Walt Whitman’s poem “Song of Myself” made me reflect on the different journeys in life, the small and large ones. The different types of journeys you have accomplished in your life are rewarding and gives different achievements to each. As Whitman says in the first line of his poem, “I celebrate myself, and sing myself,” it shows his excitement on the accomplishments he has made while he celebrates his proudness.

Going to Baruch was not my first choice, neither was it my last. I had graduated high school and was not sure of where to go. I was not sure what career path I wanted to choose to take. I had chosen to take the opportunity and start my journey at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. As I started my journey there, I was young. Like Whitman said “I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise, 
regardless of others, ever regardful of others.” I was young and not knowledgeable of what I wanted to do. I was still deciding on the pathway I wanted to take. It was a struggle and a stressful way to deal with it. I had decided to leave that opportunity and start another journey, at a different school this time. This time it was Hunter College. I paid my rights to this school as any other student would. After being there for a year, I have realized “whatever is done or said returns at last to me.” I should have never left my old college. It was not the right path to take. I was in disbelief with that school. It was not somewhere I wanted to be. As I began to realize that, “I accept Reality and dare not question it.” I changed colleges right away. Finally, I had accepted myself. I had chosen Baruch College at the end. As I begin to finish the last part of my journey, I am more than excited to finishing it here. College is a life-changing journey anyone is willing to take. As Whitman says, “Myself moving forward then and now and forever,” you are always on a new journey as you end one chapter in your life and start the next chapter.