If you want to find similarities amongst students in college, walk into classroom full of sophomores ask every single person there what they want to do when they grow up. A few will give you clear cut answers while the rest of us begin to ramble on, trying to convince you that we have even the slightest clue. Walk into a classroom full of kindergarteners however, and every child will have an answer ranging from astronaut to doctor.

Sophomore year is supposed to be the year of "finding yourself" but trying new things and learning who we are, has become a race to have a clear cut vision of what our career path is. The excitement that we should be feeling is now being replaced with insecurity because if we don't know what we are going to do, then what is the path we are supposed to take? Instead of cultivating our interest and experimenting with a variety of classes, we are taking test to see what job we should get and declaring majors we aren't even interested in. The kindergartner who once said he wanted to be a firefighter to save lives, is now a business major because its "safer."

While I understand that a certain level of practicality is required when making a decision like this, there is no reason that we should lose ourselves for the mere purpose of having an answer. Our generation is different from those before us, there is more flexibility and creativity allowed in any given workplace. This leaves room for growth and change for us. Yes, not knowing what you're going to do is scary but most people end up straying from their original plan and career path anyways. The solid clear cut answer we are looking for, isn't as stable as we think it is in the end. Change is inevitable, even when it comes to your career.

These days its seems like success is determined by everyone but us. When did fear of disappointment and failure to other people, start to dictate how we make choices. Shouldn't we be choosing what we want to do and how we want to be successful in accordance with our views and opinions?

So what if we don't know what career we want to have? Finding out who you are and what you want should come first. That way, when we are ready to decide the job and degree we want, it will be something we are passionate about.

Find your passion and your calling, don't stress about having to answer when people ask you what you want to do when you graduate. Save lives, change the world, make a difference. Do those things when you grow up.

For right now at least, that is good enough.