Like most incoming college students, I went in to my first year with my mind completely made up about my major and my career path. Though, like most college students, I changed my mind pretty early on. Actually attending college classes really changed how I thought about myself and what I wanted to do.
At first I wanted to be a lawyer and was set on going to law school right after college. Going to a few of my classes caused me to think about other careers and subjects I like. I took mostly history classes even though my major was political science, and I was thinking about becoming a teacher. I was confused for a long time because I thought I wanted to do one thing so badly, but my mind was changing. I am starting to pick my classes for next semester, and I am still completely and utterly lost.
Though after talking to a few of my new friends and my family, I have learned that it is okay to not know what I want to do. Older adults have even admitted to still not knowing what they want to do with the rest of their lives. Just knowing that I am not alone in my struggle to figure out what I want is making it easier on me. I realized that I am still a freshman and I have time to take more classes, talk to more people, and do some more soul-searching before I have to make any concrete decisions. I do not have to know everything about my future because I am only eighteen years old, and I still have seven semesters left to hopefully figure it all out. I know that even if any of my plans work out, I will still have a college degree, and that will get me further than not trying at all.
