Choosing a major is the hardest thing ever.
How does someone expect an 18-year-old to decide what they want to do with the rest of their life? If the average person lives to be around 100, being 18 is only 20% of a person's life, that means that 80% of your life is decided off of 18 years of experience. That is crazy to me.
But the even crazier thing is that, according to Borderline, 80% of U.S. college students change their major at least once during their college career. We, as Americans, spend an insane amount of money on college when the reality is, no one is sure of what they want to do.
Every time I tell someone that my major is undecided they say, "Oh my God! You came all the way here and you don't even know what you want to major in!!!" No. I don't. I have no clue.
I think that is OK, though.
Life is crazy. Things change so quickly and opportunities to do something different come every day.
When I was younger I wanted to be an anesthesiologist. I was convinced I wanted to work in the medical field. Four years later, I volunteered at the school blood drive and almost fainted. That day I realized that things you may think are perfect for you, actually aren't.
As high school graduation got closer and I tried to think of what it was I wanted to do with my life, I found something that I didn't like about every hypothetical major. I almost felt like I was intentionally searching for a reason to hate any idea that someone told me.
The more people asked me about my major the more I wanted to scream.
And sometimes...I still want to scream.
The reality is, yeah, I have no idea what I want to do, but that's okay. Because someday I will know. It may not be today. Or tomorrow. It will be someday, though. Until that time, I will keep learning about the things I like and what interests me.
