Dear future me, you are going to become a pediatric social worker after receiving your MSW. I wanted to be a teacher my whole life until about 2 months ago. I wanted to be a teacher because I didn’t know what my passions were or what I was good at. So, majoring in education was just a default for me. If I would have been able to get more experience or if the whole schooling system was different, then I could have explored different options and possibilities sooner. I’m changing lots of things about my life path right now because of choices I made when I was 17-18 years old. I had to pick a college and a major without a whole lot of guidance. I made lots of mistakes. I’m writing about this today because it was my topic for my microtheme assignment. I didn’t get to go into depth about my whole life story so I wanted to write about it in my blog this week, as it relates. If 17 year old me knew that I’m no longer majoring in education, she would be so shocked. I’m so happy with my decision to change my path because there was just something about it that did not feel right. I think it’s a big problem in todays world that we have young adults deciding on huge life decisions without any experience. If it were up to me, all students would get a free gap year after high school to find their passions and skills. I would have used that year to travel, try different jobs, do some job shadowing, and be a kid for another year. But, society has a time line for people. Dear future me, you should be proud that you finally found your path.
Love your message!
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