Changing

When I was in elementary school, I always said that I wanted to be a teacher. My friends and I would play school and we would all take turns being the teacher. Throughout middle school and high school I carried that desire with me. Always thinking that I would end up being teacher one day. Things have changed.

When I was a sophomore in college I realized that teaching was not my goal. First, I get very frustrated easily. I really like kids a lot but I think if I were in charge of 20+ students, I would not be able to keep my cool. Also, I hate getting up early. On top of having to get up early each day, I also would have to dress up.

When I realized I no longer wanted to be a teacher anymore, I had to find a new major. What were my interests? I knew that I liked to talk, I liked social media and I liked to learn about mental health. What could I do to make all those work for me?

I talked to many people but also did my own research and I realized that what I would really like is be a public speaker. I would like to be able to speak about mental health. I would love to give my personal stories and how my life changed so much in three short years. I think that is where I would really be able to help people.  I hope I will be able to speak to seniors in high school and college students about stress and anxiety.

I know that it is difficult to be a public speaker. That's why I decided that I needed to change my major to communications. I think that with this degree I will be able to many things. I am very excited for this switch and I think it will be a good change for me.

I think that my future is still up in the air but I know with a major like communications that I will have many options on what is next for me. I can only imagine that this is just the first, of many times, that I will change my mind about what I want to do with my life.