A little over a year ago I decided that something wasn't right. I was feeling empty and unsure about what I was doing. I was in classes that I hated, working a job I couldn't stand and truly questions what I was doing with my life. Then one night it hit me - I wasn't going to school for something that I truly loved. I wasn't enjoying my work, and that is a problem.

So I sat there for a while and thought about what it truly was that would make me happy in the end, and it hit me. I decided to change my major and get a new job. All at once I realized that I wasn't truly doing what I loved. I loved to write and tell stories, yet there I was in a major that was just the exact opposite.

After making what some would call a rash decision, I dropped all of my classes and created a new plan for myself. I signed up for full loads each semester and started looking for jobs in my field of study. I knew that the transition wasn't going to be quick or fun, and having to learn an entirely new skillset wasn't going to come overnight but that was the beauty of it. I was ready to learn and excited for what was ahead.

As I started my first semester as my new major it was very clear that I had made the right decision. I didn't mind going to class, I wasn't complaining about the work and I actually loved what I was doing in class. Yeah, I know, I sound like a complete nerd. But that's the thing - why would I want to be in something that made me unhappy and miserable?

You should never settle in life. Whether that be with a significant other, a job, your degree or anything that has the ability to change you. Getting a degree that you can't stand is pointless. We are spending ungodly amounts of money on these institutions, so we should be doing something that we truly enjoy. If you graduate and enter into a field of work that has you miserable what's the point? Life is so short and we deserve to enjoy every aspect of it. Pick yourself a major and a career path that will have you enjoying what you do. Pick something that has you excited to do your job because then, at the end of the day, it won't feel like work after all.