<p>Sorry if I'm annoying, but here goes how I feel.</p>
<p>Ok so basically I started college a little late, I'm 25 and a junior and just starting my major accounting classes, so obviously I'm an accounting major.</p>
<p>As it is now, I'm working full time while going to school and feel like I'm losing my mind because I never get time to enjoy life, now that I'm entering my real accounting courses and have done some meetings for recruitment season from the big 4, I'm becoming hugely turned off by accounting for a particular reason: HORRIBLE WORK/LIFE BALANCE. I'm struggling as it is trying to balance work and school, and when I'm finally done with 150 credits I'll have to be working 80 hours at a public accountin firm?</p>
<p>I don't know if I want to go into public accounting anymore. I want to start a family very shortly after college or at the last semester of college, I certainly can't do that working 80 hours a week. In addition I don't want to live in a hotel, I'm totally fine with driving to local clients where I can return home the same night, but I don't want to stay days at a hotel across the state/country</p>
<p>What other options are there?</p>
<p>Private accounting? Those jobs pay less than what I currently make (current = 40k)</p>
<p>I'm almost considering switching majors but now I'm a junior and already my first semester into major and core courses.</p>
<p>Sigh.</p>