This Career or That

There are days you might wake up and wonder what you're going to do with your life. Don't worry, you're not the only one. For the past month or so, I have been having inner conflict with myself as to what career path I should take. I'm a sophomore in college and have very little amount of time to decide if I should switch majors or stay in my current one.

For those of you who are curious, I am a Business Information Technology major. My whole life I've found computers pretty fascinating, wondering how to fix computers and have helped my parents a countless amount of times with their laptops. I find it fun learning more about computers, but at the same time, pretty scary. Coding seems like it might be a crazy new language to learn, but I'm hoping I will do just fine once the time comes for me to learn the material. Prayers please!

Any who, getting back to the whole career path dilemma, for a month or so I was considering becoming an Accountant. I felt so curtain that it was something I could be good at and might even enjoy. Then, after some prayer and weighing the pros& cons, I decided to not become an Accountant. I know, sadness. What I thought might have been an epiphany, turned out to be only a burst of enthusiasm that slowly faded once I realized the extremes of being an accountant and how boring it might be.

       Side note: I'll never forget when my professor said to the class (not word for word, but close to
       it) "Accounting is pretty boring, but once people start stealing stuff, then it gets fun." As
       amusing as that may have sounded, I decided that accounting isn't for me.

So now I'm back at square one. I came home at the end of my first semester of this year and told my parents that I don't know if BIT suits me anymore, and I don't know what else I would want to do. Surprisingly they didn't freak out and say, "We're paying for your tuition, you better have your life figured out!" (not that they would ever say that, they are great parents), but instead they were helpful in guiding my thoughts and encouraged me in my current major, knowing full well that I will do well in whatever major I choose.

That created a flow of ideas of things that I would want to do with my life:

-Become a guitar teacher

-Become a songwriter

-Work for a company as a Support Technician

-Incorporate music and technology into a career (not sure what...maybe I'll be the next Steve Jobs)

-Open my own business

All of these things made me feel....complete. I could just picture myself in all of these different career paths and felt joy at the thought of what my future could bring. So after plenty more thinking and prayer, I decided to stay with BIT for now, maybe become a Support Technician. And after all, life has many seasons, and who knows, each season could have a different career lined up for me.

And as an encouragement for all of you out there who are struggling to find out what career path to choose, know that you're not alone. Knowing this helps me at times and relieves a ton of weight off my shoulders. Pray that God will help guide your decisions and soon there will be an answer, although it may not be the answer you may have been looking for, He never neglects His children and listens to every word you have to say. This I do believe! God Bless!