<p>Hello, I am a University of Memphis student. I am majoring in Geography and minoring in Computer Science and Journalism.</p>
<p>I believe that I am either suffering from ADHD, Depression, or both. It is very hard for me to focus on an important task unless there is a very blatant feeling of urgency to it, like a due assignment. If it isn't something that is easily perceivable as being needed to be done soon, I have a very bad tendency to procrastinate on it. Even trying to learn a language or try some coding or programming from GameMaker, or even doing research on majors like this. </p>
<p>When I'm at home, it's even worse, as there are not only even more distractions created by my family, but also interruptions for various reasons. I usually wait until night to do most of the things I want to do, but that's when I'm supposed to be getting ready to rest and when much less is possible to get done.</p>
<p>I also seem to suffer from some feelings of entrapment. I felt so much better and different when I was in college, especially when I had a dorm room to myself, and it felt so much easier to function within my own controlled space on my own time, and in my second semester, I began to get annoyed when anyone would obligate me to do something for them or with them. When I came back home after my first year, I felt something that almost seemed like some sort of claustrophobia, being forced back into this cramp and chaotic space filled with clutter I don't know what to do with, and having no place else to go but outside around the house, since I have no vehicle nor a driver's license, and my parents live out in the country. I still find it annoying and difficult to do things at home with all this clutter and small spaces in my way, in comparison to being in a neat, sanitary(ish?) dorm room.</p>
<p>After that blow and actually deciding that I wasn't that interested in Engineering Technology, I moved onto Geography as my major, since I am interested in travelling and meeting and helping new people in different places, and mapping the movement of groups of people, animals, and plants, as well as studying nature, sounded like something I would be interested in doing for the rest of my life. Yet, I never heard many people around the University of Memphis say many good things about the Geography major, and I even have a friend who insisted that I not "waste time" in the Geography major since most of the world has already been mapped out and the only places and groups I most likely will be able to work for are Google or some mining or drilling company, which I do not entirely support, but am willing to work for (I think). Note, however, he is not a Geography major, and I don't know if he even knew much about it. He believed that I would be good at Computer Science due to my memory and details skills which I will mention in a few paragraphs, and I have begun to lean towards CS before.</p>
<p>However, I have been told by my friend when he gave me a "test" that I have good memory of details, and don't have the tendency to add-in filler and padding when explaining and describing things. I have also been told and believe that I am very good at speaking, especially in front of others for things like presentations. I also am able to figure out a lot of math problems on my own with a bit of practice or studying the problem and having time to think about it. However, I am not good at doing math under a time limit and under pressure, even if it is math that I am familiar with, even though I believe that weakness can be eliminated through practice and "tricks". </p>
<p>I also often try to be very considerate of other people's feelings, and often try to think of how they feel or why they may act or talk a certain way around me or other specific people or individuals.</p>
<p>I've noticed that I am a slow person. When I speak, I prefer to take my time, rather than go rapid-fire. When I'm reading something, especially instructions, I prefer to carefully read everything at my own pace, unless it is something uninteresting or unimportant. If given the time, the knowledge, and maybe the resources, I can complete almost any math problem on my own, but I cannot do it well at all under pressure and under a short and strict time limit, which, like I said, may be possible to solve with practice.</p>
<p>My problem with math, is that II am not very confident in my math abilities. I enjoy math when I can do it on my own time and there's no great pressure. It's almost like one of the most fun puzzle games I have ever played. But I am not interested nor entertained by math enough to want to take time out every day to do math for math's sake, as I'd rather spend my free time reading, playing games, researching things of interest to me (like artists, fictional stories, world events video game strategies, world wonders, etc.), walking around Memphis, listening to music, doing songwriting, singing for my own entertainment, or socializing with people and getting involved with games, sports, and events. The only time I ever do a lot of math, is when I have to do it to keep from failing something, which is exactly when math becomes a big, frightful problem for me, and not at all fun or satisfying.</p>
<p>I chose Geography because it sounded like it was best for me: I wanted to go into a career focused around the planet, that gives me a chance to travel and help find ways to help the planet and other people, as well as involve interesting field work focused on examining and uncovering things. A bit like Archaeology.</p>
<p>I'm interested in Computer Science because I feel like it is a career path that will most likely challenge me more than Geography, and that will hopefully give me several good job options doing something in a setting I am comfortable in, with a piece of technology I am already familiar and comfortable with, while also teaching me a bit about coding and helping to foster my desire to code and make a video game, which is one of my true goals in life. I was originally not interested in the idea of CS work because I thought it would mostly consist of sitting inside most of the day typing things into a computer for 5-7 days a week in a boring cubicle, but if it is something I can enjoy, and that lets me work flexible hours and have a decent amount of free time and travel and vacation options, or even let me work from my own desired locations and not in an office, then I honestly feel like it might be a better choice than Geography work, since it would let me travel and investigate for Journalism and Geography sake on my own time, and also get me the money to do so.</p>
<p>I also want to make sure that the major I get does not only let me easily get a job, but that the job it lets me get is something fairly sustainable.</p>
<p>TL;DR or in case I ended up rambling too much and lost track: </p>
<p>1: Does the Computer Science major give me job options that let me work flexible hours and while I'm on the go? Even to other countries? If not, then does the Geography major give me the option of working from home or around where I live or allow me decent free time? I want to travel and see more, but I also kind of want it to be by choice, and not job necessity.</p>
<p>2: Are there good money and job opportunities in Geography in Asia and the Americas? If not or even so, then what about Computer Science job options in Asia and the Americas?</p>
<p>3: If you saw the part where I talked about some of my weaknesses, do you think I am mentally capable (yet) to pursue a major like Computer Science or to do a lot of math and coding work?</p>
<p>4: Based on my strengths and weaknesses and interests, do you think I would do well in or even be satisfied with Computer Science, or should I go after the Geography major or something else entirely?</p>
<p>5: Is it worth it to minor in CS if I take up Geog.? If I major in CS, then is it worth it to minor in Geog.?</p>