Haha this is surreal, I’m in the EXACT same situation… it just hit me at the end of this past semester, and it’s a really debilitating feeling, especially thinking about the waste of time/money that goes into schooling amounting to nothing ultimately. But on a positive note, I discussed this problem with my mom and some friends, and found out that a lot of people are going through with degrees that hold no weight on their future: essentially, they just want that crucial piece of paper that might make the decicive end result of wether they get employed or not. I guess just showing that you were able to endure 3 or 4 years of (in my oppinion) mind numbing hell to obtain that piece of paper is a selling point for some people. So that’s the mindset I’ve been pushing lately… hopefully it’ll be enough to get me through two more years!

Hope that helped some… just keep your chin up, in a few years this will be a distant memory and you’ll be well on your way to where ya wanna be :)

~Kate

A friend of mine once said “those who know exactly what they want to do with their lives, don’t have as many experiences as those of us who don’t know what we want to do.” Every time I feel lost, I think about what he said. Right now your mountain to climb is school, and what to do with your life. Quite honestly, you may never find the answer, or you may stumble onto your passion, and feel very fulfilled. Either way, just keep moving ahead. Since you don’t seem to have a plan “B” at the moment, try to see if you can change courses, or if that’s not possible at the moment, just try to get through it. I went to Uni. part-time after I was 20, and I remember that I used to say “but I’ll be 30 before I get my degree, and I still don’t know what I want to do with my life!” and my sisters would, “at least you’re going to be 30 with a degree.” Even though I don’t care for the degree I received (in Management and Communications) I am glad that I did it, because I never did figure out what I wanted to do when I grew up, but it has helped me find work. Just hang in there, and really think about what you love doing. Unfortunately my passion is to travel, and not find the work that I love. I have had some amazing experiences traveling the world that I may not have had if I had found a job that I love.