Minor in creativity.

Tomorrow is my last day at home. Saturday morning I head up to Austin to spend some time with my family. Sunday is my last day in Texas. Sunday night I fly back to Utah. This winter break went by way too fast! It hadn't hit me that I start school on Monday until I got an email from one of my professors today. Part of me doesn't want to leave Texas and wants to stay here forever, but then the other part of me is excited to get back. Home is just too comfortable. I don't feel like I am accomplishing anything here. I feel so lazy and unproductive. I am excited to get back and start working on something again.
Today I was thinking a lot about my schooling. My major is Business Management with a focus in "I don't know yet". Two years ago, I would have never ever thought I'd major in business. I would have probably told you that business is BORING. These days, I'm still not truly excited about business, but I know that it will get me to where I want to be. While a minor has been on my mind, I wasn't ever really sure of what I wanted it to be. Then I realized how interested I am in graphic design. BYU doesn't have a graphic design minor, but the do have one in Advertising Design which is basically graphic design with a focus in advertising. Maybe it's because I've been watching a lot of Mad Men lately, but that sounds really interesting and exciting to me! I've always been to envious of those art majors who get to create all the time. I'm excited to get to be trained in a creative aspect! I'm excited to learn new skills that will no doubt be beneficial to my future plans. I'm taking baby steps!

Carli

The Switch.

This is a shout out to all of you college students who have changed your major a billion and one times. I feel for you.

For those of you who have always known what you want to be and have stuck with it… well consider yourself lucky.

For a while I have been thinking about my choice of major. I know that I would probably like being a speech pathologist, but I don’t think I would absolutely love it. It wouldn’t be my passion. I choose that major out of economical fear. I wanted a career that was certain, something I could count on, and something that would always be needed. I wanted something safe. 

But then I thought… What is life without a struggle? A risk? An uncertainty? What is life with out a passion? What would it be like to wake up day after day and drag myself to a job… not a love.

By now you have probably figured out that I changed my major. I am going to be a Business Management major with a focus in entrepreneurship. (The day that I am able to successfully spell/pronounce that word is the day that I will know that I built a successful business.) I realized that if I was really serious about starting my own handmade/vintage business I needed to literally get down to business. 

So this summer I am going to immerse myself in creativity. I am going to take some sort of creative class like printmaking or painting, take some online classes to catch up to my major, and just make stuff… a lot of stuff. 

I am excited to experiment with different mediums, be inspired, and hopefully find an original outlet from which to create. 

I am so grateful for how my parents raised me into believing that I could do anything. They have always supported me in every (sometimes completely insane) thing that I try to do. 

One thing that I have learned is that life isn’t long enough to sit around and wait for your dreams to come true. If you want something don’t be afraid to go out and get it. Don’t let anything get in your way.

Carli