You Knew It Was Coming...

[peytonsplace]

This is my "I don't know what I want to do with the rest of my life" entry. I know it's cliché coming from a 20-year-old college student but I figured what the heck. I used to want to be an artist, not so much anymore. Then I wanted to be a writer, now I find it tedious. Architecture was next, but now I've realized that even though I find the

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[bruinchick]

i wish i knew what to tell u but even i dont know what im gonna do after graduation...im just majoring in poli sci cuz its interesting

but i do love that song ur listening to

[peytonsplace]

I figured swing would be appropriate for a time like this...

[redd_starburst]

english majors unite!

[peytonsplace]

Unite and do what?

[redd_starburst]

speak english?

[peytonsplace]

LOL - Well at least I've got that down...

[impdujour]

They way I look at stuff now. Compared to then. Is that nothing is written in gold and you can change your mind any time you want and just be something else.

I really wanted to be a writer. I have no writing skills and it isnt even remotely feisable so my dad harped on me to go to engineering. Afterall I come from a long line of engineers. So I got into the IT classes at the Uni and ended up getting my masters in electrical engineering. I wasnt happy working in EE. I started messing with computers and finally became a software engineer. I still wasnt happy. I studied biology and epidemiology for nothing more than my interest in them much like ppl who take a knitting class. I am swaying twords being an educator now. I sometimes wonder if I will ever grow up. Chances are no. But I have had a wide array of things I can say I did and be proud of it.

[peytonsplace]

I hear that a lot from people. That nothing is set in stone. And even though I'd probably enjoy spending the next decades of my life doing a wide variety of things, it's more comforting knowing there's something there waiting for me when I'm done with college - rather than just graduate and say, "Well now what should I do?"

And I really wouldn't mind working in different fields, it's just that I don't know what any of those fields could possibly be. That's what bugs me the most.

[impdujour]

yea I know. I just dont know that many people that have set out to do something and stuck with it their entire life. Actually I dont know of anyone.

[peytonsplace]

Honestly, I'd find it hard to do the same job for like 30+ years. Or 20 years, or even 5 years...

[inkandbullets]

to be honest, i still dno what i really want with my life

[peytonsplace]

It's weird isn't it. Sometimes it can bug the hell outta you and then at other times it's like, "I'm not the only one that doesn't know what they wanna do with their life, so why should I even worry?" Then you start worrying about it again later...

[inkandbullets]

exactly. it's so frustratin. like i tell myself not to worry but it doesn't help

[peytonsplace]

Well at least there's always Thursday and Thrice to make the world better ;)

[stella_21]

Do what you want to do.
My parents wanted me to get a job in retail, so I got that job at the market in Dallas, and judging by my lasts few posts that didn't work out as planned.
So, I'm going back into journalism/politics. I already put in an appilcation for spring intern with the governor, and I'm looking for jobs in journalism.

Just pick a career that you would love doing the rest of your life.

[peytonsplace]

I love the camaraderie involved with journalism. I mean I've never been a part of a real newspaper staff but I've had my "Almost Famous" experiences and they were always fun. It's like you're a part of something.