The Illinois College of Optometry Student Blog

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about who I am, exactly. I believe we craft our identities based on many things, such as who we choose as friends, where we’re from, the music we listen to, the clothes we wear, how we handle certain situations, our hobbies, interests, and values. However, there is one major facet of people’s identities that hasn’t become important to me until recent years: the profession we choose. Up until college, I never really thought about my future profe