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When most people are trying to decide what career they want to pursue and figure out what to enroll for in college, they usually try to pick something their parents have encouraged them to sign up for, or something that they’re passionate about.
There’s no harm in picking a subject that you really like and going with it, but I suggest doing a fair amount of research beforehand.  Will the career path that you are ready to enter be worth it in the end?

You need to find out the answers to questions like:

• how many years will it take for me to complete this degree?
• how much money should I expect to be making once I graduate?
• are the jobs in this field readily available (wherever I choose to live)?
• what kind of mental or physical requirements do I need to prepare for in advance?
• what kind of future job growth can I expect?

and so on…

The thing is, it’s all fine and well to pursue something you love, but if you love more than one career path (like I did), I suggest you weigh out your options and pick which one will fit nicely into your future life plan.

I was interested in the Culinary Arts & Hospitality Management career as well as: English & Writing, Psychology, Teaching, Art, etc. I eventually decided on Culinary Arts at the time, but looking back I think choosing English & Writing would have better suited me for the future path I wish to take.

It was a learning experience of coarse, where I went through a bit of a metomorphasis including my mind, body and spirit.  After completing my degree I felt all the better for it, and became self-confident in my own skills from what I had learned.

After years of experience, I realized that the physically and mental strain for this career path, were just not in line with what I thought I’d signed up for.  In fact, I wished I had pursued a different degree because it paid a lot more, was more prestigious, and required less physical and mental strain on me.

But, once you have chosen a career, and gone through the long hours of studying, getting your degree, working in the field, if you decide after a while that you are no longer satisfied with the decision you’ve made, you can always reevaluate your decision and go back to school, as I did.

There are more and more college’s offering online education, which makes it a lot more flexible for those of us who work and have children.  There is no longer a need to sit in classes for hours on end, and try to juggle the day to day tasks, as well as sitting through hours of mind-numbing lectures.  Online classes are now available and more and more degrees are being offered in this format.

Above all else, if you’re not sure what career path you want to choose, do some research about the most saught after careers out there, as well as highest paying careers, how many years it will take you to get this degree, as well as how much money you will need to invest in getting the degree.  All this research will be well worth the effort, if you find something you love to do that satisfies you completely and fills up your bank account.

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