When you are young your life is before you with all the dreams and time to do what you want. Your attitude is "I've got time!" Let tell from a perspective of a few years later. First just plan what you think it is you want to do with your life. Ask other people in the field that you would like to be in, they should give you the scoop. make friends with the person that is doing what you'd like to be doing. --- what happens when you don't plan, seconds turn into minutes, minutes to hours, hours to days, days to weeks, weeks to months and well you get it, right. Look at a watch or clock with a second hand on it. notice when it 'ticks' by it doesn't seem like time is moving by quickly, now find a 'sweeping' second hand and you're like whoa whoa, slow down there I've got stuff to do. tick tock, tick tock