When it's time to go to college and become an adult, you feel like you need to figure out your next step in life. People tell you to pick a career that will pay well. They also tell you that if you choose a career that you enjoy, it won't feel like a job, it will be fun. So, there are several reasons why I chose to be a psych major.
1. To help people
I didn't really know much going into college and leaving home for the first time, but once I sat myself down, I realized I want to help people. Not in a physical way, though. I wanted to help people mentally.
2. I really like to talk.
So I needed a career I knew wouldn't have an issue with my problem...talking too much. There are only so many careers you can choose from if you enjoy talking all the time. There are even fewer that do not require scripted talking. It might be a little nonsense here and there, but it is mostly meaningful talking.
3. I want my story to be told.
Of course, I don't want to be in the spotlight just telling a crowd of people about my life. I want to take my situation and find some good in it. What I mean by that is I want to help people that are possibly going through something similar to what I went through.
4. The brain is so interesting.
Have you ever sat and wondered why somebody did something? Me too! I was in my high psych class when I fell in love with the brain and why people think certain ways. From the moment I walked into the class, I had fallen in love with psychology.
5. It gives me so many options.
Psychology does not limit you to any one profession. The field itself is so broad. You can counsel, or you can be a social worker. Your choices are far from limited. Psychology gave me a chance to look at all my options. It gave me chance to really dig deep into my life and see where I think my future will go.
6. It pays well.
Psychology is a broad field and, of course, you have to have the right job to get the big money. As a psychologist, you can get paid roughly $72,000 a year, but for me, I want to go bigger. Go big or go home right? So I want a Ph. D. It will take me many years to be a psychiatrist, but it will always provide me with roughly $174,000 a year.
Being a psychiatrist is going to cost me a lot of money for school. Many years of my life will be spent learning about what make people like you tick, but I would and will never regret my decision. Psychology chose me, I didn't choose it.
