When choosing topics, I thought that talking about my fears would be the easiest because they’re so easy to remember compared to say worst/best thing about you. What I fear the most at this point in my life is growing up and not doing what I like. Everyone always says that college is the place and time to find yourself, but ever since I started going to college, I realized that I don’t know who I want to work as. Sadly, I realized that this world is all about money, and that in order to be happy, I’m going to have to be making a lot of money (or at least enough to keep myself well off). This may sound shallow, but it’s true, especially when we live in a capitalistic society.
Yes, so, I want to find a job where I can receive the financial stability that I yearn for, but at the same time I don’t want to work in a field that isn’t interesting to me or that makes me happy. I was trying to think of something that would make me happy, but every job I think of, I won’t be making as much money as I want. So far, it’s been either do something I like, or make a lot of money, the two being exclusive and not capable of being compatible.
Right now, I’m trying to decided if I should work and do what I like, or make a lot of money; and with both choices I have pros and cons that make me very nervous.
I chose this picture because of its simplicity and the deep meaning it holds at the same time. This picture depcits a man at a crossroads: where he has to choose between and average like and a memorable one. This relates directly to what I spoke of in my monologue: whether I want to make a lot of money (average) or doing something that I like (memorable).