Psychology will eat you alive the same time you eat *it*. It's like a relationship with a pineapple. I am not a student of the thing and I only dabble and blabber in a few selected topics. One of the smarter things to do (I think this counts as an advice), think of why are you going to learn psychology. The whole idea is to learn how to help others. And the practical help comes from a deep understanding of various sorts.

So! Who are you going to help? Is it yourself? Are they small children? Are they unhappy married couples? Are they traumatized victims? Are they simple, ordinary people that you won't contact directly? Or will you do research for the sake of understanding and maybe uncovering something new? Or are they animals? Or are they demented, schizophrenic and otherwise ill people?

Again, learning psychology is learning how to help others. Bear in mind that to do that efficiently, you yourself have to keep a sane mind and have your own everyday life in peace. You have to always be in harmony with yourself.

I myself wanted to study psychology, and I was given the same questions. Not the same wording, but the idea is the same. And then I realized that I had no real idea of what I shall do with my knowledge. I am narcissistic egoist, not caring to help in the first place. Maybe in second. And I am mainly interested in micro expressions and anything that is related to deception, lies, imagination, human nature and a few other sorts. My goal in psychology is too selfish, so I kept the thing as a hobby. Well, criminology would suit my interest, but I learned that very few experts are needed, jobs are occupied, so I would end up creating theories out of the blue.

Just felt like sharing a thought.