Having a hard time determining what I want to do with my life

So, here it goes.

I really don’t know what I want to do with my life. I went into college majoring in neuroscience. Took my chem and calc classes that I needed to take, didn’t do super well in them. I’m not saying I didn’t try, but I can procrastinate quite badly sometimes and I am sure this affected it. It didn’t help that I was pretty sick for 8 weeks with colds/walking pneumonia, and that my roommate was causing issues. BUT, my point is that getting a C- in general chem and now having to retake calc (I’ll blame it on my laziness first semester instead of everything else because I want to avoid making excuses) has discouraged me. I know that math is something that I don’t see myself going through with necessarily, but I don’t think I gave chemistry enough effort to know whether I like it or not. If I went though with neuroscience, I would have either went to med school for it or gone to grad school, nothing less. I still consider it sometimes but am not sure if I officially like it enough or not.

I have recently switched my major to business (human resources). I did DECA and high school and I do like writing and such, but not yet sure how on board I am with econ and such yet, just based on my lack of experience with it so far. I’ve tried to do research on the major but can’t really come up with a definitive result on satisfaction, what I would do, etc.

I really enjoy things like skincare and such (not necessarily makeup as much) and want to be involved in that, hopefully, when I’m older. I have had people recommend that I do HR for those corporations.

My issue is that I find myself losing interest in things so easily. I like to be good at a bunch of different things at once and not just one thing, if that makes sense. I (and my friends, apparently) would consider myself relatively intelligent. I know, personally, that I need to put more work into what I do, but luckily I have realized that after just my first semester of college. High school was a breeze with me doing the bare minimum and that mentality seemed to carry over into first semester of college, in which I learned that it is just not possible (so I will be holding myself more accountable) (it also didn’t help that we didn’t have to take any midterm or final exams in my high school, so I had a hard time preparing for ones in college).

I’m very logical & realistic with problem solving (not very emotional), but can also be a little creative in other areas. I’m not much of an art person with drawing, but am decent at things like interior design, fashion, etc-- although these aren’t things that I can really see myself doing as a career.

I’m good at memorizing and reciting facts (amazing at Jeopardy hahaha) and I like just knowing stuff! I’m pretty good at teaching people things but I really don’t think I could be a teacher (a professor would be fine but obviously you work up to that with your major and whatnot)

I just want a job where it keeps things interesting and I enjoy, but pays decently (but doesn’t everyone lol). I am just trying not to waste my time and money here. On a side note, I plan on at LEAST going to grad school. BASICALLY I am all over the place and need some advice to figure out my interests or some steps I need to take.

Make an appointment at your school’s career center! There are a TON of resources out there for clarifying what you want to do post-grad, and they can help you find them. Think personality tests, but for your interests, values, skills, the type of work you want to do…

Informational interviews could also be super helpful to you. Talk to people who work at the companies you like and ask them about their jobs- what are their responsibilities? What education do they have? See if a particular position or type of work stands out to you.

In the meantime, knock out any core or gen ed credits you need!

I know students who have been able to determine career choices by taking time to shadow professionals in the work world or who found an interest through their own part time job. Sometimes working backward by focusing on a particular job/career and then figuring out what college major you need to get there.