Most young children have an idea of what they want to be when they grow up. Though their original idea that was constructed when they were young may not be what they actually grow up to be children are constantly thinking about what they will do when they grow up. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a lawyer, a fashion designer, the President of the United States, and who knows what else. My interests were vast and my opportunities were just beginning.
Now that I am a sophomore in college, I am sitting looking at all my options for a major and careers and I am lost. I want to be successful, well off, happy and never bored. I want to love my job and know that I made the right choice.
A lot of students go into college with an undeclared major. Most people at the age of 17 and 18 have no idea what they want to do in life and the ones that do know usually end up changing their major. I am normal and it is okay that I do not know what I want to be when I grow up.
During my freshman year of college, I was petrified. I thought I was going to have to know exactly what I wanted to do the very instance I stepped onto campus. I was wrong. A lot of other fellow students were undeclared along with myself. My roommate was undeclared and we had the same advisor so it made me feel much better about my indecisiveness.
As my freshman year progressed I became more and more nervous because I knew I would have to declare a major at the end of my sophomore year. The greatest thing about being undeclared is that I do not have to take in depth major courses. I got to take the intro courses to whatever subject interested me. I attended major fares and found what peaked my interests.
With those opportunities, I decided business is what interests me. I have still yet to figure out what in business I want to do but it is a start. I am taking intro to business courses along with basic accounting and economics. It's a start and I am headed in a direction which is better than no direction.
It doesn't matter if you don't know what you want to be when you grow up or what you want to major in. I have heard plenty of stories of engineers that hate engineering and leave to work in business or history majors that decide they would rather be artists. The world is full of endless opportunities and many different types of jobs. All you have to do is find what is right for you. Find something you are passionate about and what makes you happy. My mom always told me that if I am happy and good at what I am doing I will find a way to be very successful.
This week I am a business major, but who knows? Maybe next week I will want to be a lawyer, and that is okay.
