I first considered myself lost after my first semester in college.  Since fourth grade, I always wanted to be a dentist. However, after a lot of thought about digging into people’s dirty mouths…I decided against it.  I loved the natural sciences, still do, but was unsure as to how I could now utilize them.  So I put them aside for a while and developed a liking in the study of society and it’s affects on an individual.  This led me to obtaining my bachelor’s degree in Sociology, with a focus on aging.

Was I happy with this? No

Unfortunately, as much as I wanted to help people, I also wanted to collect decent wages for doing so.  So I turned back to my roots, my love of natural science.  I jumped back into school and became engulfed in my passion.  Soon, I thought, I would be set to become a pharmacist.  I would be able to help people, especially the aging community, AND get paid well for doing so.  All of the classes were difficult, but I was driven to achieve this goal.  I thought that in some way it would give me purpose, as well as acclaim from the people surrounding me.  I worked hard, REALLY hard.  However, though I loved the subject material, somethign was missing…I was still lost.

Lesson learned on this portion of my journey: never strive to achieve something for the money or the recognition.  It is important to find what it is you want to do