Thanksgiving break: one of the most anticipated and dreaded times of the year for every college student. On one hand, you get to go home, see your pets, eat something rather than takeout or cafeteria food, and most importantly, spend some time with your family. But on the other hand, it sucks going home because you are constantly asked the same questions from family members that you know little about, such as:
"How is school going?"
"Do you have a job yet?"
And the most dreaded one of all, "What are you majoring in?"
Honestly, this isn't a hard or difficult question to answer, if you know what you are majoring in. But for me and many other students across the country, we don't know what we want to do with the rest of our lives! Nothing sucks more than getting that sympathetic look just because you don't have every aspect of your life figured out at 19 years old.
Even though I have felt scared and a complete mess for not knowing what I want to study, I am slowly starting to realize that it is OK that I don't have it all figured out, and it is OK that I am still trying to figure it out. At the end of the day, I know what I want out of life, I just don't know what I want to do to get myself there.
Trust me, you don't have to tell me, I know that I have to make up my mind soon. I know that there is a chance that I will be here longer than four years, but hey, I'm not like everyone else. I don't have to follow the typical cookie-cutter college student, because quite frankly, no one fits that mold. Things have changed a lot for me since I started college, and things are going to continue to change even if I try to stop it.
College is also a time for exploring, figuring out what you want to do with your life and making mistakes. This is what puts you in that right place where you can think to yourself, "Hey, this is what I want to do with my life!"
But for now, I'm going to make mistakes and learn more about who I am as a person until I'm comfortable and confident that I found my place and my passion for what I want to major in. Until that happens, I don't need your sympathy. Because I don't know what I want to major in, and I know that it is OK.
