Out of all of the tasks and assignments I’ve been assigned in this freshman seminar course, I’d have to say that this one was the most significant of them all. In fact, it solidified my choice in changing my major and transferring out of Baruch. I love business, I believe that it is a fundamental skill that everyone should have some degree of understanding in. At 12 years old, I was already an entrepreneur of my own company and it made me want to pursue business. But I realize more than anything that I love physical therapy, I love aiding people in physical development, rehabilitation, and activity. I enjoy diagnosing and helping those in need.
The FOCUS 2 assessment told me that I am more fit to become someone in the medical field. It brought up potential careers such as an anesthesiologist, physiologist, physical therapist, and much more relating to the medical field. I’ve always had a strong disdain for chemistry, but I wouldn’t mind taking the necessary courses to gain access to the field I truly love. Seeing this, I have made it my ultimate goal to transfer out of this school into a school where I can pursue pre-med and ultimately major in what I love.
Prior to this decision, I remembered how much I loved business and its concepts and even to this day, I still do. But it is only a minor love, I know myself well enough to know that competition in the business field is cutthroat and like all successful people, you have to be the best of the best in your field. I’ve seen my father struggle with real-estate, but I have also seen him in the prime of his financial endeavors. Business is never a secure field but it holds many opportunities and even more opportunities to become financially successful. I used to look to business as a way of making exponential amounts of money. But it was exactly that; I only pursued it because of money, not because of what I actually like to do.
On Sunday, I had an epiphany. I was with one of my friends and his roommate at his dorm, and there we sat for hours talking about our career wand what we wanted to do in the future. It was in those 8 hours that i realized, I don’t really like business, I like doing business, but not as a career. I love helping people, rehabilitating people. I love giving advice and giving diagnosis of problems. Similar to a physician or doctor. In addition, my whole family pursues business. My mother is a senior accountant at BNY Mellon and my father is an entrepreneur/analyst/real-estate person. I choose to not go the same path as my father, I wish to pursue my dreams in pre-medicine in the college that hope to be able to transfer to from this wonderful school for business.
By no means am I saying that business is not a good area to major in, it just doesn’t apply to me, and doesn’t interest me as much as medical related things. I am a lifeguard and also a water safety instructor. My job involves the development of physical activities as well as the saving of lives. I love what I do, and I’d to turn my desires into a reality, into my career. Remember, a job leaves you Just Over Broke, if you do something you love, you will never work a day in your life again.
