I am finishing my first semester at Tidewater Community College or at any college for that matter. Before I enrolled, I spent a long time trying to decide what I wanted to do with my life and which field of study I wanted to pursue. After a few years of debating back and forth amongst myself, I decided that accounting was the path for me. However, recent developments and conversations with some of my instructors have made me question if this is truly what I want to do. I don’t want to waste my time or money so instead of taking any specific career courses I am going to continue my general education and elective courses this summer.

If I do change my major from accounting it will be to engineering. I know that this is a drastic change from my original plan, but to be honest I have been interested in engineering for a long time. I love to be the problem solver and I love to figure out new ways to accomplish everyday tasks. However I am going to do a little research before I make my decision.

Whatever I decide to study or major in I do know that I will graduate with a GPA of at least a 3.5 or higher and go on to a four year university to pursue my bachelor’s. I just don’t know which university I want to transfer to yet, that will depend on which career field I enter.

I guess you could say that when I started college I knew what I wanted to do but over the last few months my eyes have been opened to new possibilities. I am ok with that because after all college is not only about learning skills for the outside world but also learning about yourself, and I am doing just that.