it's possible that throughout my life i've always been told what direction to go in. but now that it's finally my turn to make a decision, i'm totally lost. i am a fourth year college student that still can't answer the question, "so what do you want to do after graduation?" i have absolutely no idea. sometimes i don't even know what i'm doing here. if someone asked me, "what do you enjoy?" i wouldn't give "public relations" as my answer, so why is that my major? well, i can't do numbers and science doesn't make sence, leaving my options quite minimal.i like writing. i'm not sure what about, but i know i like it. writing has been one thing that comes easily to me. i'm not gifted, but i can do it. is that why i like it? i dunno, i hope not. i don't think anyone should ever spend their life doing something just because they can do it.
the other day my mom asked me if i was sure i didn't want to be a writer. the answer: no, i'm not sure (surprise). i'm not sure i want to be writing press releases for a majority of my career. i'm not sure i would enjoy writing business memos to people that wouldn't read them. i'm also not sure i want to write speeches for people that don't care what they say. i'm not sure at all about what i want to do.
so until someone tells me what to do and where to go, in the mean time i guess i'll be practicing my math.
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I'm glad you're unsure because I was required to declare my major this quarter and it was an extremely hard decision. I just don't know what it is that I will enjoy doing for the rest of my life, and it freaks me out to decide it right now!
hello, claire, i want to comment on what you've posted on your biographical page: you have read my diary, because i also like to think and to talk. thank you for articulating it in such a succint way! you are my soul sister! :-) i also enjoy and appreciate the black-and-whites that you post as well as what you say about them being open for interpretation. grooviness! (pardon me for using this "major confusion" post of yours to comment on something other than your major confusion; i wasn't sure where else to do so.) the end.
darn it! i misspelled "succinct" in my comment, but i do not know how to edit. please note here the proper spelling. thank you for your time. sincerely, holly lisa mcdonald bigelow :-)
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