Is My Life Already Set For Me? By:Olivia Enderle

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For an assignment, we read in class the notorious play, Oedipus the King which dealt with the idea that destiny is predetermined. With our analyzation of the play, I started to wonder how destiny affected my life. With the start of the new year tomorrow (which is absolutely crazy that it is going to be 2020), I wonder if everything is already set for me.

Where I'm going to go to school, who I am going to be friends with, and so much more feels controllable and that my decisions affect it. The things that I choose to do or not do determine the path that my life goes down. But there is the thought that I don't have control of it and my life has already been planned out for me.

The idea of fate is scary to me. Really thinking about the fact that you might have no control or input over your life. The endless possibilities of how someone's life can work out is frightening. The fact that one decision can cause you to go off course from your dream, makes me nervous about the big decisions I am soon to make for myself.

But thinking that my destiny is not preset for me influences and forces me to make good decisions that will only benefit me in the future. These precautions allow me to feel comfortable about what is ahead for the years to come, especially in this new decade.

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