I have always been a little lost when it comes down to figuring out what I wanted to major in college.
When I was 10 I was so certain I wanted to be a doctor, I would perform "surgeries" on my dad with plastic knives and forks and mix soap and shampoo to give him as medicine whenever he was down with a cold. I would even wear the white curtains my mom had in our living room and imagine they were scrubs.
At 13, I decided I wanted to be an architect, so I began sketching and drawing faces of strangers who passed through my neighborhood...I was a weird kid.
At 15, you could find me immersed in a book. Going to church? I brought a book with me. Going to school? I was the "dorky" kid who loved reading the books they assigned in English class.
Unfortunately by the time I was 17, I had been so influenced and pressured into pursuing a career that a salary of $70,000 a year was expected that I decided to major in Economics and Political Science. Quite a turn right?
This is when the turmoil began.
The first two years of college were easy. You usually take your general requirements here and a couple of core courses from your major. I enjoyed everything that had to do with media and creative writing and I dreaded everything that had to do with math and politics or history.
As time passed and junior year began, I actually started noticing the pattern and my grades dropped. I had very little motivation apart from not disappointing my parents and looking at my GPA go down and down as weeks passed.
And that's when I realized, at the end of the day, the person who will be sitting at that desk in that the office for the next 30 years is me. Not my dad, who surprisingly (this is sarcasm) is a business man.
Was I really going to let my fear of failure run my life and my career?
And so, with much courage and quite late, I changed majors... Communications and English & Creative Writing.
Although I am halfway through my junior of college, I don't regret this decision. "Why?" you may ask. Because at the end of the day what matters is what you are passionate about, no matter what anyone else thinks.
You're the author of this book you're in called life. Don't let anyone else run it.
