I was without a goal my first two years of college. Every semester I had a different major. I did well in the classes I liked and flunked a couple that bored me. After two years I still had no goal for my life so I dropped out and worked the next four years at McDonalds. I ended up living in a room I rented for $10/week with no kitchen privileges so a hot meal meant heating up a can of tuna in my popcorn popper. By the end of the four years I realized I didn't want to spend my life serving fast food. I trained as an EMT, then paramedic and a couple years later a RN.
School isn't a race. Do your best at what you are doing even if that means dropping out awhile to sort your priorities. I am encouraging my son to work awhile before he heads to college.
Another thing you can do is talk to your advisor. If you want to stay in school but are undecided which major you can focus on taking the core classes required for all majors and trying out some classes you are quite interested in. When I dropped out I thought I had wasted two years but after I became a RN I found I had so many hours completed I was only one class shy of a BA.
There isn't just one path to success. Sometimes we have to try different paths before we find the one that leads us where we want to be.
Good luck.
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The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. anonymous
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