As I am going into my senior Year at ISU, I realized that I may or may not be as passionate about my major as I thought. YES, that is so scary to me, but then I took a step back.

I came to decide my Apparel, Merchandise, and Design major because my sister brought it up to me, and I thought it seemed like something I would do. I had never heard of it before I came to Iowa State, and I thought it was something really different from what other people do. When I was growing up I always dreamed of moving to a big city, and I knew that this may be my way out.

As the years had gone on, I had been through many classes from apparel design, sewing, graphic design, merchandising courses, and journalism courses. I have gotten a taste of almost every kind of apparel field that you can think of. I started off my adventure as an apparel design student. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I was thrown into courses that taught me how to sew and draw illustrations. It pushed my creativity out of my brain and onto paper. It was classes like these that I never knew that I needed. It made me have regrets about my past education, and why I didn't take art courses before, but it made me realize that it was where I needed to be. I got the chance to create my own clothing collection and it was the hardest, most rewarding class I had ever taken. I was pushed to my limits, and even more. I hated it at times, but I spent hours in the sewing lab creating something that was all mine. It was therapeutic being at the lab for hours getting to see my thoughts come to life. It was crazy, and incredible.

My classes have changed since then because I changed my course of education and decided to add journalism as a minor. My journalism courses as opened my eyes to a whole new department at Iowa State that I am so glad to know. I have taken such a wide variety of courses at ISU, that it was almost difficult to stay in a groove. Looking back now as a Senior, I wouldn't have wanted to go through any other path.

What I realized my major has been for me is something that would let my creative muse be expressed and push me in ways that I knew I needed, something that was fun, something that makes me happy, and letting me get a career where I can spread joy into people's lives.

My major is a lot of things, it has taught me an abundance about apparel and the fashion world, it has taught me how to draw and create designs on my computer, it has also pushed me to write more and to express myself through words like these. I may not think I am passionate about my major, and sometimes you may think so too. I have loved my adventure at ISU, and I know it will get me to my happy place some day.

So don't be discouraged while going through college. You may go through a couple majors and minors, but at the end of it all it will get you to right where you need to be.

Enjoy college, it goes WAY too fast.