Changing majors at 22 to pursue my life goal, here’s why you should do the same.

My latest life achievement.

When I graduated high school I was so confused about my future, I did not know what I wanted to do; I didn’t plan that part of my life; I asked my family for guidance and they introduced me to different majors, one of them was programming, they showed me how much money I could make in this field and everything felt perfect, but I was doubtful about it, I considered joining a nursing school, studying English literature and even the military, I was all over the place, lost!

I ended up choosing computer programming. The first two years were glorious; I was one of the top students in the class; I was every teacher’s favorite, and I liked how fast I was learning.

After finishing the two years, I decided to get a bachelor’s degree, and I did! However, it didn’t feel right, I still had doubts, I felt as if I was drifting apart from my dream, which was to become a published author, I used to write on the side and I enjoyed writing more than coding; it felt right. And that made me realize I was in the wrong field.

After getting my bachelor degree, I started an internship; I had to learn a new coding language, and it was fun at first, then the stress hit, the deadline was getting closer and closer and I wasn’t moving forward in my work; I felt suffocated, and I did not enjoy that. So I quit, I chose my mental health over my professional life.

After a lot of thinking, I stopped coding, to make it official, I removed every coding program from my laptop, and that was the point of no return. I focused on writing and it felt magical; I loved writing.

My parents were skeptical about my decision, they still are, but they will have to respect my decision and fully supporting me, they got excited when I told them I finished my first novella, dad is helping me to publish it and that’s all that matters.

I’m telling you guys my story so you would not make the same mistake I did. It wasn’t a mistake it was more like a life lesson.

The moral of my story is that you should never give up on your dreams, no matter how big they are, no matter how scary committing to them seems, it will be worth it when you make it come true.

Start that business you have always thought about, take those dancing lessons you’ve dreamed about your whole childhood, save money and get your dream car, change your major if you want to because when you are 40, you’ll realize that you have wasted your youth on something you didn’t even like; you should love what you do and do what you love, don’t let anyone bring you down and always remember that nothing is worth letting your dreams and life goals die.

I don’t care about the past three years that I ‘wasted’ on programming, what matters is the reason I quit, I don’t want to disappoint the 40-year-old me and I want to make the 12-year-old me proud. I want to live my life to the fullest and I want you all to do the same.

Please write the following quote on a piece of paper and stick it somewhere you see daily, like a mirror. “Consigning your childhood dream to a dustbin is a way to put your heart out of joint.”