Today was a sad and gloomy day. I usually like the rain but today I just hated it. I’m sick and it seems like its getting worse. I wish I really didn’t work at all today because this entire week I did nothing at all. I really need to try to study as hard as possible and do the best I can do. During my break before work I tried to learn how to dance by myself but its so hard. I really want to master it!!!! My mentor sent me this e-mail, which is encouraging in a way:
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1) If you work hard to do well in Economics AND Chinese (as a minor, perhaps), you’ll be in a great position to work in one of the biggest and fastest-growing economic forces in the world – the Chinese economy. I think you’ll find that many doors will open up for you with that combination, and in a wide variety of ways. You need to start looking at all the different possibilities, and NOT only in areas of Economics or Finance. Also realize that there may be many more interesting, fun ways to use your skills to make a decent living in that world, especially here in the Bay Area.
2) Just because you get a degree in Economics and/or Chinese doesn’t mean that you’re locked into those specific things forever. I know a guy who got a degree in religion and ended up as a senior engineer for Intel Corp, designing computer CPUs. I know another guy who got an education degree and ended up as VP of Marketing for the Dallas Mavericks, and later as the CEO of the San Jose Sharks. A good college buddy of mine eventually got his MBA, traveled around for a big consulting firm advising banks for about 12 years and made a LOT of money, but now he designs, tests and distributes his own custom-made golf clubs, and just travels around to golf courses all over the world, playing golf and selling his clubs. And when we were working on our undergrad degrees together, he was a TOTAL screw-up! His first two years of college he nearly flunked out. But he pulled himself together and graduated on the Dean’s List with a Bus/Admin degree, then got into a really good MBA program.
The moral of this story is that you can do anything you want, eventually. But for now, choose a degree that will at least keep you employed, but after you graduate, keep taking occasional classes while you work, do some volunteer work, travel a little. Almost EVERY PERSON I KNOW didn’t figure out what they REALLY wanted to do until about 6-10 years after their undergrad degree. And most of them really enjoyed that journey of discovery, even though it made them stressed and unhappy from time to time. But right now you have to choose something and go at it as hard as you can. Don’t feel like you have to have your whole life planned out by the end of your sophomore year in college – I guarantee it will change, anyway!!! 
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Relieves me in some way but Im still scared of the future. All I know is that I want to change the world, and make lots of money. Big bang video to end my blog+ a F4 song by Vic Zhou:
wow, even i feel inspired reading that e-mail. your so lucky to have someone older and mature who can mentor you.
i know you worry about these sorts of things all the time but you really shouldn’t. i don’t know if you’ll become filthy rich but I know you will be least likely to have financial problems in the future. you’re gonna accomplish something in life so stay focused and stop stressing, its good for your health too which helps with clear skin