After I get my undergraduate degree in French, I'm aiming to get a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing, which has always been my true passion and which I wish I'd pursued earlier on. I'm glad I stuck with the French because it's useful to speak another language (especially since I'm Canadian so French is always good to have over there) but I have no desire to continue studying it past this degree. Once I have my MFA ... I don't know. Writing does not exactly pay the bills unless you're someone like Stephen King, but I'm thinking about maybe teaching it when I'm done that degree. I guess I'm just sort of going to cross that bridge when I come to it.

I've never had a clue what I wanted to do with my career -- that, or I've had too many ideas at once. When I graduated from high school I was SURE I was going to be a translator/interpretor and have since learned that my least favourite part of my French courses is the translation. Now, partly thanks to my depression (which doesn't tolerate me doing things I hate because I feel like I should) and partly because I'm getting older and getting new perspectives on a lot of things, I'm just going to go where my interests take me and see what happens from there. There's a real freedom that comes from allowing yourself to explore (and screw up in the course of that exploration!)

I should add that I worry about money too. I came overseas to get my undergraduate degree, which means I'm paying roughly 4x what I would normally pay in tuition alone (and then add on living/travel expenses and YIKES!). My family has managed to afford it but my parents won't be paying for any more degrees, and since I have 3 younger siblings and have managed to single-handedly wipe out the education fund for all of us, it's up to me to put the youngest two through school when their time comes (which is going to be about 4 years from now for the first one). To get my MFA I will have to rely on scholarships/student loans/working my own job. So in terms of all of the financial stress, I just wanted you to know you're not alone in that. As for all the other things, I wish you the best of luck. I'm sure you'll make the decision that's right for you.