All through school I was always really good at history and English. Writing comes naturally to me, and I excel at it. History interests me a ton. As a child, I would read the dictionary for fun in my free time. I read the dictionary from front to back. Every. Word. I loved reading and the dictionary was probably my favorite book to read.My other favorite thing to read was the phone book. I loved going through and seeing how many "Thibodeaux's" or "Robinsons'" or "Smiths" that there were in our town. I loved to know the names, but not the faces because then I could make "Henry Wallis" into whoever I wanted him to be. These names became characters to me.

As a kid, I wanted to do a lot of things when I grew up. I wanted to be a veterinarian for a while.

In the seventh grade I decided I wanted to be a library scientist. I had heard this from one of my mom's friends whose daughter was going to school to do that at the time. They explained to me what that was, and I decided right then and there that was what I was going to do with my life. I wanted to work at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. I loved and still continue to love books so much, so working in the Library of Congress would have been a dream! Me being the head librarian! How cool is that?

Then in ninth grade I researched further into library science and discovered that there were other branches of it. There was digital, law, educational and archives to name a few. I researched each one and decided that archives and preservation was what I wanted to do. I would get to work with books, but not just any books, old books. Also, old documents, legal papers and the documents that founded this country! I would get to be up close and personal with The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of The United States of America! Now that is a cool job. I was set on it. I wanted to be the head archivist. I wanted to be the archivist of the United States Of America. There is only one and there has only been 10. I love history. I love maps. I love old things. I love vintage stuff. I love anything that has to do with the past.

But here I am in my sophomore year of college, and that has all changed.

My first semester, I took a government class. I loved it. I loved everything about it. Ever since that class I have thought about maybe doing something with government or just taking a lot more government classes since I enjoyed it so much, but I decided against it since I thought I would not do anything with the knowledge, and therefore, it would just be a big waste of my time. I just ignored the voice in the back of my head telling me to take more classes. I convinced myself that I wanted nothing to do with government at all. I was going to be an archivist and that would never change.

Boy was I wrong.

I am currently getting a general history degree, and I decided to Google all the fields I could go into with just a general history degree. I did it because I was bored and wanted to see what options I would have if I decided in the future that archives wasn't for me, what could I fall back on. One of the options was law. Of course it would be. Again, I said, "No way."

But you should know that I'm absolutely obsessed with the show "How To Get Away With Murder."

That show involves a lot of law.

Well, I began thinking about it. Me, in law. Well, I am really good critical thinker. I excel at writing. I think outside of the box and look at problems from different angles than other people. I love a challenge. I love to read. I like to read about other people and create scenarios in my head. I like to problem solve. I'm good at problem solving. I genuinely enjoyed my government class. I'm great at debating. I no longer have a fear of speaking in front of large crowds and I can negotiate pretty well. But no, I don't think law is for me.

The idea just wouldn't leave my head, and finally, I realized that I would be an awesome lawyer. I could do it and kill it.

But no, being a lawyer wouldn't make me happy.

But it will. After much internal and external debate I have finally decided that I will be a lawyer. All because of one class. It has been my favorite class that I have taken so far One class has changed my entire future.

Now that I'd decided that I will, in fact, pursue a career to become a lawyer, I had to decide what kind of lawyer?

So, here I was again, debating. Did I want to be like Viola Davis on "How To Get Away With Murder" or did I want to do something bigger? Being a victim of so many abuses, being a criminal lawyer was really high on my list, but I realized that I might have to defend a rapist one day and I could never defend a piece of trash like that and walk away with my dignity still intact. Of course, I could refuse to do it, but that hurts your reputation and success rate...

After this realization, I have decided I will pursue a law degree to become a constitutional lawyer.

Constitutional law is defined as "the body of law which defines the relationship of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. Not all nation states have codified constitutions, though all such states have a jus commune, or law of the land, that may consist of a variety of imperative and consensual rules."

So after just one class of government, my entire future has been changed. I realized that I actually enjoyed that one class more than my history classes. Being in an environment where I am surrounded by government and history will be a dream come true. I won't have to choose between the two.

I've said all this just to say, just because you've known what you've wanted to since you were eight doesn't mean that you can't try new things and experience new subjects. Take that pottery class. Take the chemistry class. Take the class on just World War II. Do it. You might find something that you enjoy so much more than nursing, mathematics, engineering. You might discover that you have a hidden talent or a new one. You decide that college isn't for you at all, but don't give up unless you've tried something that isn't in your "planned career path" because a lot of times, we have bigger and better things planned for our lives, and we don't even know it.

"A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps." -- Proverbs 16:9