<p>I'll throw my hat in the ring:
People have told me that I'm anywhere from a "good'" to "excellent" writer. I don't know whether its true or not, as you can't really be a good judge of one's own work), but I am writer. I write because it keeps me sane and because it just feels like something I have to do, regardless. Yet I don't want to major in writing, English, or a related discipline. Rather, I want to major in pharmacy (technically a professional field but bear with me for the sake of agrument). Part of this is employability/salary, yes, as I don't think the nature and necessiities of my life would mesh well with total poverty. I know nothing's a "sure thing" in any profession, of course, but fiction writing is definitely one of the most risky--as I like to tell my Mom, "one in a million are published; one in a billion are rich." However, for me, it goes beyond that. I want to be in health care, and, as cliched as it sounds, I want to help people. I want to learn about the human body and drugs that affect it. I want to go out and do something every day. I love writing, and I'm truly glad I can (apparently) do it well, but it is not the only thing in my life nor do I want it to be the only thing I ever do. If I get published one day, I'd be overjoyed, but it's not something I'd wager my life on. I write because I have to; I plan to study pharmacy because I want to. I can--and I right now I do--love both ideas and disclipines, just in different ways. And if pharmacy can provide the stability to pen in after hours novel? All the better. If not, well, at least I'll know I'll be helping to save lives while the words still twist and turn in my head.</p>