Choosing a major is one of the most daunting and despised challenges for college students. The endless stories of students changing majors several times throughout college and taking extra semesters of classes can make someone whose undecided quite wary of the situation. Students must choose something they’re both passionate about and that can earn them a healthy and prosperous living. The perfect balance is key-- after all, this is the rest our lives and large sums of tuition money we're talking about here.
The time that I had long been avoiding myself finally came this past semester, choosing my major, officially. I had always had a general idea and interest in certain majors regarding Business and Technology, but I had always felt undecided when it came to choosing a specific area. However, my schooling and time didn't stop for me to just piddle around aimlessly, so my informed decision was made on what felt right all along. I chose Marketing with an emphasis in the area of Digital Marketing.
I had always had this path for my education in the back of my mind. I knew I enjoyed my introduction class into marketing and found it to be a promising career opportunity as well. I had finally found the perfect balance that every stressed college student longs for. Even so, being the hesitant and safe person I am, I still had some doubt in myself as to whether I made the right decision.
It wasn't until the last week of that current semester that I knew I had made the right decision for my education and my future career. I was enrolled in my first core marketing class, Consumer Behavior, at the time. Once again, like my introductory course to marketing, I understood the material. I knew why and how things came into play and the purpose behind each subject. However, this course was different than any other college course I had taken before. I thoroughly enjoyed the class and found myself not wanting it to come to an end.
Like any other student up to the point of their junior year in college, I've had both great and under-performing professors. I've had course material that I simply didn't enjoy spending hours on end studying and material that I just couldn't seem to get enough of. Whichever was the case, I was always relieved when my last final was turned in for each class. Nevertheless, my core marketing course was different. I genuinely wished I could have taken the class another semester. It wasn't that the work wasn't challenging, because it was. Instead, it was my choice to find the perfect balance between my enjoyment of learning the subject and the career that it promised.
My pure enjoyment of this moment in my college path helped me realize that I am more than capable of making informed and important decisions for myself regardless of how sure I feel at the time about it. I learned not to doubt myself so much when it comes to life changing decisions like these. Lastly, and most importantly, I learned that every decision must be made with a perfect balance in mind.
