Who are we to judge?

You know, I can't believe I've only come to fully get a grasp on this until this now. College and these next excruciating finding-yourself years is about NO ONE, absolutely no one... but you. I came across many success stories of people taking a semester off, a year off... and they came back much more ready and willing to learn. I mean, it might be a little different for some of the fortunate ones who have parents helping with college costs... then I can see why you'd be doing it for them a little bit, so that what they worked out for you doesn't go to waste. But what if you're truly on your own? What if you have to start after high school without the help of your parents at all? I think it's fair that you can take your time to decide because you can't afford to waste money and time on majors you're miserable sitting through.... Every one has to take a path on their own. I mean with countless different career paths out there where some are stable and others are there for the passionate and driven, that's there for the rest of your life. What we do now determines that path, and if I want to do my own thing, at a different pace than others, at the cost of being judged... at least I know that what I did was for my own well-being and happiness for the years i'm going to need it the most.