Is it worth it?

Question

I am studying pure mathematics at university, as well as minoring in physics. I am soon to finish to BSc degree, and I am considering continuing on with studying pure mathematics. However, I do have a lot of other goals I wish to acheive that have very little to do with mathematics, and sometimes those seem more important. I want to get other people's opinions about whether committing yourself to mathematics is really a worthwhile pursuit, and do other areas of your life suffer, or at least receive less attention, if one's pursuits are dominated by mathematics. Thank you.

Answer 1

I think you should ask yourself whether you simply want to learn mathematics, or whether you want to do research in mathematics. Because if you simply want to learn, you can do that at any point in your life, even after you've had a career in something else, etc. But if you want to do research-level mathematics at a university, then you have a fairly rigid career path you have to follow.