Change of Heart, Change of Mind?

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Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
~Albert Schweitzer

My mind and heart have recently been heavy with the doubts I've been having about my major, Pre-Vet School.  Last semester I began to have my doubts towards it, so my advisor suggested that I stick with the program for this semester, and see how it goes from there.  Week Five, and I'm really not all that happy.  Not only is the 3 years of Chemistry one of the main things that makes me question my major, but the fact that I'm not sure if I want to be constantly stressed for so long, for something that I'm not 100% positive I wanna do.  

I feel like the only thing I'm really confident about is writing and English.  I'm average (at best) at Science.  I mean, yeah, I made a 4.0 last year, and I was 2nd in my graduating class in high school--but that doesn't mean anything I feel.  I've been really considering Photojournalism, because (obviously) I love photography, and I love writing.  My university (WKU) is top three in the nation for Photojournalism, so I figured what could be better?  Yet my dad isn't really supportive of it, because he feels like I won't make any money.  But is money even all that important?  I believe I'd rather be happy and penniless than rich and unhappy.  I dunno, I'm really stressing out about it, and I just want to make the right decision.  I don't want to live with regrets.  

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MariJoanna's avatar
the father of one of my very good friends is this big-shot ambassador who wanted my friend to have an education 'worthy of his status', so he got him all these brochures about very prestigious unis here in Austria. my friend ended up turning down all these and is now studying architecture instead of management at a big, state-owned, unprestigious uni.
his father was hugely disappointed and very unsupportive at the beginning. but he saw how happy it makes my friend, and so he's more encouraging and accepting now.

i guess my point is that you have to stay true to who you are, and then, in the end, things will always work out.
i know they will for you, too. especially cause you are a very talented photographer.
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