When you're in high school, you're preparing for college and something you're told constantly is to pick something you love to major in. "Pick something to make a career out of, don't settle for a regular job." It took a while for me to figure out what it is I wanted to do, I changed my mind a few times, but by the time I was ready to start college I had my major picked out and I was really excited to see where my major would take me.

Fast-forward to my freshman year. I started going home to visit and I would bump into people while I was with my parents or out by myself and the conversations always started the same. I'm sure every person thats ever been in college knows how this goes. "How are you?" "Where are you going to school?" "What's your major?" I got so used to these questions because it seemed like that's all anyone asks you when you go home for the holidays in college. I would answer all of their questions, but soon enough when I would talk to people about my major they would make a comment like "Oh, I would've gone into English if I was in your position," or "Well I wouldn't count on a good income if I were you."

At first I was really taken back by these questions. I had never had someone make comments like this towards me about my dream career before. In high school you're considered lucky if you figure what it is you want to do by the time you graduate and I had known this is what I wanted to do since I was a junior in high school. To hear someone make comments like this to me really upset me at first, but after a while I realized that you can't let other peoples opinions bother you. I chose my major because writing is something that I love to do and for me to be able to make a career out of that would be amazing, and I don't think people realize how offensive it is when they tell me I should change my major.

I understand that some people are just trying to make me think about my future and how I'm going to use my degree in the future and don't get me wrong, I appreciate that, but It's not something that I haven't put a lot of thought into. I've thought about what I wanted to do for a very long time and if I wasn't sure what I wanted to do I would be undecided instead of majoring in what I am. Each semester in college and the classes I take push me towards my major more and more and I honestly can't wait to continue on the path that I'm on. And hopefully, I can prove to everyone that I made the right decision by continuing with my major.