What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

This past Thursday I attended the FYE session presented by the Center for Career Planning. The session was about finding your pathway and giving you guidance about deciding what you want to be when you grow up. The main point in the message was that it's okay to be undecided in your career pathway. If you do have your entire college career already planned out that's great, but I gained reassurance in that my status of being undecided is perfectly fine. Ryan, the leader of the session, had planned out the college pathway year by year. Our first year in college should be spent discovering ourselves; exploring our interests and capabilities, as well as getting in touch with our talents. As a sophomore we should explore; cultivate career skills, develop a career network, and most importantly, be open to opportunity. Year 3 was labeled as the experience year, this will allow us to learn more about potential job opportunities. And finally, year 4, preparing and implementing; do not be afraid to say yes. As an undecided freshman I gained a lot from this session. I am now thinking about majors based on something I am passionate about, which is helping people. Sitting in on this session as well as attending last week's class has given me a comfort to my current status. The business women who spoke in last week's class we're all doing things they were passionate about. Each woman was working for her passion, whether it be autism, or enhancing confidence in beauty. Last week's sessions gave me a real boost to study what I am passionate about. I learned that there isn't one best occupation for any individual, I cannot make the wrong choice if I am taking the pathway of something I believe in. Now, I am confident that by sticking with my beliefs and my passion towards helping others through faith, leadership, and guidance I will make the right choice with whatever path I take.