You're the reason I'm so set on the rest of my life

Already I can’t keep up with this goal I’ve set for myself about blogging. I’ll just do it when I do it and have the time, I guess! Because who knows what my schedule will be like this upcoming semester? I’m hoping I’ll be able to handle my packed class schedule and have time for church and any small group I might join this year, along with Ambassador requirements and activities, social activities, and somehow fitting time in to come home to Vegas every now and then…

But anyway. What’s my topic for today? I think I’ll blog about my future.

So it seems for the three years since I’ve been in college, I have always been worried about what I’ll actually end up doing with my life. For three years I have been scared stiff of my future, and going out into the real world after graduation comes. I still have pretty much no idea what I want to do immediately after I graduate, but here is my list of options that I am currently mulling over and praying about:

Nicole’s List of Scary Future Possibilities

1. Go on a mission somewhere. I have always loved the idea of becoming a full time missionary once I was finished with school. There’s something about going out into the world and devoting every second to my Heavenly Father that excites me. I am not quite sure of when that would be, but I KNOW that at some point in my life, I will travel somewhere new and do God’s work.
2. Start teaching right away. Since my degree will be in Elementary Education, it’s pretty much a no-brainer that I will be a teacher at some point in the near future. It really depends on the state of the economy when I graduate whether I’ll be able to get a teaching position right away or not. I’m not exactly sure if confining myself to a classroom after [sometimes] suffering through 17 years of school is something I’d want to do right away. Moving on.
3. Get a Master’s degree. This will happen at some point in my life, but I’m not sure if I want to tackle the big Ma right away. Yes, I’ll get paid more as a teacher if my master’s focus is something in the field of education, but I’m not sure if that’s what I want to do. I don’t know where I’ll want to get said Master’s degree. I’ve been obsessing about Tennessee for a long time now, and Alicia brought up the topic of Vanderbilt University the other day. Vanderbilt just happens to be located in Nashville, one of the top three places where I eventually want to move. I don’t know if this could be some random coincidence or if it’s meant for me to go there, but if it is, I have a LOT of preparing to do. Or I could just stay in Las Vegas and get my degree at UNLV. I shudder at the thought. It’s hard to think about coming back to that school after deciding to transfer to UNR to get away from that place.
4. Go jobless and mooch off parents for rest of life. Okay, so this isn’t really an option. ;]

So there are quite a few options for me [some more possible than others] but I know it really isn’t up to me. Jeremiah 29:11. I’ve got this incredible, loving, Heavenly Father that’s got His plans for my future under control. Relax, Nicole. So I guess I’ll just have to sit back and see what my future holds.