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I'm Major Jackson, and this is The Slowdown.

My early adult years were a stream of impulsive decisions.

Some worked out, and many did not.

For example, the used car with the two good to be true price tag,

as well as my brief career as an accountant.

Back in high school during one lunch period,

my counselor called me to her office to help with my college application.

Mrs. Neesmith pulled out a course catalog just as her phone rang.

She quickly said, covering the phone's mouthpiece,

you've decent test scores in math and English.

Choose a major, then went to her call.

While she talked to a parent, I opened to the first page

of the undergraduate catalog of academic programs,

arranged alphabetically, and chose without thinking the first major listed.

Accounting.

I stood up to gather my book bag and windbreaker, then pointed to the page.

With the phone crooked between her ear and shoulder,

she circled with a red pen.

I walked out the door, just like that.

My college career was determined by hasty need to get back to my friends

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