At the age of 22, I still haven’t made up my mind with regard to what I want to do with my life. I can be rather indecisive about a lot of things. And as a result I stand here today with no particular goal in life.

In the society that we grow up in, ‘not having an ambition’ is somewhat looked down upon. You’re expected to know your life plan from a very young age. Apparently one of the first things some parents say when a baby is delivered is “Oh look at him, he’s going to make a fine doctor one day!” They are so caught up in their own rat races that they forget the importance of being a ‘fine human being’ before becoming anything else.

When I was in school there was one question I really didn’t like being asked and that was ‘what do you want to be when you grow up?” I didn’t like to say I was undecided because they would look at me with so much negativity. Instead, I said a different ambition to each person. I kept telling myself it’s a matter of time and that I would have it all figured out by the time I enter university.

It’s been 7 months since I entered university and I can tell you that I’m still undecided. But now society is asking me a different question. They’re no longer interested in knowing what I want to do with my life (I don’t think they were ever really interested in the first place). Now they want to know what I can do with a BSc. “So you’re at the Science Faculty huh. What kind of jobs can you do with a Science Degree putha? Only teaching noh?”

Yes, most people are so narrow-minded that they think a BSc will only take you as far as teaching (not that teaching is bad!). It’s just that people need to realize that in today’s world there are so many new avenues opening up and that there’s more to science than just the medical and engineering professions.

At the end of the day, what matters the most is doing something you love. It’s better to take a long time to find your passion and then be happy for the rest of your life than to settle down for something at a young age and then be miserable about it.

I have met people from different walks of life and each and every one of them has their own story to tell. I never had a single role model whom I looked up to when I was a kid. Instead I would extract the good things I saw in the people I met and use it to make my life better.

Don’t feel discouraged if you haven’t figured out your life yet, because you’re not alone. But, you need to step out of your comfort zones, give new things a try and gain as many new experiences as possible. Along the way, you’ll find your passion and eventually figure out your life plans. And when you finally realize what you want to do with your life, embrace it with all your heart and go for it.

That’s what I plan on doing.