I'll Tell You Want I Want, What I Really, Really Want

Every single student has stressed out about college, majors, and what they want to do with the rest of their lives. For the last three years, high school has been preparing me for the "real world" and it has been a prequel to higher level educational learning. For the past three years, I've been riding this roller coaster of decisions - decisions about what the flippy flap I want to do with my life at an expensive institution where pupils are supposed to "find themselves".

Now, I'm not going to lie... I've probably changed my intended major and first-choice school about five or six times. I've been told there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. I've gone from biochemistry to bio-medical engineering to sociology to human development to psychology. Currently at this moment, I have locked in and officially selected music as my major. It wasn't easy, but I finally gave into this little voice inside of me and went with my heart - instead of what my parents expected or what I believed was expected of me from society.

The moment I finally admitted to myself that music was something I wanted to go to school for and continue my studies in, a huge weight felt lifted off my shoulders. For the past three years, I always told myself music was something I just wanted to do for fun and it was never something I could make a true and stable living out of. I’m not exactly sure when this epiphany came to be… but when it happened, it felt pretty dang amazing. When I told my parents, it was surprising to see that they were supportive and fully on board with my plan.

Now I don’t expect to become the next Ariana Grande or Sam Smith. I do love to belt out a nice tune on stage, but realistically that’s just not what I can see myself doing. I plan on applying to college as a music major, with a concentration in either production, vocal performance, or music management.

Life is short. Just do what you love. Try as many things as you want. The world is an infinite place of possibilities waiting to be explored.

- Em