As college students are prone to do. I decided that if I just slept for a while and woke up really early， I would be able to manifest a major. I don’t know exactly what it is in the college student’s brain that thinks some magical process occurs between 2： 00 A. M. and 6： 00 A. M. that will suddenly make everything more clear.
It had worked for me in the past， but not this time. In fact， as college students are also prone to do， I overslept. 1 woke up at 10： 00 A. M.. I had missed my lst class， Physics for Poets， and I had 3 hours to commit the rest of my life to something， anything. There was always business.
I left for campus hoping for a divine major-declaring inspiration between my house and the administration building that would point me in the right direction. Maybe a stranger would pass by on the street and say，“This is what you should do for the rest of your life： animal husbandry.” Maybe I would see someone hard at work and become inspired to pursue the same career. I did see a troupe of Hare Krishnas who didn’t seem particularly troubled about majors， but that didn’t quite seem to be a career path suited to my temperament. I passed a movie theater playing Once Is Not Enough， and was tempted to duck inside and enjoy the film based on Jacqueline Susann’s best—selling novel and starring David Janssen. I passed up the temptation. But， wait a minute！ Movies. I love movies！ I could major in movies. No， there is no major in movies. Film， you idiot， I thought. That’s it！I was lost but now I was found. I was declared.
15 years later， I think of all my friends who so confidently began college with their majors declared. Of those who went around snottily asking，“what’s your major？” very few are working in their chosen professions. I didn’t end up a filmmaker. In fact， I’m now on my 4 th career—and some days， I still feel undeclared. It really doesn’t matter what you major in， as long as you get the most out of college. Study what interests you， and enjoy learning about the world. There is plenty of time to decide what you will do with the rest of your life.