How I Picked My Major #7

I feel at some point in every student’s life they get indecisive about their major. Some kids know exactly what they want to do after graduation, while others are still in the dark about their future. Well, it took me a really long time (8 years to be exact) to figure out what the heck I wanted to do with my life.

When I first graduated high school, I did basically whatever my parents wanted me to do when it came to school. I had hobbies and interests but none that I thought I could make a decent living from. I decided to become a dental major because my parents thought that would be something I would be good at. Yep, I thought I would want to spend most of my days looking in some random person’s stinky mouth.

Off to school I went. Went two years hating every minute of school. Nothing I was learning was interesting me. I was making good grades but I knew deep down it wasn’t for me. So, I did what every parent’s worst nightmare is and I dropped out of school.

Now, statistically whenever someone drops out of school they don’t come back. But I was different. I had a plan. I planned on taking a couple years off to explore my options and figure out what industry I would want to be in. Well, a couple years turned into a few years and then a few years turned into a few more years.

My parents heckled me all the time.

“When are you going back to school!?”

“You know it’s going to be so much harder when you go back…”

Everyone that asked about my school situation drove me insane.

But one day I had a clear revelation. Ever since I was a kid I have always been interested in music. Whenever career day came around in elementary school I would always dress up as country singer. I’m all grown up now but that little girl inside still wants to come out.

With the 8 years that I took off school, I traveled to all kinds of music events. I was in awe of how a festival was thrown. Or what it took book artists for certain events. The advertising that goes into promoting concerts or new albums. I was obsessed.

I know exactly what I want to do now. I want to work in the media and entertainment industry. I researched and found that I can make a living out of my passion.

So, here I am a few months away from graduation. I look back on all these years and I don’t regret for a second dropping out. I didn’t know who I was or what I wanted to be. But with that time away from school I truly got to know myself.