I’m panicking about the life ahead of me

Living in the imagined future of what if and fear… I know it well.
Some cognitive advice – try paying attention to when you cross the line from planning for your future to living in the future of what if ‘the sky is falling’.

From my own experience, in hind sight, all my worries I had as a student were pointless.
Even if you manage to do everything right and make all the right decisions it will not mean you end up were you expected to be. In fact I suspect you won’t, and will be glad of it.

Make the best choices you can with the information you have – when you learn better, do better. What more can you ask of yourself or anyone?
Remember most of the fear you will experience in life will be based false evidence appearing real.
The purpose of fear is to get your attention, once it has your attention, take appropriate actions and let it go. don’t let it take you into the future and out of the present