University, bills, career, marriage, kids, responsibility.
It doesn't end.
I've spend a good time wishing high school to be over till the last two years where I realised what the crap I will be getting myself into when it is over.
Since I am currently going through this myself I will be sticking mainly to uni and choosing a major.
First off, there is always the option of a gap year which I wished to take, but couldn't. I wrote a whole essay about gap years around a month ago and I am all for it. You can go travel or backpacking if you can't afford a luxurious trip and immerse yourself into the cultures of the world. Work or intern, earn money to go to college or buy a car or for a concert or even for retirement. You can try out a new sport or audition for a role and have your big break. Learn a new language or raise your kid or help your mother. Gap years are amazing and can open so many doors instead of closing them because should you use it wisely, you have a great life ahead of you.
There is always the option not going to uni, which may be a totally reasonable option. It could be due to financial restraints, or you just know you can do whatever you want without going to university. Not many of us get this chance because our flawed educational paradigm states we should go to university cause that's what everyone has been doing for the last few centuries so should we. And sadly, a lot find themselves in this situation when they can't afford the absurd university fees of the 21st century though they wish to continue to higher education.
And then, there is of course the option of going to university which is the most opt for. I decided I am going to university and I am majoring in journalism but that is after a long, long internal and external war because you know, as this great woman once said:
Two years ago had you asked me what I would've wanted to do I would've said I wanted to go into arts and design. A year later, business and management or marine biology. A few months ago, I had no damn idea. A couple of months ago, journalism, but my parents want me to do political science so that. A month ago, journalism, but my parents want me to do law so maybe that. That same month, my parents realised that this is what I wanted and they knew they shouldn't and couldn't let me do something I didn't want so finally it was just "Journalism. I want to be a journalist."
Then came the problem of where I wanted to apply and which city and which university and finally that was resolved. I now know where I am going and what I want to do.
But honestly, 5 months earlier I didn't even think I wanted to go to university. But after a lot of research and talking to lots of people (you know, typical journalist work), I realised that I did. In university you meet people. People you've never met before, that you haven't grown up with. They're new people who have different points of views than you do and will probably be friends that will last. You'll fall in and out of relationships, you'll get to see the world from a different perspective and get a load of experience. You will learn a lot of things that you actually like. I figured that university is for me, and that I want to embark on this journey. If this is the type of adventure you want to go on, university is also probably for you. It is only four years, less that 1/3 of school life. You'll learn and grow and they will pass.
Yet still, if you don't want to go to university and know the consequences and opportunities this brings, then so shall it be. It is your choice and just because someone else says you should do it, that shouldn't be your decisive factor. But I still recommend you do research before you plunge into this decision.
Now if you do decide to go to college, choosing a major can honestly be the biggest pain in the ass if you already don't know what you want to do (which was obviously my case).
How I figured it out was asking myself a bunch of very simple questions.
1. What do you know you don't want to do?
Being a doctor, engineer, arts and design, doing business in university, and so much more.
2. What do you love to do?
I love reading like, everything. And I love writing. I enjoy social media and taking photos. I am highly opinionated and generally take interest in a lot of current world affairs.
And from that, it just became clear what I want to do.
If those questions aren't enough to help you, I looked up a bunch of helpful links:
http://advising.uoregon.edu/AA_Pages/AA_ChooseMajor.html
http://www.careerealism.com/decide-college-major/
https://www.universitylanguage.com/guides/how-to-choose-a-college-major/
http://www.mymajors.com/
University and just life after school is over is tough and just thinking about it is nerve-wracking but if the last generation could make it, we could too.
Weigh out your options carefully and make a keen and smart decision. Good luck to everyone, which ever part of your life you're on right now.
I cannot wait to blog more about my university life when it starts.
Talk to you soon, Farah x
It doesn't end.
I've spend a good time wishing high school to be over till the last two years where I realised what the crap I will be getting myself into when it is over.
Since I am currently going through this myself I will be sticking mainly to uni and choosing a major.
First off, there is always the option of a gap year which I wished to take, but couldn't. I wrote a whole essay about gap years around a month ago and I am all for it. You can go travel or backpacking if you can't afford a luxurious trip and immerse yourself into the cultures of the world. Work or intern, earn money to go to college or buy a car or for a concert or even for retirement. You can try out a new sport or audition for a role and have your big break. Learn a new language or raise your kid or help your mother. Gap years are amazing and can open so many doors instead of closing them because should you use it wisely, you have a great life ahead of you.
There is always the option not going to uni, which may be a totally reasonable option. It could be due to financial restraints, or you just know you can do whatever you want without going to university. Not many of us get this chance because our flawed educational paradigm states we should go to university cause that's what everyone has been doing for the last few centuries so should we. And sadly, a lot find themselves in this situation when they can't afford the absurd university fees of the 21st century though they wish to continue to higher education.
And then, there is of course the option of going to university which is the most opt for. I decided I am going to university and I am majoring in journalism but that is after a long, long internal and external war because you know, as this great woman once said:
Two years ago had you asked me what I would've wanted to do I would've said I wanted to go into arts and design. A year later, business and management or marine biology. A few months ago, I had no damn idea. A couple of months ago, journalism, but my parents want me to do political science so that. A month ago, journalism, but my parents want me to do law so maybe that. That same month, my parents realised that this is what I wanted and they knew they shouldn't and couldn't let me do something I didn't want so finally it was just "Journalism. I want to be a journalist."
Then came the problem of where I wanted to apply and which city and which university and finally that was resolved. I now know where I am going and what I want to do.
But honestly, 5 months earlier I didn't even think I wanted to go to university. But after a lot of research and talking to lots of people (you know, typical journalist work), I realised that I did. In university you meet people. People you've never met before, that you haven't grown up with. They're new people who have different points of views than you do and will probably be friends that will last. You'll fall in and out of relationships, you'll get to see the world from a different perspective and get a load of experience. You will learn a lot of things that you actually like. I figured that university is for me, and that I want to embark on this journey. If this is the type of adventure you want to go on, university is also probably for you. It is only four years, less that 1/3 of school life. You'll learn and grow and they will pass.
Yet still, if you don't want to go to university and know the consequences and opportunities this brings, then so shall it be. It is your choice and just because someone else says you should do it, that shouldn't be your decisive factor. But I still recommend you do research before you plunge into this decision.
Now if you do decide to go to college, choosing a major can honestly be the biggest pain in the ass if you already don't know what you want to do (which was obviously my case).
How I figured it out was asking myself a bunch of very simple questions.
1. What do you know you don't want to do?
Being a doctor, engineer, arts and design, doing business in university, and so much more.
2. What do you love to do?
I love reading like, everything. And I love writing. I enjoy social media and taking photos. I am highly opinionated and generally take interest in a lot of current world affairs.
And from that, it just became clear what I want to do.
If those questions aren't enough to help you, I looked up a bunch of helpful links:
http://advising.uoregon.edu/AA_Pages/AA_ChooseMajor.html
http://www.careerealism.com/decide-college-major/
https://www.universitylanguage.com/guides/how-to-choose-a-college-major/
http://www.mymajors.com/
University and just life after school is over is tough and just thinking about it is nerve-wracking but if the last generation could make it, we could too.
Weigh out your options carefully and make a keen and smart decision. Good luck to everyone, which ever part of your life you're on right now.
I cannot wait to blog more about my university life when it starts.
Talk to you soon, Farah x
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