I’d very much enjoy marrying Harry Styles or Luke Hemmings; however, I know that will more than likely never happen, so I suppose somebody who loves me for who I am and is as successful in life as I will be, will do just fine.

When I am 24 I will marry whomever it is I will marry, I’ll probably still be hoping for Harry or Luke, and that probably still won't happen. My husband and I will add an addition to our family by having an adorable baby boy and getting a just as adorable puppy a year after we get married. Six years after we have our boy, we will add another addition to the family by having a beautiful baby girl.

I will be a physical therapist in a big city, somewhere like Phoenix, Arizona or Minneapolis, Minnesota. I eventually plan on owning my own physical therapy business. One of my biggest dreams is to have a physical therapy business by Central Park in New York City.

In English, I think about everything, whether it’s about tomorrow or about something happening in eight years; I think about it. And because I think about it that much, I’ve recently came to the realization of how afraid I am about going away and leaving everything I know behind. But, it’s also made me realize that I am even more afraid of not going anywhere and being stuck in this small town my whole life.

My mom once said to me, "You'll never get anywhere in life unless you do what you want."

My entire life is based off of going away and being successful. But I get so scared thinking about it. What if something really big happens and I never get the chance to go to college? Or what if I can never have children? All of my plans would go to waste and everything I've ever wanted would never be possible.

I suppose I am just going to have to learn that no matter what happens in my future, I just need to be happy with what I get. Even if it's not what I want to happen, it will be my life and I’ll need to make the best of it.