Hello everyone, in this week’s blog post, I’m going to talk about someone very special. Me. I’m going to get vulnerable, sort of, and if you know me at all, you will know vulnerability is not my thing. But for the sake of getting some advice, here I go.
My problem is that I’m a girl who likes a lot of things, who wants to do a lot of things, but I can’t seem to pick just one to be my thing. I mean, I used to be a dancer- ballet to be precise, and then I quit to come to MSA to write. Sometimes I still like writing, I know that I’m going to write an essay for fun as soon as I get all my work done. Sometimes I want to be an astronomer, other times a lawyer. I guess what I’m trying to say is I have a passion for everything and nothing. Society tells you to grow up and go to college, which I fully intend to do, but society also tells you to pick just one degree and go live your life invested in this one field. How can I do that when there are so many different paths to go down? I have a million lives I want to lead, and still I’m stuck with just this one.
I won’t lie and claim that money is not going to be a motivator in whatever path I choose. I do not want to be broke. Sure, money isn’t the only thing I care about, but it sure is up there! Whether we like it or not, money is what makes this world go round. I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if we woke up one day and suddenly had to pay for the air we breathe. Which is why when people say that stupid phrase, “follow your heart”, I want to gag. I would rather follow my brain, my brain makes more sense, and it’s telling me that I need to go for what will support me, my future cats, and, I guess, my family members. (That was a joke.) (Not really.)
So, if anyone reading this has any advice, drop it in my comment section. Until next time, bye.
In my opinion, pursue whatever you think you can handle best. If you want to be a doctor, think of all the science credits you would have to do and the workload that would be put on you with studying alone. If you want to go into law, think of how competitive the field is and how much your value would be ranked by where you got your degree. If you want to be an astronomer, think of the heavy load of sciences you would have to master. Maybe you want to go into writing, but at the end of the day not everyone makes a hit every time the publish something (however you might be at an advantage because of being here at MSA). Really, all of this is to say that you can go anywhere, just make sure to manage your mental health and have an understanding of how much you can take academically :3
Thanks, I think that’s a really good perspective. <3
It can be hard to find the right career choice, but what comes down to this isn’t just money but time. Depending on the career is how much time you’ll be putting in and out in your life. More tedious paths like a lawyer gives you a lot of money, but you loose a lot of time. A dancer, I don’t know as well but it takes time to learn the moves and if the pays not that great, it’s a waste. You see what I mean? Some of the most aspiring dreams we have and who we want to become, those career paths wont pay as well. As someone who wants to open a bookstore/bistro and be an author but also editor which require a bachelors degree, I’m loosing so much time in my life but my end goal will be what rolls in the money exceeding the amount of time I had spent to obtain that money.
No one said you couldn’t be a lawyer, dancer, and a writer. Writing had been picked up by many former lawyers like John Grisham, and he blew up with popularity, so did Greg Iles. There’s so many department when it comes to being a lawyer and all will pay well, so well you can spend that money to be a dancer whilst writing and publishing and being an author (which will also pay well) You can have one degree but so many other hobbies that connect to your career but also your legacy.
So don’t be discouraged by life’s many “so and so’s” Just plan ahead for what you wish to be with time and money and best of all; your happiness, in mind.
This is a little off topic, and very obvious, but I just want to put my two cents in. I think that you will be very successful in what you do, whatever that is. As long as it makes you happy, and you aren’t overly stressed, you will be amazing. I think also that depending on your stress tolerance you can do multiple of these things, especially in college!
I don’t know if your religious or not, so disregard this if you are not, but I also feel like it’s all going to come clear since God has a plan for you!
I really understand where you’re coming from on this one. I’m also someone who’s pretty passionate about a lot of subjects, and they literally range from engineering/architecture/mechanics to history to medical school to the MILITARY of all things. I’ve had people give me advice of combine them, like my mom said “history or medicine” and my dad said “military history” and i don’t want to study those things. I do, though, think I experience this from the other point of view. My parents and friends are big on money so they’re kicking for medical school and those weird math ones, but i’m a big “follow your heart” person (and an end result>process person), i guess. I had to turn around and take a breath and am slowly figuring out what i want to do, and a big part of that decision is “What will stimulate me the most?” What job would keep your brain constantly working? What job would give you time for the other things you want? I’ve actually resorted to making one of those character sheets but for what job to choose with stupid questions like that. My only other advice is that we have two more years to figure this out, and two years will feel short when it’s over but it’s much longer than you would think. I realized in the last month that i’m interested in medical or nursing school, which i’ve never been interested in before. Things are gonna get better, and things are gonna work out. If you value something and are willing to work for it and won’t give up, then you’ll get it. I hope for the best for you Lela! You deserve it.