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I've been "set" on majoring in business (either finance, economics, or supply chain management [i can't make up my mind]) and spanish. but now that it's getting closer and closer to graduation and me actually having to make this huge step of what i want to do with my life and...i don't want to go into business. i don't want to sit in a cubicle all day long, making no difference and helping only myself. i just can't do it.
so that's what got me thinking about majoring in non-profit management and either double majoring with spanish or something else. i might not get an amazing job with that, but at least it'll be closer to what i actually want to do with my life: help people. i want to raise money and travel so i can help build schools and educate people in africa, have the money to let inner-city kids go to college, have the money to help detonate and eradicate ieds and landmines in vietnam....you know?
i can't see myself being happy until i'm helping other people. someone told me that i'm the "most altruistic person" they know. no. i'm not. yes, i want to help and it's a good thing that i want to help, but it's not because i'm altruistic. i like the way IIIII feel when i help someone (that's why i'm the bitch who says there is no such thing as an unselfish act) and i like to know that i helped someone, that i helped get that kid to college, that i helped spread awareness about hiv/aids and gave a girl the courage to say "no", that i helped save someone's life because i helped raise the money to have ieds removed from their country. i like the feeling.
helping others makes me feel more connected to people, to human kind, to the world that i only have so long to be a part of, and i want to leave the world a better place than when i was here. i don't want my kids to be scared of people because they're different or be scared to fly on an airplane or be so scared that they won't find the connection to mankind like i have. and yes, as cliche as it sounds, my favorite quote of all time is one thing that motivates me "any man's death diminishes me because i am involved in mankind."
what can i say??
i'm the biggest bleeding heart and i want to save the world.
so that's what got me thinking about majoring in non-profit management and either double majoring with spanish or something else. i might not get an amazing job with that, but at least it'll be closer to what i actually want to do with my life: help people. i want to raise money and travel so i can help build schools and educate people in africa, have the money to let inner-city kids go to college, have the money to help detonate and eradicate ieds and landmines in vietnam....you know?
i can't see myself being happy until i'm helping other people. someone told me that i'm the "most altruistic person" they know. no. i'm not. yes, i want to help and it's a good thing that i want to help, but it's not because i'm altruistic. i like the way IIIII feel when i help someone (that's why i'm the bitch who says there is no such thing as an unselfish act) and i like to know that i helped someone, that i helped get that kid to college, that i helped spread awareness about hiv/aids and gave a girl the courage to say "no", that i helped save someone's life because i helped raise the money to have ieds removed from their country. i like the feeling.
helping others makes me feel more connected to people, to human kind, to the world that i only have so long to be a part of, and i want to leave the world a better place than when i was here. i don't want my kids to be scared of people because they're different or be scared to fly on an airplane or be so scared that they won't find the connection to mankind like i have. and yes, as cliche as it sounds, my favorite quote of all time is one thing that motivates me "any man's death diminishes me because i am involved in mankind."
what can i say??
i'm the biggest bleeding heart and i want to save the world.