The past days I’ve been thinking about what I REALLY want to do. Something in life that I would like to learn for the sake of learning, and applying it because I enjoy it. Then I thought about medical school.

I’ve heard and read some stuff about medical school and it sounds like a terrible time that will suck the life out of you. The amount of work needed to get into one, and then stay in one is something I believe is beyond my tolerance, especially when I don’t know how much I want to do it in the first place.

A main argument that my parents made was, “Brian you will make a lot of money”, but is it really worth all that work? I realized that the amount of pain to become a doctor isn’t for the money, it’s for the opportunity to help and cure people. Sure the money is nice, but I can find ways to make more than enough money that doesn’t involve an extra 5-7 years of school. Being a doctor would be great, but I don’t think it’s for me. Maybe it will be two years down the road, but right now it’s a good idea to look at alternative career paths.

So what would I do instead? I have no solid idea yet. Architecture would be something I’d love to do. An arts major would be a dream but an unachievable one. I might look into something with advertising. Or maybe even psychology.

I saw Kishan’s sister at the cash register line at Albertson’s yesterday, and she told me that it’s one of the many realizations I will have during college. I look forward to figuring out all these big life choices in the coming years.