Last week, enrollment for next semester\u2019s classes opened up online for CBU\u2019s freshmen. Excited to exercise our independence and choose our classes without a StepAhead instructor looking over our shoulder for the first time (no offense, StepAhead instructors!) we all got to work registering for classes at our own pace.<\/p>\n
I personally began by trying to balance out my full schedule (eighteen units) with half General Ed requirements, and half Major requirements. Since I\u2019m probably going to be paying Advising a visit pretty soon here to become a double major, as I\u2019ve fallen so in love with photography, the pressures of \u201cgetting everything done\u201d hit me for the first time. While the Graphic Design and Digital Media major has a few overlapping classes with the brand new Photography major, it will still add to my load significantly when I make that decision.<\/p>\n
To some degree, these pressures are negative because they cause me to feel a little overwhelmed, and temporarily lose focus on the positive side of this: I don\u2019t have<\/em> to double major\u2026. I get<\/em> to double major!<\/p>\n I was told many, many times before coming to college things like \u201cIt\u2019s okay to be undeclared,\u201d or \u201cThe average college student changes their major six times before graduation!\u201d I think that\u2019s because in high school, we\u2019re tied down to a boatload of requirements, and don\u2019t have a significant amount of freedom to pursue a passion. When we are then thrown into college, we are bombarded<\/em> with opportunities to pursue a passion, and can\u2019t stop panicking long enough to genuinely study our viable options. For me, I knew coming to CBU that I wanted to major in something art-related, being the passionate artist that I\u2019ve been since I could hold a crayon. However, I also wanted a major that would easily guarantee me a work position post-graduation. So, graphic design was an easy selection.<\/p>\n But then came photography. And visual arts. And all the random Christian studies, history, creative writing, foreign language, and film classes that I would<\/em> take\u2026 if I had the time.<\/p>\n See, normally this \u201cpanic\u201d mentioned above stems from the inability to choose something because of the fear that your choice won\u2019t leave you feeling fulfilled in life.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat did you major in?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cFilm Studies.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWow, how neat! … Why don\u2019t you sound more excited?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cBecause I realized my last semester that I should have been a nurse.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n But for me, that panic stems from the exact opposite problem. I\u2019m an optimist who will probably learn to be passionate about almost anything I\u2019m given to pursue. My ability to choose classes is handicapped because I know there are so<\/em> many fields I would love, meaning I quite literally want to learn everything.<\/em><\/p>\n Except for math. Math majors, I salute you.<\/p>\n When I, of course, posted this dilemma on my Facebook this morning, I received a comment from someone who encouraged me to \u201cdig deep, and embrace the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n As I continue to swap out classes, hoping to finally create the optimal combination, I\u2019ll be attempting to do just that. God gave me an active mind that spins almost 24\/7, rarely allowing me to shut it off even for a much needed nap. To accent this, CBU offers a plethora of incredible class choices. While I would love to almost take every single one of them, I recognize that my time here is limited, and that I need to appreciate every second of it.<\/p>\n So this week, \u201cdig deep and embrace the challenge\u201d that God has given us to pursue a means of reflecting His glory with our lives. What could possibly guarantee more fulfillment than that?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last week, enrollment for next semester\u2019s classes opened up online for CBU\u2019s freshmen. Excited to exercise our independence and choose our classes without a StepAhead instructor looking over our shoulder for the first time (no offense, StepAhead instructors!) we all got to work registering for classes at our own pace. I personally began by trying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/lancerdiaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}