Inner Compass

I have no inner compass. And I'm ok with that. It is something I'm highly aware of. Anyone who has ever driven with me will know how bad I am when it comes to directions. Mapquest is one of the most visited website in my life and cell phone numbers are a requirement before I leave my house to visit people.

While I may have no physical directional compass, I'm beginning to get better when it comes to figuring out where I'm going. Even when I don't know exactly where I'm going, I know how to listen to my inner compass in order to figure it out. I will eventually get there.

This is the point in the lives of many university students when we are supposed to figure out where we are going and determine how fast we can get there. I'm not really a fan of that. I have some idea of where I want to go, or more accurately, where I'm supposed to be, but I have no reason to rush there. It would be much more entertaining to take a detour and just check out the scenery for a few years. This will be the only time in my life when I will be able to do this. There is no reason for me to rush. My inner compass knows where I'm going and also how it will keep me on track.

The other great thing about my inner compass is that there really is no concrete set direction. The destination can change as I change and the way I get there is more a general idea than specific directions. I don't know where to turn left, but I do know that I will get there, wherever there is. There is no reason to rush getting there simple because it's what people expect. Not everyone has to have the specific directions to get where they are going and some of us are ok with just general ideas.

I don't want to always listen to what I'm being told, but that doesn't mean that I don't hear it. I do eventually listen, even when I really don't want to. Detours are fun, and the scenery is great, but eventually I want to get where I'm going. And I will at some point. Even when I seem to have no direction. I really do have an inner compass. I swear.