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Man that sounds cliche doesn’t it, “Go with your heart?” So let’s break down exactly what it means to “Go with your heart.” To go with your heart means to pick the major that you are sincerely most interested in. It means to pick the major that will get you the job that you will enjoy the most. But it also means to pick the major as if you were seven years old again. Let me explain.

Being eighteen has it’s advantages, but it also has it’s disadvantages - one of them being that you start to overanalyze nearly everything you do. Now you may be thinking to yourself, “I don’t overanalyze…wait, do I?” See, that’s what I’m talking about - stop second guessing! When you were seven years old, you went with your gut. You said to yourself, “I am gonna go play in the mud.” Why did you play in the mud? Because it’s what you truly wanted to do. You didn’t sit there and think about the consequences, or the ramifications of playing in the mud. You did it because that’s what your heart told you to do, right?

So why should choosing a major be any different?

Now, I’m not saying that you should just pick your major without any thought to it, that’s being reckless. What I am saying is that your major is already picked, it’s whether you recognize it or not. Think about what you’ve done in your life. Think about the friends you’ve had, the clothes you’ve worn, the groups you’ve associated with, what you did yesterday, what you eat, what you dream about, what you day-dream about. Your major is a reflection of you.

Most people say that picking your college major is the biggest decision in your life. While that may or may not be true, it is true that it doesn’t have to be the hardest decision of your life.

So go ahead, play in the mud.