It seems like only yesterday I was just a kid, with not a care in the world. Now, I am off and running into the great abyss of the real world. Growing up in a small town, friendly faces were a dime a dozen. For some people, once you fly the coop, it is out of sight out of mind, going on to bigger and better things. For me however, home is where the heart is.
At first, it seemed I was in way over my head at UCSD. My biochemistry major was no walk in the park and it seemed the entire biology department was out to get me. I didn’t let this get me all bent out of shape. I just put my best foot forward rolled with the punches. From a young age, I always figured I would follow in my father’s footsteps as a dentist. By my senior year I had all my ducks in a row but my heart just did not seem to be in it. I was the apple of my father’s eye but I couldn’t help but wonder if he would give me the cold shoulder if I gave up on dentistry. It may sound like a no brainer, to follow my heart, but I felt to be stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Better late than never, I realized my career was not set in stone. I decided to take fate into my own hands. I bit the bullet and signed up for the LSAT. I may seem like a fish out of water with my biochemistry degree, but I am going to take it and run with it. All I can hope for is that this path I have chosen will one day allow me to kick up my feet, call it a day, and live happily ever after.
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