Changing Majors, possibly to something literary?

Question

For the past several months now, I've been considering changing majors. I just entered college again two days ago, this year as a sophomore. I know it's typical for many college students to change majors, but I was wondering... The basis for my possibility is that I feel like I'm not going into the field I'm most passionate about. Only thing is... what I am most passionate about is not something you would exactly call "stable" career-wise. I don't want to go into a career just because it seems like the most stable option and then look back on my life and feel profound regret, but I also don't want to look back on my life and see a trail of misfires and struggles just to put bread on the table. So I have two questions:

1) For those of you who changed your majors and those of you who have established careers, what do you believe I should do? Go into something I'm most passionate about, or choose something I like less but is more "stable?"

2) For those of you with experience in creative/literary fields, what -would- be some good professions I could go into with some sort of literature or artistic degree that would offer me some level of stability and security (not necessarily financially - money is not my top concern. Mainly I'm just worried about finding and holding down a good job.)

If I felt more assured that I could find a good job with a literature, artistic, or otherwise more creative degree, I'd probably change majors in a heartbeat, so if anyone has any advice to give on this, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Answer 1

Well, this is a good time to consider this.  You are still probably doing your general education requirements, so you can do more exploration this semester.  Literary careers are very competitive, so you would be taking a chance.  You would need to pick your classes very carefully (from next semester on), get internships in the field, and network like crazy til graduation (joining relevant associations as a student member is a good start).  

I know someone who changed majors five times, and isn't in the major in which he graduated.  It certainly happens.  You need to consider that the literary field may be very unstable, but you can always go to graduate school if things aren't going well.  I wouldn't continue in a field you consider just because it's stable.  I started in political science (was going initially into linguistics), toward law school, and decided not to go, later finishing an MA in polisci.  I finally decided to get an MBA later.