Saying Goodbye to Suits

The Game of Life, SORRY! (Disney Edition), Monopoly, and Clue were classic in my house when I was growing up. Life was probably the least exciting for me because I always tried to take the same life path - college, marriage, children, some miscellaneous (life) events in between, then retirement. There would always be those few time I didn't get kids or wanted to be bold and would skip college to go straight into a career, but for the most part I played the game in the fashion I thought my actual life would turn out.
Lately my life hasn't been going that way. In high school I assumed I would go to a Big 10 school or other top school, stay there for 4 years, study business, graduate with a good job and work in New York City post-grad. However, I've been feeling unsatisfied with my current direction. Sure I'm doing well and my resume looks great and I love how many opportunities there are within the school, but I don't actually enjoy my classes. I don't get excited about choosing classes, I find them difficult to focus on and study for, and I overall haven't found anything that really interests me.
Last night I came to the brilliant conclusion that being a magazine editor would be my dream job. I think it would combine all the things I like and be something I could enjoy doing every day. Obviously you don't become a magazine editor straight out of college but it got me thinking that maybe business really isn't the path I want to go down.
We're raised to follow our dreams, the American dream, and make a life for ourselves doing what we love, yet I went into business because it seemed like the logical thing to do, not because it was something I was especially interested in or passionate about. Now that I'm reconsidering and trying to find what really interests me, it's exciting, but also scary - it feels like there's a lot more risk in studying communications or going into a field that's more unknown and undefined, which leaves me hesitant to jump into a new field at a new school in a new place. For now, the excitement building is overpowering the fear though and if that continues you'll be hearing a lot more from me in the future. If not, you can be assured I'll be wearing a suit doing something business-y somewhere.