As you have probably noticed I do love the " ! "...lol It just gives the titles more weightiness I guess. Grammatically wrong I'm sure, but it is my blog and I can defy the English Scholars (even though I consider my wife and English Scholar). Anyway, some tid bits of info for today just from me.
As probably no one knows I attend California State University, Sacramento. This was my first semester at Sac State and over this whole semester have been trying to figure out exactly which degree to shoot for. It is really running out of time for me as I am a Junior. I'm pretty stoked because I was able to sit down with a very respected advisor in the Communications department whom also served as a General Advisor for years (I wanted to go with experience). So we talked for about 20 minutes and I talked to him about my goals, jobs that I find interesting and some other school related "stuff". I was very interested and amazed what he told me. He said that his first suspicion was that I possibly wasn't thinking broadly enough in my degree field. The advisor went on to say that maybe I should look into a Journalism degree. I was somewhat shocked when he told me this because I thought, "I'm not a writer, how could I do that?". As we continued he pointed out that Journalism is necessarily writing and also you don't have to be en English Major to be in Journalism. That definitely made me breath a sigh of relief because in no way is English my best subject. As we went on he also said that his other instinctive advice was that maybe I should go down the road of the Mass Communication degree, which mainly is studying communication in all different fields. This also interested me as we continued to talk.
My main reason for my hesitance to stick with a degree is that I don't want to be strapped down when I go into the career field. I want to be able to have the ability to do many different things and have my own choice. I was ecstatic to hear that both of those degrees are perfect for that type of thinking. He said that those degrees are the doors, it will be your character, personality and work ethic that will get through the doors and however far I want to go in almost any field.
I know that God has my life in his hands and I'm so happy for that. I have two choices that I feel comfortable with and I'm so happy for that. Now it is up to God and me (notice who is first) to see which road I will take. I felt like I received a glimpse into my future yesterday and I'm excited with the possibilities. We'll see what happens though, and I will most assuredly let you all know what choice I make. I think I need to go talk with God and get his take on the whole thing.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight." ---Proverbs 3:5-6
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Wow! This blogging thing is habit forming isn't it?! Congrats on being one step closer to making a decision about your degree. I'm glad you were able to talk to someone with a lot of experience and get some ideas for your future. I could see you doing journalism, you seem to have an interest. It will be exciting to see what choice you make and where it takes you.
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