Our Future

How are we supposed to know what exactly we want to be?

I'm a senior now, although I still have a year and 1/2 till graduation. This means, I think, that I should have some sort of handle on what it is I want to do with the rest of my life....right? I think that I've narrowed it down to a field, but now I am in the dilemma of picking a career path that leads to the subfield I'm most interested in. The way that our society breeds scientists is by having them focus all of their energy and life to one tiny spec of science. So that those who are familiar with the biochemistry of mitochondria are almost completely focused on particular types of enzymes or functions within the mitochondria. What I've taken this to mean is that if you don't plan well now you might get ushered into a subfield that you don't enjoy, or that you have to force yourself to love. That seems like a lot of pressure. I'm a little worried that next December when the I walk across that stage and get handed that faux degree that I'll be clueless and planless. About to set forth on a community that can be as cut throat as any business.

I guess I'm just venting in this entry. I don't really have a conclusion or plan on how to get to that point I think I need to be at. I'm working on it though. But if you read this, I'd like to know what you think about it.