For some reason, adults love to ask kids what they want to be when they grow up. I guess it's because they love to hear the innocent jobs that they can come up with. When I was small, I remember telling everyone I wanted to be an actress. As for most kids, however, I didn't really know what being an actress implied, and this dream job of mine didn't last very long. I went from wanting to be an actress to a teacher, from a teacher to a vet, and from a vet to a McDonalds cashier (I heard that you got free meals for working there). The funny thing is that although I was frequently changing my mind, I always had an idea of what I wanted to be. But if you were to ask me the same question today, I wouldn't know what to answer. I know business is something that interests me, but at the same time I feel that by just studying business I'm pushing myself away from hundreds of topic areas that I may want to pursue in the future.
Today was the first day that I worked on my American Dream project, and to be honest, I thought that by the end of the day I'd have a pretty clear idea of what career I'd want to pursue. I planned on taking online personality tests to then find the careers that best suited those personality types. But by the end of the day I realized that it wasn't as easy as I had anticipated.
I took the Briggs Myers test three different times, in three different websites, but every time I got a personality type that was different and none of them matched my own. According to the tests I was an ESTP, an ENTJ, or an ENTP and would be successful as a military leader, lawyer, freelancer, athlete, crisis manager, etc. Nonetheless, I couldn't really picture myself pursuing any of the mentioned careers and I didn't feel that a personality test could truly define what I would be good at and what I would enjoy doing.
I talked to my mom about the entire process and she agreed that those personalities or careers where not right for me. So I started to worry, and I started asking myself and my mom how I was ever going to choose the universities I wanted to apply to if I had no idea of what I wanted to study. That's when my mom made me realize that to a certain extent, that's what college is for, to help me understand what I want to do with the rest of my life. She suggested that if I really don't know what I want to do, applying to a liberal arts schools would be a good idea because it would give me an all-round education until I am ready to declare a major.
So now, the next step in determining my American Dream is finding the liberal arts schools that I would be interested in applying to!
I took the Briggs Myers test three different times, in three different websites, but every time I got a personality type that was different and none of them matched my own. According to the tests I was an ESTP, an ENTJ, or an ENTP and would be successful as a military leader, lawyer, freelancer, athlete, crisis manager, etc. Nonetheless, I couldn't really picture myself pursuing any of the mentioned careers and I didn't feel that a personality test could truly define what I would be good at and what I would enjoy doing.
I talked to my mom about the entire process and she agreed that those personalities or careers where not right for me. So I started to worry, and I started asking myself and my mom how I was ever going to choose the universities I wanted to apply to if I had no idea of what I wanted to study. That's when my mom made me realize that to a certain extent, that's what college is for, to help me understand what I want to do with the rest of my life. She suggested that if I really don't know what I want to do, applying to a liberal arts schools would be a good idea because it would give me an all-round education until I am ready to declare a major.
So now, the next step in determining my American Dream is finding the liberal arts schools that I would be interested in applying to!