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I'm not even sure if I made a post like this before, but I'm having so much trouble. I'm a freshman in college (just started a month back). I cry a lot because all my friends (whom I just met) know what they're doing. And 1 friend keeps saying he's known what he wants to do his whole life, and the other 2 did too. 1 says it's a waste of money if I don't know and only STEM careers matter, and that I should know by now. However, I feel like my lack of quality schooling (detroit schools...), and my sheltered home life (never able to go anywhere) didn't expose me to enough so now I'm confused. I even lack basic knowledge of what most things are because of it. I feel stupid because everyone knows.
My major is media. I wanna be an animator for things like vid. games, or television. But I know I'm never confident in my skills, and feel like I never will gain any confidence. Or work somewhere like College Humor- some company like that. So I think I should pick something knowlege based rather than skills/creativity I guess? I don't know. I hate this. It really makes me believe I have no future and I rly hate living already.
Sorry if this is jumbled.
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There is nothing wrong with Media, nor is there anything wrong with not being sure what you want to do at this point in time. The key right now is to do well at your current classes and explore other ideas. Talk to your advisor, talk to a career counselor, take some online assessments. Get involved in the community. I'll bet it will come to you, and if you decide that your current path is the wrong one, then shift. It will be ok, and don't let other people tell you that it's not or what you're doing is a waste of time or money.
Best of luck!
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