I watch my friends struggle with it every day.
What's next?
Where am I going after college?
Once you get into college, you think it would stop.
People asking you if you have it all figured out.
"Hey, I'm going to college...isn't that what you wanted?
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It usually starts your sophomore year.
As a freshman, you can take the intro classes. The pre-requisites
The oh so necessary English class and freshman seminar.
But then sophomore year hits and if you don't know what company you would like to be working for when you graduate, you feel behind.
And don't forget about your major.
You MUST know that ASAP.
At nineteen-years-old we are asked to declare a major that just might dictate the happiness of future.
A title that will tell an employer everything they need to know about you.
And then people will say, "Well your major doesn't really matter because most likely your job won't even pertain to it."
Why the hell are student's so pressured to declare then?
I got lucky. I know my major; I know my job track.
Thankfully, my high school years were riddled will illness, injuries, and doctor's visits.
I chose Nursing.
But not everyone is so fortunate.
All anyone wants to be is happy.
Isn't that the ultimate endgame?
And I really think that passionate people are happy.
So screw the major.
Screw the logical part of your brain telling you to take that Organic Chemistry class because med school might be in the cards later on.
Orgo is hell and you really have no inclination to be a doctor.
Follow your passion.
The fire in your heart will sustain you throughout the sleepless nights and late rent payments.
I get it though.
That's not rational.
Somehow, society has taught us that accountants should make more money than artists,
CEO's more than teachers.
How as a culture do we decide whose passions are more important?
And why is it that worth is calculated in dollar signs?
Why not laughter or joy or optimism?
No public-school teacher is ever going to say they are in it for the money; they are there because they are in love with their passion.
It is their art, their life.
So declare a major, don't declare a major.
Who cares?
Just find what sets your soul on fire and go with that.
