The previous summer I had just barely passed my grueling graphic design portfolio. It was a pass or fail (failing would discredit your two years of hard work and set you back as a blank college major. I had passed, but still in my stomach, all summer long, I felt unsure. I was sitting my fall graphic design class, and it finally hit me like a nerf arrow in-between my eyes; "I don't want to be a graphic designer." I had thought I wanted to be a designer, but that unsureness I had felt was reality telling me what I wasn't able to see myself. I called my Mom, Dad, siblings and best friend. I explained my thought process and desire to drop the design major. It was one week later and I had officially changed my major to political science, registered as a pre-education major, and was set on what should have been my path all along, teaching.
I usually like concrete courses, full of planning and details. So a sudden life altering change for myself was unprecedented. What was even stranger was my calm and resoluteness of the whole situation!
Then, a week ago, it happened again. Words, dictionary and all.
I got a new roommate two months ago. There were some small things that bothered me about him, such as his complaining I was talking to a friend instead of him when I was on the phone. The night before my week long cruise, we came to a head on the security deposit he had agreed to pay before he moved in. It put me out $325 to cover his portion, but what was worse is he wasn't willing to sign an agreement saying I would get the full $650 (of which all was mine) when we moved out. Luckily I managed to stay away from the thoughts of the argument while I was away on the trip. When I got back, I spoke to my parents and they suggested I move home. Within a weeks time, I had gone through a similar process like the graphic design major, and arrived at a new point in my life. 
Living at home with the parents isn't glamours. Trust me I know. But there are some significantly beneficial things that will come with the one con. I will be moving back in with my parents while I finish up my last two-ish years at college. I will be purchasing my VERY FIRST car! I'm currently looking at a Scion XD. I will be getting out of the health care industry and will get a job working in government or politics (to build up my resume for my eventual career). Even with a brand new car payment, insurance and gas to commute to school, I will be saving about $200 from all my bills living in Portland.
I feel so good about this decision, and feel calm and resolute, even though my own natural self would most likely be freaking out right now.
