Withdrawing From College

I’ve named this post withdrawing from college instead of dropping out of college because for some reason “dropping out” freaks people out. I’ve been a bit nervous to post this because unfortunately I still care about what people think and I still have insecurities. But here it is—

Why I withdrew.

I was absolutely miserable and didn’t feel like sitting through Calculus classes for a potential future in civil engineering. It didn’t make sense to me, why was I investing two hours a day, twice a week, miserable out my mind and studying for 6 more hours just for a possible future in civil engineering. I felt like I was wasting my precious time that I could be investing in working on something that I love. So I abruptly withdrew from the two classes I was taking and now I’m actively working on my blog and trying to figure out if I want to pursue blogging “professionally”. Maybe instead I want to do marketing, creative work… something that gets me out