When you’re younger, you get asked, what do you want to be when you grow up? Some kids respond with, a singer, an astronaut, or even a doctor. As a college student, do you ever actually know what you want to do with the rest of your life?
You’re expected as going in as a freshman to have some idea of what career you want to pursue for the rest of your life. But, how are you supposed to know if you don’t test out the waters?
I started off as an Elementary Education major, I changed that quickly when I did my student teaching for fifth grade. I learned that it’s not for me, I love kids, but don’t have the patience for 20 of them five days a week. My next major was Marketing and Communications, and I thought I would love it because I really enjoy advertising and I’m a natural social butterfly, wrong. Two semesters into that major I learned I hated it, the office environment was definitely not for me. And for the third and hopefully final time, I am once again changing my major.
Since high school, I have always had a passion for writing. Since my freshmen year of college I have had a creative writing minor and I absolutely love it. It hit me last semester that that’s what I should truly be doing. Since I’ve always had a passion for writing and English, why not major in it?
So switching your major isn’t the end of the world, people do it three, four, or even five times during their college career. You don’t want to major in something you hate, and have to work in that field for the rest of your life; you’re supposed to do what you love. College is just a fancy experiment for what you’re made to do and to find out your perfect match.