You'll be consumed with your career for 40 hours a week, don't let that time be completely determined by how much money you'll come home with at the end of the day. In a country obsessed with wealth, it is easy to be persuaded to choose your major based soley on its potential earnings. Many people look down upon certain majors and don't understand why students make such "silly decisions," but do you really want spend the rest of your life doing that something you don't even enjoy?

While this decision might seem like the more practical or useful one, you have to ask yourself if you if it will truly bring you happiness. Also remember, college is a lot of money (how could you forget right?) Don't waste it taking the safe and practical root: spend your money on what you really want. Practicality, security and money are important, don't get me wrong, but there is no one major that can be guaranteed to get you those comfy prospects your seeking anyway. In such a fast-paced and ever changing world, there are no sure things, so I'd bet on something you love over something that may or may not make you a buck later on. The greatest job security is being the best in your field and think about it, if you have no passion for what you pursue how can you preform at your best?

Successful people don't achieve simply because of the title or practical major they hold, but rather because they found their niche and did what it took to excel at it. Mark Zuckerburg, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs never even got degrees at all, but they pursued their individual paths with passion and determination and success shortly followed. If you're doing something you genuinely care about, you are far more likely to work harder, persevere, and achieve. It is when you are passionate about what you are studying, that tests and homework become more than just graduation requirements and headaches, but transform into applicable steps that give you the ability to one day become successful in doing what you love. This decision is about more than just the future. Your college education doesn't have to leave you pulling your hair out in the library studying material you could care less about. You can actually enjoy what you're studying here and now, crazy huh?

Discovering where your passion and talent lie is tricky in it of itself. There is definitely a lot of soul searching to embark on in order to avoid societal pressures and find the thing that compels you toward fulfillment. Trust the process before becoming obsessed with the goal. Also, you can't expect the answer to just fall into your lap. Go out into the world, learn, experiment. This will lead to discovering what it is you truly love and in turn you'll gain skills to become better and better at it. Keep your mind open and take every opportunity that comes your way whether that be a part time job or an extracurricular activity. Those things just might show you the way to a passion you never realized was there. My advice, once you find it, don't neglect it, follow it relentlessly, put in the work and success and happiness will follow.