From the time we are little kids until we finally graduate college, we’re asked what we want to be when we grow up. At the age of five we might say we want to be princesses or astronauts. At the age of 15 we may say we want to be fashion designers or professional football players. If you ask us at 25, we will probably have three or four different answers. The truth is, most of us have no idea what we want to do with our lives.
If you’re anything like me, you’ve looked at just about every degree offered at the college you attend and probably at several other colleges. There are some places that don’t offer the major you want and other places that have some really interesting classes you just want to take to earn credits. I won’t be the first person to tell you that it’s OK to transfer schools and to change your major. You could even do it a few times if you want to.
Before I graduated high school, I knew exactly what I wanted in life. I had a scholarship to a private photography school about three hours from home and in four short years, I’d be living it up with my camera in my hand. After a case of homesickness and realization that although I love photography, I needed to be elsewhere. I’ll spare you the details but I’m at my fourth school and I’m on my sixth major. My friends are convinced I’m going to be a professional student but I just don’t settle for something if I’m not enjoying it.
If you’re also anything like me, you just know when something is right for you. It’s almost like a breath of fresh air and a gigantic relief. At the start of the Fall semester, I was an education major. By the end of it, I was happy to change my major over to nursing. I woke up one morning and I no longer wanted to be at the front of a classroom. I had always contemplated being a nurse but the idea of the classes and the workload terrified me. But after a lot of prayer and a lot of repetitive conversations to my boyfriend and friends, I knew it was time to change.
Now, I’m taking classes I never expected to be in so that I may hopefully get accepted into the program in the Fall. The whole point of all of this is that it’s OK if you don’t have it all together. It’s OK to have no idea what you want to be or know how you’re going to get there. We’re young and we have plenty of time despite what they tell you.
I changed my major again because my heart changed my mind. I stand in the belief that God called me to a different path one December morning a week before finals and said He had better plans for my future. Plans that I never knew were even possible. Since that day, I keep my mind and heart open to all possibilities. So, like I said before; if you’re anything like me, you will realize where you need to be and you will understand why you were never able to make up your mind before.
