Shire Time Session 4…Picking a major
I am in quite a pickle. What do I want to do with my life? What should I major in to make enough money to be happy and still have fun working? My main problem isn’t that I can’t find a job or profession that will make me happy; my problem is that pretty much everything would make me happy. I have a tough time making choices because I would be happy doing anything. When people ask me where I want to go to dinner, I literally just can’t decide because the possibilities are endless and I would to eat anywhere. Some people are picky and know exactly what they have to do to be happy and I am simply not one of those people.
Possibilities I have considered up until now include Architect, Biomedical Engineer, Environmental Engineer, and now I am leaning towards something in the environmental field. After I got over wanting to be a plane, not a pilot, an actual plane, I realized I needed to have a real job in life. Then I thought about architecture. I always loved drawing house plans and thinking about how my house could be better; however, then I thought where the future in this profession is? Millions of house plans have been developed and there is really no way to be consistently innovative and I didn’t like that. After this I thought about Biomedical Engineering because it is a relatively new major at Chapel Hill and seems really innovative and fun to do every day for my life; however, I don’t want to be in a lab all day with like 2 other people. I enjoy being outdoors way more than indoors. So this faded into environmental engineering, which would be fun but Carolina doesn’t have this major so when I came here I kicked that out. Finally that faded into something in the environmental field in general. It would be really interesting to do something with green technology or sustainability, either practices or laws.
This is where I stand right now but I could see myself doing anything. I wouldn’t mind being a lawyer, doctor, businessman, or I have even considered being a pilot quite a few times because I love traveling. Whatever I do I better be able to travel a lot.
So job requirements:
• Mix with people frequently
• Outside frequently
• Decent money because I want to be able to travel and be comfortable
• No more than like 8 years of school; I couldn’t handle 12 years of extra schooling like some people do.
• Fun
If like 4 of these 5 are met I will be super happy but I am so lost when it comes to picking a major. Anyone have advise?
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