Major Decisions

I’ve been debating my major for a good while now. Coming in to college, I boldly stated that I wanted to be a mechanical engineer. What I wanted to do specifically, ha, that’s funny, you’re kidding right? I hid from the fact that the name of major wasn’t the specific name of a job. Here’s my thing. I want to do something fun. Design rollercoasters or a ship, I like rollercoasters and ships so why not. But I recently found out of a field of study called Biomedical Engineering. It involves designing and building devices that help people somehow in the medical field. I recently did an engineering project where I built and soldered an electrosurgery unit tester with a Bovie pen. Big words, easy description. It cuts or coagulates tissue during to prevent blood loss during surgery. We built a few and they were to be sent in bulk, with others that other colleges made, to a third world country. If I was a Biomedical engineer, I would help people. Sounds good. I like helping people. I find that making a living should be more than making a paycheck. It shouldn’t be quick money so I can pay my bills and buy things I want. I want the term “making a living” to be redefined to mean doing what you want and having fun and making a difference. After my time’s up and I’m ready to retire, if I didn’t make a difference somehow and then I didn’t do my job right. It seems hard to get all three of those things involved in there but that’s what I want. But does everyone else want that? I don’t know but my advice is to give it a run for their money.