The Path Doesn’t Matter as Long as You’re Going Somewhere

Naomi Kim | Editor

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Like many other college attendees, I came in not knowing what I would do with my life. I enrolled because I had known my entire life that I would go to college after high school, as well as because it was one of two options I was given by my parents, but I had no ambitions and motivation to do anything. I felt pressured, to say the least, that I had to find something quick, because college is a lot of money (although community college not so much) and I wasn’t getting any younger. But truthfully, it’s not like we have to get it right on the first try.

I’ve heard from numerous adults of all different ages and careers that it’s normal to go into college and still not know what to do. I’ve heard numerous times that they’ve gone to college for one thing, but ended up doing something completely different. And as assuring as it is to know that I’m not doomed to be set on one thing and hate my entire life if it goes terribly, it still didn’t really help me solve the issue of attending college and feeling like I’ve been wasting money and time.

Today, after many, many years of my life, I finally have a dream that I want to pursue. Of course, this is still only a dream that I’m not really sure on whether it will happen or not, but I don’t feel entirely lost. And truthfully, I still haven’t completely shaken that feeling off, but I think I understand those adults a bit better now. I’ve opened my mind to the idea of letting what I used to keep as strictly a hobby as my career, and I’m feeling more motivated than I used to be. And even if it doesn’t work out for me, at least the fact that I’ll have a bachelor’s degree at all will look good to my future employers!