I am a living breathing major change, so this article is for people like me. Not knowing what you want to do in life is extremely okay.
Doing something about it is what's the most important. When I began college, I was a biology major. I wanted to be a dentist and I thought I had everything figured out. Taking classes in that field took a drastic toll on my life. I was always tired, I never understood exactly what I was working on, and even office hours didn't help.
If you are not understanding a class or particular subject, try the hardest that you can. I went to office hours, I had other people explain it to me, I tried to record the class, everything!
If you don't get it, you just don't get it. And it's better to figure that out and switch your major than to waste money and lower your GPA on something that isn't working.
From there, you have to figure out alternative things to do. There are services at Bridgewater College that can help you figure out alternative things, but there are also tests online that you can google that will test you based on your preferences. When I had to go through this, I was sad! I didn't want to do anything except dentistry, so taking those tests were pointless to me in the beginning. After taking them, it really made me see my potential in other fields. Some websites even let you see how much you would make in a particular career after focusing on one major. After doing this process and finding out what you want to do, there is a 50/50% chance that you'll hit it right on the head. For me, I changed my major to Health and Excercise Science and still needed to switch it one more time.
This is also okay! Once again, I tried everything and it wasn't a fun experience for me. For my entire years of college, people asked me if I was a Communication Studies major and I laughed because they would automatically assume and ended up being wrong. But was this a sign? People might know me better than I know me! I decided to change it again. Communication Studies is what I decided to stick with and I want to be a radio personality, as well as be on television in some way. I took enough of those tests and did enough soul searching and realized what I was put on this earth to do.
It's important to enjoy your college career. It's important to graduate and enjoy what you want to do afterward. Some people won't have those signs like I did, which is why having an open mind about different careers is so important. I share this story because college has enough struggles!
Knowing what you want to do and enjoying what you are doing is a blessing within itself. Take your time and enjoy the ride!
