The possibility to choose your future

Do you know that moment in which someone asks you about what you want to be when you become an adult and your answer is “I don’t know it yet”?

Yes, we have to make lots of decisions when we may be unready for it yet.

For example, that moment at the end of Secondary Education in which you have to decide what you are going to do when you finish 4th year. Here in Spain you have about thirty possibilities (including the different types of Baccalaureate, the different types of Vocational Training, “FP” in Spanish, and the possibility of dropping out after Compulsory Secondary Education) and it’s practically impossible to be a hundred percent sure of which of them you are going to choose. But you have to select one. 

And some years after that election, if you want to study at the university, you have even more different options. In Spain there are more than one hundred university degrees. Yes, more than one hundred degrees, you have read that right. It can seem an overwhelming decision to make, but we can also consider it from another point of view. We can face it taking into account that, the more possibilities there are to choose from, the more opportunities there are to study whatever we really like. 

Some years ago, there were not so many possibilities to choose your future. It was very likely that what you wanted to work at when you grew up was not among the degrees to study. Some years ago, if you wanted to study something a bit different, there was not a specific degree for you and you had to compare the subjects of some of the degrees that were available to look for the one that shared some of your interests. However, if you want to study those same subjects today, you will probably find a degree that fits you perfectly or almost perfectly. 

Some years ago, you were the one who had to adapt to the degree in which they dealt with similar topics to those you wanted to study. On the other hand, today it looks like if the degrees come by demand, you will find the subjects you want to study in one degree or another. Obviously, if you are a very fussy person, you may not find one that fits you perfectly. 

The only drawback that this has is that if you are hesitating between choosing one or another degree because you like both of them, you can’t opt for one because the other doesn’t exist. Choose what you choose, you won’t be able to say you don’t have the opportunity to study whatever you like the most. Because, nowadays, you have the opportunity to choose your future.