I have decided to double major in English and history. It's a lot. A lot of classes, a lot of reading, and especially a lot of writing.

I'm nearing the end of my second year in college. I've made my decisions regarding my majors and yet I still find myself taking several classes outside of them. Classes I don't need, classes that now only count as electives because I've already completed the general education requirements.

If I continue to take additional classes just because I want to take them, I will end up with too many credits. It could take me longer than four years to graduate even though I should be able to graduate several quarters early because of the number of credits I entered college with.

But there are so many classes I want to take, and many of them lie outside my majors. We should take classes that interest us, right? That's what I've been told. That's what makes sense to me.

Lately, I've been thinking about this a lot. Should I take classes I want to take, even if they're outside my areas of study, or should I only take classes for my majors?

I began asking myself this question when I was reflecting on the classes I registered for in the upcoming quarter. I had this nagging feeling to drop the psychology class I was looking forward to and replace it with another English or history class. I told myself, "You've taken too many classes unrelated to what you want to study. You need to stop."

Is it right to tell myself this? If I want to complete a double major in a timely manner, maybe I should only focus on taking classes for my majors. At the same time, this shouldn't prevent me from taking other classes I want to take.

Even when I look back on classes I've taken in the past, I occasionally wonder if some of them were a waste of time, even though I took them because I wanted to.

It's a tough decision. There's no other way to say that, but I've come to realize that there is no right or wrong answer. The answer will be different for everyone, and my mind is telling me that the answer for me is to focus on my majors. I should listen to it. I guess that nagging sensation I felt was the right choice for me.

I know that other classes I want to take will still exist in the future. They aren't going to disappear. I will still have the option to take them. If I have open spaces in my schedule in future years, I can take them then. But for now, it's time for me to focus on my majors.