Finding What You Love

It's funny to see how my views on college have changed over the course of a year.

Last year, I thought that I didn't want to go to college. I wanted to travel the world and that if I must go to college, then I'd major in French or English.

And then here I am, a year later, trying to decide which college to confirm an acceptance into a Maths program. Time does appear to change people.

Fast forward to about two months since I started college as a Maths major, and I've changed my major to Sociocultural Anthropology.

Fast forward to where we are now, at the end of my first semester, and I'm a Sociocultural Anthropology and International and Comparative Politics double major.

My point is, you never know what you're going to discover about yourself in college. Don't get me wrong, math is one of my favourite things in the entire world, but there came a day where I had to ask myself: Can I see myself doing this for the rest of my life? Ultimately, my answer was no. It helped that I truly found what I love and I had a general idea of what I wanted to do with my life and I wasn't just majoring in something because it'll help me with anything that I decide to do.

It all started with a very eye-opening English class where we talked about gender bias and stereotypes and how they affect perceptions of individuals and that's when our first essay came around. We had to pick adverts and write an analysis on them. I chose adverts that depicted the various ways in which women are viewed based upon what they wear. There was so much passion for the subject when I was writing that essay and I can't think of any time where I've felt that much passion about a specific subject before. So I talked to my adviser and a few other people about it and settled on sociocultural anthropology. Time went on and I proceed to talk about the presidential election and national and international current events with people and I saw that same passion as before. That's when someone gave me the idea to go into politics. So I looked into it and I fell in love with International law, specifically Human Rights law. There's so much that you can do to change how people are viewed and to make the world a better place with that, and I've never wanted to do much more than that.

If I hadn't had listened to people and took their advice and explored a topic I wasn't too sure about, I never would have figured out what I was doing with my life. College is full of moments like that and if you don't take the opportunity to explore your beliefs about certain topics, then you may never find what you truly love. When you finally find something that you can talk about with such enthusiasm and genuine excitement, you know that you've found what you love. The possibilities are endless, so keep an open mind.

xx Britt