When you were a youngster....

What did you want to be when you 'grew up'? It's was a common enough question asked of students when I was a little kiddie. But...

Did you pursue that interest? Did it change over time? If so, what did you finally 'become'?

For me, I always wanted to be 2 things. While all the other girls in my grade wanted to be nurses, stewardesses, secretaries, nuns, etc, I wanted to be a MOM and a Jockey!! Yes, a jockey that races thoroughbreds. I hung around every track I could as a kid. Even taking a bus to visit them during my free afternoons. My own mother never knew this until years later. She simply thought I was out and about with friends. And it wasn't that I was sneaking away, it just didn't occur to me to tell her where I was going.

Well, I became a mom, and of course I love it. But the jockey thing died away after my second child was born. I couldn't even get a job as exercise girl and I tried. So I stuck with waitressing. :(

How's about you all?

I didn't really have aspirations. I guess I thought about being an editor for journalists or doing typesetting. *shrug* I didn't think I was cut out to be a parent but I gave it a shot anyhow and I guess that's been my "career" for the past 9 years.

I was a secretary before having children; I still don't know what I want to do with my life.

I saw a whole list of writers looking for editors in one of my writer journals. I actually thought about trying my luck at it once.

Well, I still don't know what I want to be either.... I guess I should say I 'know' what I want to be, but it costs lots of money to get started.

All through Jr. High and High School I never had a clue as to 'what I wanted to do for the rest of my life'...." ya right! " I thought. I liked animals, but not enough to work at a zoo or anything like that. Sure I would model, but everyone would like to do that & I'm not into competition.

Even in college, I was just wasting my time there.....the books didn't work for me. I left and got a job at a local bank....I loved it; I learned that I was good with financial stuff and organization........then I went to Loan Processing which was good too........now I have moved up to a Real Estate company doing the Escrow Coordinations for them. I love it and would have never gotten here if I had stayed in college. I knew I needed to just 'get out there' and find my place in the work force. :-)

I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. :confused:

GOD!! :eek:

I will let you know when I grow up.... :)

Debbie

Yep.. I don't know what I want to be when I grow up, either.

As a kid, I wanted to be a vet, a Mom, an artist, a writer, a nurse, a doctor (when my brother told me I couldn't be a doctor, because I was a GIRL), a jockey (I went to the races weekly... :D ) until my Mom told me I'd never be shorter than 5'8" (she was right, 5'9"), an actress, a singer, a circus trapeze artist... oh the list goes on.

In college, I wanted to be a writer and go into claymation, editting and filmmaking. Then I became a Mom and took what job made most sense to raise said child.

Now, I work as an artist, I freelance as an artist, I write sometimes, I do photography and home renovations, but I STILL don't know what I want to be when I "grow up."

I think I'd rather throw up than grow up.
~phos

I wanted to be either a ballerina or a teacher ever since I can remember.

I graduated from Long Beach State University in California, earned my credential and taught in the public schools for 8 years before I coached a junior dance trio on Star Search in 1989....I quit my school teaching job when the show aired and my phone wouldn't stop ringing off the hook (teens calling non stop wanting me to coach THEM on Star Search).

My lead trio dancer/student (16 at the time, now 32 and the Director of the Scholarship Program at Broadway Dance Center in NYC) and I opened a dance studio together that year, and I never looked back!

I LOVE what I do, and although I've never had the body to be a real "ballerina", dance is my passion. Passing that passion on to young people is a true joy. And to be able to make a living off of what you love, well...it almost feels illegal! :D

Hey, you closet writers out there: There are lots of 'hidden' opportunities for good writers and editors out there. Lots of engineering and environmental firms, for instance, have editors on staff and on-call (flexible, part-time) for their documents, and you can often work at home. You don't always have to be familiar with the industry jargon or have an engineering or environmental background. While it helps, editing and reviews skills are super important. Now, that said...


I wanted to be a writer when I was young...still do. I've started writing a few times with the intent of drafting a book but not recently at all. Which is funny because now might be the perfect time with all this free time on my hands.

I also wanted to be a lawyer, which is still a very real possibility. I've been thinking of taking the LSATs and going to law school, specializing in environmental law.

Being that I was recently laid off, I've been trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up (some day). Truthfully, I don't anticipate not being involved with environmental work in some way, but I am looking at different angles of the environmental field.

(Anyone? Beuhler?)

almost my fourth year of college and i'm still not 100 percent certain what i'd like to spend the rest of my life doing. tough position to be in. i'd like to do something that makes me happy...but it must be financially secure. so far i'm pursuing music education...but so many times it's the music programs that get cut from schools, so that worries me a bit. i'm still trying to think of a back up career...maybe something in the education field or something still having to do with music...i dont know....

Well, as bizarre as it may seem, I only ever wanted to be a stay-at-home Mom. I wanted to spend my days baking cookies and doing laundry and volunteering at the church, etc. All I ever really wanted to do was raise kids.

Even at a young age, I seemed to know that I needed to have a husband with a decent salary to be able to accomplish that...so I wanted to grow up and marry a surgeon! LOL! Im serious too...my goal in life was to grow up and marry a surgeon.

However, things certainly did not turn out that way. I did end up raising three children, and KIND of as a stay at home mom, even though i do work at home. I never got my hands on that surgeon, but I did have a doctor interested for a while. *winks*

I remember when we were kids..my brother and I were eating dinner with my mom in a pizza hut..and she was telling us what she thought we would be when we grew up. She told my brother she thought he would be a fireman or something along those lines. He ended up being a Marine for seven years, and then a police officer after that, so she wasn't far off.

She told me she thought I would grow up to be a "hair dresser", divorced with three kids. :rolleyes: I was only about 13 at the time, and I was totally offended...but the funny thing is...here I am, 36 years old, divorced with three children. She missed on the hairdresser part a bit, because I am a medical transcriptionist, but I tell you what, I have met some cosmetologists that do very very well for themselves, and I wouldn't mind if she had been right about that as well! *smiles*

As a little girl, I wanted to be a mom, a ballerina, a circus performer and a teacher. I thought I could do it all. :)

I ended up becoming a nurse even though when I first started college, I had firmly decided I was not going to be a nurse. But, the Dean of Admissions talked me into it and I'm glad he did.

I'm sorry ...I know this is cheesy...but I'm a girly girl..what can I say? I wanted to be a model or work in a profession that had to do with fashion or skincare. How I ended up in mortgage banking and real estate...well that's a different story for another day...or for another thread I should say...lol. :)

almost my fourth year of college and i'm still not 100 percent certain what i'd like to spend the rest of my life doing. tough position to be in. i'd like to do something that makes me happy...but it must be financially secure. so far i'm pursuing music education...but so many times it's the music programs that get cut from schools, so that worries me a bit. i'm still trying to think of a back up career...maybe something in the education field or something still having to do with music...i dont know....

That sounds like a pretty darn good plan, Man O'. One of my favorite people is a high school teacher who also coaches basketball, volleyball, is a counselor at school, and does tons of other stuff at the school. He's one of those high school teachers that they write books about and make movies about...only not.

Schools can always use another someone who cares about the important stuff, like music, sports, etc.

There are also private music teachers, church music programs,

did I see a post from Fos ???????? are you staying????? please please please stay !!!!!!

When I was a kid I wanted to be a musician. I started to play the violin when I was about 8. My teacher was an old Polish man. He was like a father to me and I was his priviledged student.

In June 1975 I was scheduled to play a Polka at the Polish embassy accompanied on Piano by my teacher. My mother made me a long white dress that I hung in my room. I couldn't wait for that day. I would look at the dress and daydream.

But in April the civil war broke out in Lebanon, the music school was bombed and reduced to rubble and my teacher had to leave to go back to Poland.

I played alone for a while but then gave up.

I did some intense research 15 years later and found my teacher in Warsaw. We stayed in touch through letters and pictures for a few years. Then one day I sent him a letter and he never answered. He's resting in peace.

I can still play the Polka, but that's about it......

did I see a post from Fos ???????? are you staying????? please please please stay !!!!!!

When I was a kid I wanted to be a musician. I started to play the violin when I was about 8. My teacher was an old Polish man. He was like a father to me and I was his priviledged student.

In June 1975 I was scheduled to play a Polka at the Polish embassy accompanied on Piano by my teacher. My mother made me a long white dress that I hung in my room. I couldn't wait for that day. I would look at the dress and daydream.

But in April the civil war broke out in Lebanon, the music school was bombed and reduced to rubble and my teacher had to leave to go back to Poland.

I played alone for a while but then gave up.

I did some intense research 15 years later and found my teacher in Warsaw. We stayed in touch through letters and pictures for a few years. Then one day I sent him a letter and he never answered. He's resting in peace.

I can still play the Polka, but that's about it......

I'm a violinist/violist too! So many musicians moved to the U.S. to escape problems during that time. Do you still play. what's the composers name of the polka?

I'm a violinist/violist too! So many musicians moved to the U.S. to escape problems during that time. Do you still play. what's the composers name of the polka?

How nice! you're lucky Mano, unfortunately I don't have my partitions anymore and can't remember the name of the composer. But come to think of it, maybe, if I try I might still be able to play a mazurka also, I'm singing the tune in my head right now :) brings back good memories......

I wanted to be a French Horn player for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. I was good enough to get a full college scholarship, but not that good!

It was the 60's and I wanted to do something non-traditional. I've worked as an armed security guard, had my own chemical business, and now again am working in security for the SCIF.

I always wanted to be a mother and that was my most rewarding job, nothing else even comes close!

I wanted to be a French Horn player for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. I was good enough to get a full college scholarship, but not that good!

It was the 60's and I wanted to do something non-traditional. I've worked as an armed security guard, had my own chemical business, and now again am working in security for the SCIF.

I always wanted to be a mother and that was my most rewarding job, nothing else even comes close!
french horn is a beautiful yet very difficult instrument. gotta love all that transposing you have to do. :p

I have sort of went through life and in my senior year of high school i found what i wanted a life in the fantastic world of .....(dramatic long pause , drum rolls please) tada..... Pro Wrestling!! I finally got to be in a ring last year and felt at home and i have my feet holding so many doors in that business i'm close to that dream and also my dreams have somewhat changed too as i am also in the competitive dog show world and i am just happy :D

I always wanted to be either a glamorous movie star or a really fabulous singer. Unfortunately, I suck at both.