In college, I believe it is best to choose a major/concentration you are passionate about. When I say passionate, I mean you are learning about and practicing a craft or field you have no problem often thinking about anyway. For me, this concentration is Music Performance. Listening to music is a favorite pastime, so is playing music, songwriting, performing and talking about music. To be a creator and performer of musical works is what I envision to be doing for a large portion of my life and most of the time while doing classwork in my concentration, I am at ease. Doing what you enjoy for a living is a special marriage of factors.
Early in my career development, before college, I approached various fields. I was not passionate about any career path like I am about being in the arts and entertainment. Business and economics is one interest. After one course in macroeconomics, I discovered that though I like it, economics is not my career love. Computer programing was another career path I pursued, but after a course in it, I discovered that though I like it, it’s not my career love either. While in my first year of college, I would rap and write song lyrics for fun, and sometimes even in class. My urge to develop, present and perform my works had grown a lot within this time. After my first year had finished, I took a break from school to better sort my aspirations and devise a plan to achieve them. I kept the urge to make music. When the year was up, I had explored more of the limits of how far I was willing to learn about and work on my craft. I decided I wanted to become a music industry professional.
Soon after my decision, I had chosen to enroll in a career readiness and professional development program, with the intentions of learning some life lessons that would come with working a 9 to 5, learning new skills and advancing in my career through the skills I had outside of music and performing. Relating to my career choice, graduating from this program helped me realize that it would be best to pursue getting a position in my field as soon as possible, and, I would benefit from more often and in different ways seeking knowledge about my content necessary for my dream job. I had also learned that to pursue a career in a business so competitive would require me having skills that plenty of others have, as well as a sort of skills that others do not have. I figured that to pursue a degree for these skills would be beneficial, as I could learn specific skills from industry professionals and experienced educators, meet others who are passionate about the fields of my interest in classes, gain employment tips and make adjustments to my personal body of work simultaneously.
Now, I am doing what I said I would do with my time, and so far I feel as if I made a good choice in choosing a concentration in my top career interest. Some would say my choice being a good one has to do with having lived a while, having had an outside look on college, which allows me to view my future from a more mature perspective than the average 18 to 23-year-old college student. I could not disagree with them on the point that I feel wise in my choice. However, I would like to affirm that I believe one’s potential for happiness and success is high if they decide and pursue a career track that they are very interested in and they have a plan of how they can continue to advance on that career track.
