Why Did I change Majors? + I Moved to NYC

This post has been sitting in my draft files for way too long! And as usual, I’m posting it late… I know you all still love me, though. Anyways, if you have been following me on Instagram, then you’ve noticed that the background of my photos has changed. And that’s because I moved to NYC! I also transferred schools and well, here I am.

For those who have no idea, who I am or where did I move to NYC from. Well, go to the about me page and get to know me! But to make it short, I’m originally from Peru and was studying fashion design at the university of Cincinnati.

But, now let’s get to the point, why did I transferred schools and moved to NYC? The short answer would be “why not”. But, bare with me and keep on reading to know the long answer!

Related: How to make sure you’re pursuing the right major

I’ve always loved art and drawing, but my design classes were draining me out. There was a point in the semester where I started to hate drawing, I wasn’t interested in learning more about it, I just stopped caring. I hated sketching and what I thought would be an exciting journey became boring, uninteresting and awful. I lost interest and that was one big red flag.

Also, I kept telling myself to just push through it, because I’ve always wanted to study fashion design. I told myself next semester it would get better. But, thing is that, when it comes to a creative career, such as fashion design, you have to love it, you have to be passionated about it and I just wasn’t.

Due to my blog and social media presence, there were a lot of new opportunities and doors were opening. I found myself super interested in the business side of fashion and I also started feeling suffocated by the city I was living in. Cincinnati was a great city, but, there were so many things I wanted to do, but I couldn’t because I wasn’t at the right place. I felt that I had potential and that I could do more and suddenly, Cincinnati was just too small for me and didn’t offer me what I was looking for. That’s when I realized, I had to move somewhere else.

If I’m being honest, I never really felt completely myself in Cincinnati, it just wasn’t the right place for me. There were small and big things that annoyed me about the city, and it’s not that I was trying to fit in, but it just wasn’t the best place for me to be at. The city is beautiful and the people I met there were beyond amazing, but I didn’t belong there.

So, if I didn’t like my major and din’t like the city, why would I stay there? I was in a sorority and for as much as I loved my sisters, it was my future I was deciding about. FIT is one of the best and most respected fashion schools, not only in the US, but in the world! That’s pretty big! So when I got in, I didn’t even gave it a second thought and started packing my bags…

Being here feels so good, it feels like I finally belong to another place that’s not home (Peru). It still feels like it’s not real… I’m going to my dream school and doing what I love, what else could I ask for? Someone pinch me. But anyways, thanks for coming to my ted talk. Also, ever since I posted on Instagram about FIT, I’ve been getting SO many questions about it. Like how did I get in and how hard it was. And don’t worry about it, a post about that is coming soon, so stay tuned!