I'm just starting my second year in uni as a bachelor in economics and I really don't like what we're studying. I feel like I have no interest in any of the stuff that we're learning, such as micro, macro, accounting, statistics. As it's literally the first week of this academic year, I'm considering dropping out of uni.
I feel burnt out but also I feel like I haven't been honest with myself. I thought working with numbers, maths, calculations, or learning economic theory interests me, but now I've realized that while some people might like these, this is really not for me.
I'd like to note that I had pretty good grades last year, because I wanted to see if I'm just being lazy and that's why I don't find it interesting, but even after studying these topics I felt no interest at all.
My brother who is a banker told me to join a club at the uni where they organise events in which 'theory meets practice', so I would be able to see whether it's the learning from textbooks part that I don't like or that I really just have no passion for this type of work at all.
I think that in the past the reason I chose this path was because it was 'secure' and would guarantee making more money than a lot of jobs, but now I realised that there is more to life than just having a secure, well paying job, because you actually have to have a passion for it.
What do you think I should do? Have you been through something like this? If so, what helped?
Thanks in advance.
Edit:
Firstly, thank you all for the advice and recommendations. It truly means a lot to me.
I've been thinking a lot about this and talked to my family and to a friend.
One problem I have is that right now I feel very tired and am not sure if I can keep on going with this. I'm flying back home for about a week to rest and to try and clear my head. That might help.
Right now, even getting out of bed isn't easy.
Also, I feel like a job that is more physical, and that I feel directly helps other people/the world, and doesn't force me to sit in a building all day would be a must for me. But even thinking about this tires me out. I've never felt like this. I'm guessing this is probably a phase. But it's hard.
I feel so tired/burnt out that even thinking about academic work and studying makes me want to throw up.
I know that some part of this is JUST being burnt out, but also that since the mid-end of last year I've felt that this doesn't interest me at all. I just thought that I would be able to put up with it. But I've realized that I couldn't do this for another 2 years, at least that's what I feel. The problem then is what should I do. I want to find something that interests me, for which I do have ideas(like maybe law enforcement), but I'm so tired/unmotivated that just thinking about them makes me feel like I couldn't set out on the path for them.
I know it gets better, but it is hard.