how to be an independent person? Options

[batman]

How do you do it? I've been dependent on my parents for so long, I don't even know where to begin. Like even now, I go to school away from my parents, but they pay for my tuition which includes housing. The job I have is really only supplemental money and is not enough to, say, pay for all the shit I need (or think I need) i.e. monthly phone bill, internet, rent (when I eventually move out of the dorms), car/travel, etc.

The reason I'm asking is because the "future" for me is about a year away. I've never worried about it before because everything was set in stone... college --> med school --> etc. And if I followed that path, my parents would carry me along because it's the path they approve of. But I know that next year when I DONT apply to med school (because it is suddenly clear to me that I have no interest in science at all and tbh don't want to be a doctor) things are gonna start getting tough.

And I'm super scared/freaked out/not sure what to do.

[queen]

^ typical asian parent mentality lol. i feel you.

anyway, i've voiced my opinion on your situation before, but you seem way more opposed to med school now than before. you won't really know the answer until you go through it yourself, so when you get your BS/BA degree, do what you feel is right for you. just know that coming back to your original plan will be harder than going for it straight. but if that's what it takes for you to find your path, so be it.

i personally have yet to know what's right for me, and i've major-hopped throughout all my college years. i've finally decided to buckle down and finish my chemistry (actually, i'm setting up a weird path to become an art restorer), but i still feel a tinge of guilt, because i know what could have been. then again, if i had taken that original path, i would've been asking myself "what if". so if you're the same me, you will go wandering about before you settle.