Me babbling about uncertainty and grad school and things.
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I was always tempted to respond to the question “What are you going to do with an English degree” with “transience.”
I always feel guilty when I ask people what they want to do with their degree, but I just want to know! Additionally, I love the English and religion degree combo. It’s definitely a strong combination.
I was asked (and asked myself) all those same questions when I was in college. I double majored in French and Child/Family Studies- two degrees with no real direction or purpose. I really didn’t know what I would do with my degrees, but I knew I liked what I was learning. And now that I’m in grad school I feel like I know exactly what I want to do. I think we all need those times of uncertainty to figure out what we want. It makes us stronger knowing that we’ve been in a place where we felt so lost.
So, I always say I’m not going to watch vlogs because it takes up more time than reading a post, etc. but somehow I always end up watching your entire vlog and loving it, haha.
I’m glad you know what you want to do now! My ‘what I want to do’ changes everyday and I’m sort of okay with that!
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Hey everybody, it’s that guy over there. *slurrrrrrrp*
lol. You make me smile :D
omg I love you! You are my god right now. I recently figured out that you aren’t going to figure out what you want to do in life until you start trying options out. And also, I HATE those people that ask me what I’m going to do with my life and how I’m going to use my degree. They annoy me. I am learning to brush them off because I have to figure out for myself what I’m going to do and they will not be living the life I choose, I will! I know I don’t make much sense, but the point of this is thank you. You just raised my mood 200%.
Hey, lady! I just tagged you with an award. Love your blog!
I feel like in life I’m pretty set in what I want to do. I’ve known since I was in 5th grade. I’m sure once I graduate that I’ll be uncertain as to where things go, just because I’ll actually have to get a CAREER. But for now and for the time being, I’m very comfortable in where I am. The only thing I’m uncertain about right now is when I can start calling this guy I’m dating my boyfriend or when to bring up that conversation….
I think you are not only my oldest and smartest friend, but also my most famous friend.
Sorry my comment had nothing to do with the vlog.
Oh! I just thought of a vlog-related comment. I have decided to start telling people I meet that I’m going to grad school to get a Masters in English because I’m sick of people going off on how the legal system and lawyers are the reason America is where it is today blah blah blah. At least no one can blame English majors for every bad thing that has ever happened.
I definitely ignored the practical route and went with something that I was interested in. I think that I’m pretty lucky though; as I graduated in “Digital Music” that sounds impressive/interesting enough to people outside of music to be able to explain vaguely all the things I could do.
And honestly, I’d just love to freelance forever, and try out loads of different projects, but I know that’s risky in turns of being able to support myself. Personally though, I think it’s great to only have studies something that you’re passionate in, rather than something practical, or that you’re good at… It simply means that at the end of the day, you’re going to be happier with what ever relative job that you get. :)
I’ve been on both ends of the spectrum when it comes to school/uncertainty. From a very young age I wanted to study zoology, and that passion for it has stayed with me up to my college years. I’m a practical person like you, so it’s difficult to make the decision to study something that may not guarantee job security in the future. I studied business first because I wanted to be “practical”, and I thought it was the most boring thing ever. Now I’m studying zoology, which I love, but I’m still not happy because of the place I’m studying at. I definitely have feelings of uncertainty right now about which direction to go, but I know for sure that leaving London to study back home in Virginia sounds much better to me for the moment!