Pondering the infinate future
I've been thinking about my educational future a lot lately, perhaps to the point of being detremental to my health. Not that I've been losing sleep over it or anything (I lose sleep just fine on my own, I don't need any outside help), I simply think that I shouldn't worry about it so much. I've come to the conclusion that I still have time to come to a conclusion. :)
Still, I don't have a specific career goal in mind, now in my third year of college, and the thought can be a little scary at times. Steph was talking today about how her Child Development class is really making her want to have and raise a baby (not anytime soon of course), and that got me thinking about what kind of job I'll have and whether or not I would be able to support a family on a single income. Obviously these are cares that I need not fret over at this point in my life, but I still can't help but lend a considerable amount of thought to the matter. When I was young I wanted to be a scientist, an astronaut and a cartoonist, all at the same time of course. By the beginning of my senior year of high school, still very much interested in science, I was convinced I was going to be a Physics major in college. It didn't take long to realize that I didn't want to do that (and that there were no real careers in Physics that appealed to me), and by the end of my senior year I had switched to videography, but now that too seems to be more of a passing interest, perhaps a hobby, than a career.
I've recently discovered two things. First, I have a great interest in philosophy. It has been my best subject in college thus far and both my Logic class and the Ethics class I'm currently in are the classes that I look forward to most. The Second is that I still have a great interest in science, specifically astronomy and now perhaps biology as well. Through the years I've never lost my love for science (even after the disaster that was Physics 201 my freshman year at Dordt) and I'm convinced that God is calling me to do something with that unwavering interest (incidentally, this unwavering interest in science that I seem to posess leads to the other great conundrum of my life: am I a Trekkie because I love science, or do I love science because I'm a Trekkie?).
I also know this; God doesn't arbitrarily choose His children. I'm a Christian for a reason. Whatever I do it should be for God, and there is certainly a huge need for Christians in the scientific community today. How exactly philosophy will fit into all that is still an open question, but one that I'm sure a lot of thought and prayer will soon answer.
Just as a quick change of topic before I go, I got my camera the other day. It's sweet. Even if I don't end up doing anything with video in the long run, I think I would still keep up photography as a hobby. It's really a good way for me to get in touch with my inner artist (but then again he's kind of weird). :P
And now that I have once again stayed up until 2am for no other reason than to enjoy staying up until 2am, I must go to bed. I have to get up in the morning to go to Frys and pick up a firewire cable to I can actually load the video from the wedding onto my computer. It's been two weeks since I got back and I haven't even done that yet, I really need to get to work now.
I definately see the advantage now to not working while you go to school. I've been exhausted all week and I asked to go home early two nights this week becasuse I had a lot of homework and needed to study for a Bio test. If I didn't need so much money I'd definately take the rest of the semester off. At least I get to sleep in tomorrow. Ok, enough complaining, goodnight!
*stays up for 3 more hours* haha!
Still, I don't have a specific career goal in mind, now in my third year of college, and the thought can be a little scary at times. Steph was talking today about how her Child Development class is really making her want to have and raise a baby (not anytime soon of course), and that got me thinking about what kind of job I'll have and whether or not I would be able to support a family on a single income. Obviously these are cares that I need not fret over at this point in my life, but I still can't help but lend a considerable amount of thought to the matter. When I was young I wanted to be a scientist, an astronaut and a cartoonist, all at the same time of course. By the beginning of my senior year of high school, still very much interested in science, I was convinced I was going to be a Physics major in college. It didn't take long to realize that I didn't want to do that (and that there were no real careers in Physics that appealed to me), and by the end of my senior year I had switched to videography, but now that too seems to be more of a passing interest, perhaps a hobby, than a career.
I've recently discovered two things. First, I have a great interest in philosophy. It has been my best subject in college thus far and both my Logic class and the Ethics class I'm currently in are the classes that I look forward to most. The Second is that I still have a great interest in science, specifically astronomy and now perhaps biology as well. Through the years I've never lost my love for science (even after the disaster that was Physics 201 my freshman year at Dordt) and I'm convinced that God is calling me to do something with that unwavering interest (incidentally, this unwavering interest in science that I seem to posess leads to the other great conundrum of my life: am I a Trekkie because I love science, or do I love science because I'm a Trekkie?).
I also know this; God doesn't arbitrarily choose His children. I'm a Christian for a reason. Whatever I do it should be for God, and there is certainly a huge need for Christians in the scientific community today. How exactly philosophy will fit into all that is still an open question, but one that I'm sure a lot of thought and prayer will soon answer.
Just as a quick change of topic before I go, I got my camera the other day. It's sweet. Even if I don't end up doing anything with video in the long run, I think I would still keep up photography as a hobby. It's really a good way for me to get in touch with my inner artist (but then again he's kind of weird). :P
And now that I have once again stayed up until 2am for no other reason than to enjoy staying up until 2am, I must go to bed. I have to get up in the morning to go to Frys and pick up a firewire cable to I can actually load the video from the wedding onto my computer. It's been two weeks since I got back and I haven't even done that yet, I really need to get to work now.
I definately see the advantage now to not working while you go to school. I've been exhausted all week and I asked to go home early two nights this week becasuse I had a lot of homework and needed to study for a Bio test. If I didn't need so much money I'd definately take the rest of the semester off. At least I get to sleep in tomorrow. Ok, enough complaining, goodnight!
*stays up for 3 more hours* haha!
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