Before you start your college career you are asked to pick what you want to do with the rest of your life, and you start taking classes targeted toward that degree. How is an 18 year old supposed to decide what they want to do with the rest of their lives and hopefully not change their mind along the way?
It is not uncommon for people to change their degree path, but we all think we aren't going to be part of that percentage. I know that I always thought I was going to be an engineer and that I would love it and not change, but psych, I did. I never was really in love with that degree the more I got into it. If you find yourself sitting in class and not loving any of the material, you are definitely not going down the right path.
Once I switched degrees I was so happy, I was way more into my classes and the material I was learning. Yeah, school is still school and it is not always going to be enjoyable, but if you can find excitement in most of the material in your classes that relate to your major then you are on the right path.
Try not to be the person that figures out in your senior year that you don't like what you are doing or you don't want to spend the rest of your life in that field, because then you get to start your college journey all over again. There goes more of your money, thousands more into your degree. Use your freshman year to decide what you love and discover what interests you.
Never base your degree decision on money. I made the mistake of trying to make myself love a degree that would make me a lot of money in the long run, but I didn't love it at all. Then I finally realized that I don't want to be miserable the rest of my life, I switched my degree to something I was truly passionate about and loved a lot. Would you rather spend the rest of your life being miserable and making more money, or doing something you really love and making an average living?
You might have trouble figuring out what you want to do, but don't worry that is really common. Very few people know exactly what they want to do and stick with it and have it work out for them. Spend your first year or two dabbling in different areas and I promise you are going to find something that you are truly passionate about and want to pursue.
Be passionate about what you want to do for the rest of your life and take your time to figure out what that is going to be. Don't spend all your money and time pursuing something that isn't going to make your life fulfilling or what is going to make you the most money, versus what will actually make you happy to do.
