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Am I Being Crazy?
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What if you don’t make a choice for either/or and do both?
You have just two years of school left. Two years goes by in a flash. In my opinion, finish school. Having a psychology degree can open you up to many opportunities that would make you hireable and would be financially beneficial. In my experience, even if you don’t get a job in exactly the major you went to school for, depending on the position, just having a bachelor’s will give you a leg up on someone else who does not have a degree.
If you don’t finish your degree now, it would be much harder when you’re older and working full-time, needing to pay the bills, to go back and finish a degree.
This does not mean you shouldn’t pursue dance. Why not take a year off after graduation? This way you’ll have the best of both worlds.
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Coming from someone who has pigeonholed herself into a career and lots of student debt (boo pharmacy!) take this time to do things just like this! Surprisingly, right now is the most flexible time of your life! You don’t have a ton of debt holding you down, you don’t have family to take care of (I’m assuming) so take advantage!
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I just want to share my personal experience:
I opened a small studio together with a friend 1.5 years ago. I enjoy it a lot. I not only enjoy teaching, but also everything else that comes with managing a business.
BUT I have another “regular”, secure job that pays my bills. I don’t think it would be as much fun to run a Business if I had to depend on it. I would propably always worry a lot more like I do now, and that in return would propably show and affect the business.
The other thing is, I’m often too tired to train for myself, so I don’t really get to learn new stuff. I even lost some stuff I already could do. Of course there are other parts in which I improve, that is perfecting the things I already can do; if you have to show them really slow and over and over again, that helps a lot!Just a few things to consider. Hope it helps.
Maybe you could finish your degree and start working part time? That would give you some security and a good balance.
Even if you don’t work in psychology after graduationg, you have a backup where you can support yourself immediately if things don’t work out the way you wish…
If you can afford it, why not take a year off… But it might be hard to get back if you realise it’s not what you hoped it would be.
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