The further I progress in school, the more intimidating the future becomes. I am currently a junior in college and still have no idea what I want to do when I'm "grown up". I realize that this "grown up" time is rapidly approaching so I have decided to dedicate this blog to career exploration while in college. Basically, what on earth am I going to do with the degree I'm achieving? During this exploration I will be talking to different people gaining persepective on where they are in terms of determining a career as well as talk to professionals in careers and discuss how they came about finding their job.

I am studying communication; I have a friend who graduated from the same college I attend with a communication degree. I decided that talking to her about what to do after graduation would be a good start because we share the same major.

Korie explained to me that she started as an undergraduate with dream of being a news anchor. This somewhat shocked me because when I chose the communication field that is the dream job I had in mind. She went on to explain to me that in her college career  she became involved in organizations and activities which surrounded her interests of becoming an anchorwoman. Korie realized as a junior/senior that her passion was not in reporting news.

This is where I am on my journey of career exploration, I have come to find that I do not have the skills to edit and do things which I would have to do in order to be an anchorwoman. So, I am at this freak out stage where I feel like everything I'm doing in school will be a waste because I no longer want the traditional job as a writer or reporter that many communication majors get after graduation.

Korie's response to this was that it's ok to want something out of the box. She currently works as an admissions counselor for the college. While she does use things she learned as an undergrad on a daily basis, she isn't writing stories or reporting for a television station. She found what she loved (helping kids/youth) and applied it to the degree she had. This is what I should start doing instead of stress out about the future: I will begin to find a passion of mine and apply it to what I know and what I am learning.