the slo life.

D.O.E.

Doctor or Engineer.

Those were really the only two options I had when I was deciding what I wanted to major in.  My mother is a WONDERFUL person who’s made it so I have NEVER had to struggle in my entire life.. but I’m not going to pretend like her opinions on my possible career choices in high school didn’t have an affect on where I am today.

Since my parents gave me everything I needed&WANTED growing up, I felt the least I could do for them was take their opinions on my career choices into consideration.  I. Felt. Academically. Invincible. in high school.  I was [academically] top dog (literally, Valedictorian).  &the mixture of the pressure to “make my parents proud” and the mentality that “I could do anything I want so I wont do an easy major because that would waste my brain potential” caused me to select a major geared towards a goal I didn’t really know if I wanted—Med School. 

When Biochemistry as a major wasn’t working out for me, I switched to Biomedical Engineering because I was better at physics and math, and it provided a safe fall back career in case Med School didn’t work out.  Plus, mommy said it was o.k. 

So now that I’m a 3rd year&kind of know what engineering is about.. I don’t want to be an engineer. 

&I don’t want to go to Med School either.

It’s funny how ONE class can change your life—

Thank you Organic Chemistry for making this break up easy<3