Just living my life to the fullest, learning things as I go, and trying to be the best that I can be. The college years through my eyes. :)

"To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing."

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Future?

I'm currently struggling between the present and the future. I currently have no idea what I want to major in. I came into college certain that journalism and writing was for me, that I would be extremely successful having the dream job of a photo journalist traveling the world and impacting the lives of others. Yet here I am now, halfway through my first semester, already planning on switching majors. Why? Because I'm freaking out about my future and my career path. I studied the journalism department and a little bit, and the idea of writing for the paper just doesn't interest me, I simply just wanna write on my own and not be confined to deadlines or detailed assignments. So that does that automatically erase the idea of being a journalist in my future? I really have no idea at this point. I know that when I put my mind to something and I work hard enough for it, I can obtain it. But realistically, I need to major in something I can really enjoy AND have a possible career path...

But what is that major? I'm researching the public relations and advertising department, I'm looking at being a sociology major, I'm even considering creative writing. I'm so lost because I'm making myself believe that the major I choose determines my future. I'm the kind of person, for lack of a better word, LOVES to do what i LOVE. I need to be completely passionate about something in order to give it 100%. For example, I exercise more than i study in college. I wake up every morning at 7 am and run the track with friends and go to the gym and play tennis because thats something I KNOW is bettering my chances of improving my tennis game and my overall fitness level. So how do i direct that to academics? I'm hoping that once I find a major i actually enjoy, that I will commit to it...I'm currently just having trouble committing to one major because, ill admit it, I'm afraid that it might be the wrong one. I'm having second thoughts about the major I used to be so passionate for, and am now considering random majors that never crossed my mind...

When is it just gonna "hit" me? When am I just gonna know what's right for me? I know i have to go out and discover it, It's just weird because I'm used to being so set on everything in my life and content with what I'm doing. Now im taking random classes and trying to see what it is i really enjoy... Why can't there just be an AMY major? HAHA. :)