That is easy

Soon the topic had shifted to something else entirely and the friends were all chatting and smiling once more. After it was well into the night, they got ready to leave for their own homes. Though they each headed in a different direction, they had one thing in common, which was their topic of conversation. As they all discussed the changes they were about to face and the big changes their friend Jason would have to face. Wondering if they would still be able to hang out like this. Would he still have the time if there were already that many balls he had to keep in the air? They couldn't imagine how the life of their seemingly carefree friend would look once they had graduated. Already feeling a bit solemn at the thought of their carefree days ending. They looked back on their days of skipping class, eating lunch together on the roof, organizing sleepovers. Unlike regular people, their carefree days would mostly start to end at the end of high school instead of after graduating University or college.

Jason managed to give his friends that overwhelmed and solemn feeling when they didn't know that he had to combine that all with running his own company on the side, while dodging metaphorical bullets. At least until he had fully merged it with Westwood International and had found a suitable replacement for the daily management. But he imagined that his competitors would make it difficult to find a suitable replacement, forcing him to run the company himself for at least a year. This was the time he needed to get a good feel of the people working at the different offices and find someone trustworthy to promote. Somewhere in between all those responsibilities he would have to find time to spend with Jenny.

If he hadn't been good at studying, that would have been a difficult thing to do. Putting a serious strain on their relationship. Something he had seen with his family members over the years, when they were in the position he would be in over a couple of months. Making them drop the ball somewhere or push themselves so far that it affected their health. He didn't wish for that to happen to them, so he would have to work hard. Both at home, at school and in the office. It wasn't like all of this left him completely unaffected.

He too didn't know how those first few years would look or how he would get through them. The thought of all that was awaiting him did make him feel pressured every now and then, make his chest feel tightened, but then he would see Jenny's bright unsuspecting smile or they would exchange a silly joke and all would be forgotten. A mere hug could make him breathe more easily during those times. If he didn't have her by his side then it would make this situation a lot more difficult to bear. So, even though having her in his life at this point meant one more thing to think and worry about, not having her would be much, much worse. He would gladly bare longer days than pressure free days without her. That was one thing he knew certain. So, yeah his friends were right. Even if Jenny decided to be a stay at home wife right after graduation he wouldn't mind. It would probably make his life easier, but he knew that it wouldn't make Jenny happy. The question now was, what would?

Now that the house was empty once more and the only ones left were him and Jenny, it was time to address the matter he couldn't address before. As Jenny made him help clean up after their friends, Jason asked "I know we haven't talked about it as much as we should have, but do you really not know what you want to do? Like at all? I thought you had a general idea." Jenny stopped in her movement for a brief moment, before continuing picking up the throw pillows and putting them back in place as she answered Jason's questions. "Well, I still have a general idea, but I haven't been able to progress from that point. I have been stuck with a general idea for months, years even. So, hearing those detailed plans of the others has me wondering if I shouldn't have a better idea of what I want to do by now as well." Jason looks over at Jenny, wondering how he can help her with this situation. "Well, if you let go of what you should and shouldn't know and focus on what you want to do at this moment, what comes to mind?"

"Well, what I want is something where I can help people. No matter what job I have worked, it has always been something where I was able to help people, but there are so many different kinds of jobs where I can do that. How do I choose between all of those and narrow it down to one field of study?" "Well, that is easy. All we need to do now, is look at the subjects you are good at." Jenny was a bit perplexed by Jason's confident words, but went along with it regardless. "What I am good at? Well, I guess my best subjects are biology, chemistry, physics and math." Jason nodded as he continued. "Okay, now of those subjects, which ones do you like the most?" Jenny thought for a moment before answering Jason. "If I had to choose a favorite, it would have to be biology." "Well then you have it don't you? There are a few things you can study involving biology, which include biology itself, medicine, biologist, botanist or veterinarian. Only two of those lead into a profession where you are directly helping another living being and only one in which you will be helping another person."

Jenny was flabbergasted and her sense of surprise was reflected in her words. "Just like that? I should study medicine because I am good at biology and I like it? What if there is a profession that suits me better or I will like more that we have now excluded because it involves a subject I like less or am less capable in? Maybe I will go into medicine and find out after a few months or a year that it is not suited for me? Don't you think this is a very irresponsible way of choosing something as important as what I want to study in University?"