After this year, my career choices have gotten a little hazier. My plan since my Sophomore year of high school has been to attend law school. But now, I am becoming less and less sure of that choice. Since starting studying my Psychology degree, I have realized that I love to help people on an individual basis. I believe that I would be a good counselor or clinical psychologist. This career choice is not possible if I decide to go to law school. Both of these choices are fairly similar: I have the opportunity to help someone on an individual basis who is facing a crisis. But these are two completely different situations. If I become a lawyer, I help someone through trial, and if I become a psychologist, I help someone through a mental health problem. I believe that it would probably be harder to be a psychologist because I would form personal connections with people who are dealing with severe problems. But attorneys make substantially higher salaries than psychologists, and I have planned to become an attorney for a while now. Furthermore, I have more experience with law-related fields since I have done multiple internships thinking I would become a lawyer. I have a lot to consider about my future in the upcoming year.

I have had the same plan for the future since my sophomore year of high school: Graduate from college, go to law school, become a litigator. However, with my experiences over the past year and a half, my goals have changed. I still want to go to law school, but I am not sure how much time I want to spend litigating. I think I may like to become a lobbyist for mental health issues in the future. With my experience in psychology, and watching my friends and family suffer from mental disorders, mental health has become extremely important to me. I want to try to make a difference in an area that really matters. I do not know if I will end up here, or if this is the path I will eventually take, but I think I would enjoy it and be good at it. It would make a difference. This may change, but it is my goal right now.