Your major is what?

I got to thinking today...

I have changed my major...

A LOT.

Let's recap, shall we?

I applied to BYU and selected Business as my major.

HAA. 

Yeah, Vanessa, the business woman.

Psh, yeah right.

I basically just picked that because I had no idea what

I wanted to do with my life, 

nor did I want to even go to BYU,
(in fact, I was very anti-BYU,
not that I didn't like the Cougars,
or had anything really against it,
I just wanted to go to BYU-Idaho with my sistas...
but that's a different story for later...)

and my sisters were business majors,

so I figured I would just follow in their footsteps.

(Ahh, precious, right?)

:)

Then, when I finally decided I was going to BYU,

I needed housing and had to join the Freshman Academy

thingy in order to do so.

Well, I ended up joining the Elementary Education

envelope classes/housing/whatever thing,

and changed my major to Elementary Education.

Then...right before going to college,

I was asked to teach the little 6 and 7 year olds
in Primary at Church.

Yup, that changed my mind real fast.

I love kids,

don't get me wrong,

but trying to teach them like that,

I didn't really think I wanted to do that.
6 and 7 years olds can be so sassy!

Although, I do love the preschool age kids,

so maybe I'll work there or something :).

Anyways...so even before I got to BYU,

I was changing my major.

Sad, right?

Hmmm..

Then, I got to school.

And I thought, hmmm,

what the heck do I really

want to do with my life?

I like kids.

I like teaching.

I like helping people.

I decided to go talk to a counselor.

I told him I wanted to be a teacher,

but I didn't want to do El Ed.

"Ok, well what subject do you like?"

I flashed back to high school and remembered

Mr. Fermoyle's bomb.com American History and AP Gov classes.

So, I decided...
PerfecT! A History Teaching major. 

 I liked history.

False.

I mean, I do like history,

but I wouldn't want to teach it.

I took my first history class in college,

and knew right away it was not for me.

Went back to the counselor...

to see if he had any other ideas.

I told him I liked US History...

"American Studies," he said.

Hmm...not teaching...

but I get to learn about America.

Sweet.

I really liked it.

I enjoyed the classes I took.

They were super interesting.

But, I still didn't feel right.

Found out through the BYU Cougar Basketball

site that Jimmer Fredette was an American Studies major.

Dang it! Stupid Vanessa!

I probably could've had a class with him,

we would've fallen in love,

and lived happily ever after
and I totes would've been an NBA wife.

Psych. Hahah Just kidding.

Hahaha

Alright, back to my story...

I just knew American Studies wasn't right for me.

Hmm. I was stuck.

I had no idea what to do with my life.

Then, out of nowhere,

(well, I obviously know where it came from now),

but anyways, I thought back to my first semester

at college when I took SFL 210 - Child Development.

I had the best teacher.

Larry Nelson.

He was incredible.

I did well in the class,

and learned A LOT.

I decided to take another class from him,

just to see where that would put me.

I took SFL 100 -

Strengthening Marriage and Family.

Not going to lie, I kinda dreaded the class.

I thought it would be another

"You should get married" class.

Not at all.

Best class I've ever taken at BYU.
I learned so much about myself in that class.
And I loved learning about how to better
myself and prepare for future relationships
and learn how to enrich current relationships.


So, that made me change my major.
I went to the Advisement Center
and changed my major for the 5th time.
Family Life:
emphasis in Human Development.


And guess what?
I love my major.
A LOT.


I added a Gerontology minor as well,
pretty much just for funsies
and to just to open up job opportunities.


I will also graduate as a 
Certified Family Life Educator.
Pretty cool, huh?


Anyways...
why the post about my major changes?
Well, friends, I've been doing some rearranging
of my schedule and it just boggles my mind that
I will be graduating college in 10 months.
BAhhh.
Freaky.


I'm pretty excited for the future though.
Post-grad.
I have so many options and decisions.
It's just a matter of what options and decisions
are on the Lord's timetable.
Only time will tell :)


Until then, I will tell you a little bit of my ideas...

1) Depending on where I am at in my life,
I might possibly go on a mission!
For some reason, I feel it is best for me to finish
up my undergrad and then decide from there if
a mission is right for me.
So, we'll see :)


2) I will work for a bit, hoping to get more experience,
and then depending on the job outlook, 
I will start applying for Social Work programs
after a year or so of work experience.
Again, we shall see :)


3) I might head down to VEGAS.
Now, kids, don't read too much into this.
I might go live with my sister, Ashley,
and possibly find a place to work there
and live up the single, post-grad, real world life.
Haha


4) I've thought about being a nanny just for like
the summer after I graduate or something and then
work my way back into the real world.
So...maybe :)


5) The idea that scares me just a little?
The idea that I could get married in a year or so.
Weird.
Don't you fret, though.
There are no boys in my life right now.
In fact, I don't really plan on it for a while...
Butttttt, if it's in God's plan for me...
So be it, I guess :)



Seriously, I have a lot of ideas
of where I see myself in a year.
But, it's all up to the Big Man Upstairs.
Good thing He's looking out for me :)