If there’s one thing I knew I would never do growing up, it’s working in an office. My ideal job involves a lot of hands on, outdoor work. I couldn’t stand sitting behind a desk all day. I need to constantly be moving around and doing a project. I want to be excited to come to work and love what I do, not be miserable. As stated in my other blog, finding something you love is highly important to me. Jobs you aren’t interested in just lead to depression and a rough life in my opinion. My daily life needs to involve having fun with mostly animals while also learning about them every second. Field work observation is much more effective than research. Although it may be difficult at first, I want to eventually be at the level where my salary can easily support a family. With cognitive science and anthropology, moving around locations to get experience may be needed at first, but I want to end up somewhere near by to home in the end. People aren’t awful, but working with animals has always been my dream job. Working in groups with other people or shadowing someone more experienced than me is also something I wouldn’t mind doing. Working flexible, long hours doesn’t bother me, but I would like to have off for holidays and some weekends. I love to travel and if I can with a job, that’s even better for me so I get paid while enjoying new cultures. I won’t settle for any less than what makes me happy in a job.

From the start, I’ve known I’ve wanted to work with animals, but I wasn’t sure what career to go into. I’ve recently found that I also take a strong interest in learning about human nature in anthropology. Before going to the career fair at UD, I was even more unsure about what major could relate to both human psychology and animals. It wasn’t until the very end that I was directed to the cognitive science table by the women at the anthropology table. From there, Dr. Andreasen and I bonded right away. I explained to her exactly what I was looking for and she told me she wanted to hug me and thought I’d be perfect for cognitive science with a minor in anthropology. A lot of my skills come from hands-on experiences and this would give me more field work. This now being my intended major, it fits perfectly with my career goals and is similar to what my skill sets are. I like to preform lab work and conduct research, not just sit behind a desk all day. Cognitive science is a broad enough major that I can fit exactly what I’m interested in while also meeting my skills.