Thinking About Life...

Ok, so I know I haven't written in a million years...yeah. This always happens! I have a creative burst for a couple of days and then it goes away and then when the burst comes back about a month or two later, I write again. Sorry for being so bipolar with my blog-ige.

Anyways, so as I am at school, thinking about what major I want is constantly flowing through my head. And you'd think that I would come up with something since I'm always thinking about it. You would think that if you logged enough hours thinking and contemplating and staring at the majors on the BYU website, you would eventually have an idea! Yeah, not so much. I don't know what the crap I want to do.

I have looked and I have thought but I have not decided. What do you do? Do you do something you know you love or something that will allow you to live a stable life for you and your family? And if you do the thing you love, how do you know you will love it if you pursue it as a career? What do you love??? What do you want to do everyday for the rest of your life? Do you pick a major where you can get a job right after four years of college or something that will require more time?? You can probably tell that anyone's brain would be fried from all these questions. It's amazing how open major college students still make it through their classes. So there are a couple of things that I have considered doing, but I have not decided anything yet.

FIRST!

I could become a vet. I could major in Biology, then probably move back to Michigan where I would go to the Michigan State vet school and spend another four years there.

Pros: I love animals. Great pay.

Cons: Lots of debt. Four more years of school. Don't veterinarians have a high depression/suicide rate?

And all of this would happen assuming I don't get married before I graduate because then everything would be screwed up and my life would be over. Just kidding...right?

SECOND!

I could just major in Biology. Having a Biology major leaves me a lot of options. I was looking at the majors on the BYU website and there was a Wildlife and Wildlands Conservation major that looks really cool. I would be interested in working in a job to preserve the environment and the animals in it. If I don't do that, I could go back to the vet thing, or even go to medical school or something like that. A lot of options.

Pros: Lots of options.

Cons: Don't know if I would like any of the options. Do I even like Biology? Again, probably need more school after four years to get an actual job.

THIRD!

I could just bite the bullet and be a music major. Ok, I might be seriously late for it, but music is really something that I KNOW I love. I would have to brush up my playing to actually get in the program and then either major in something that involves teaching or the media music major, which will probably not get me much. I don't really want to teach music and would rather have it as a hobby.

Pros: I know I love music.

Cons: Would I like doing music as a career? It's going to be hard. I'm not sure if I'll even get a job from this major. What if I need to support myself?

Yeah, I don't know exactly what else to do. I mean, there are other options like nursing, which would get me a great job and I would be able to support myself. I could become a teacher, maybe even a history teacher, but I don't know if I want to teach. Not great pay, but good benefits. And I really like history.

Maybe I could become a carpenter!! I could build things and maybe even one day build pianos! That would be amazing. I would have to go somewhere else to learn carpentry...

I really don't want to be in the business/lawyer/in cubicle category of a job. I would rather do something outside or something with animals and something that I enjoy.

As you can see, my mind is scattered. Lots of options. Lots of pros and cons. Lots of life-changing options that will determine what I do for the rest of my life. Yeah, no pressure, Stephanie!

And if all else fails, I could be a hobo. I like shopping carts. :)

Right on.