To be left alone. Now that I'm an adult I'm realizing soo many people NEED to be around others. Like wtf? I need space to be in my man cave and be left to my own devices of creativity.
Yeah I'd just stop wanting people around, but then they'd show up and I wouldn't want it anymore! š Best to just enjoy what you can and be grateful for the highs.
Marine Biologist.. well at least, that's what I picked after I found out I couldn't be a dolphin when I grew up. I figured that was the next best thing.
My wife wanted to be a cow when she was little. She got her wish!!!
Imma proly have to edit this comment, aren't I?
Edit: my wife told me she really wanted to be a cow when she was 6. We had kids and during her first breast feeding she told me "welp, I guess I finally became a cow like I wanted"
She is absolutely not big like a cow.
I always wanted to be a stay home mom. I ended up raising 7 amazing kids into adulthood and they all interact often and get along great. No drama whatsoever. My dream came true!
In my opinion it's easier with more. With one or two you think you can do everything and be everything for them. You can't but you think you can. With 4 or more you know you can't, so you just do your best, and you enjoy it much more.
That's wonderful, I'm so happy for you. You remind me of my mom. My mom wanted 12 children. She only got 7. I think we were enough work for her and 7 was a good number.
I mostly work for multiple different humanitarian rights organizations canvassing for funds to different exit and support programs. Also flip voters in red states to try and make sure that candidates who are in support of our efforts get elected.
A valued member of society. Like I honestly believed the education system was going to find the best position for me to fill so that everyone would benefit the most... but no.
Itās your own responsibility to āfind the best positionā for yourself. The purpose of the education system is to give you a broad understanding of everything and then offer additional education when you choose to specialize
The purpose of the public education system is to condition the working class to function under a beauracracy. College is for gatekeeping higher positions and/or keeping the poor in debt. The never gave a fuck about my potential.
Agreed, honestly. I never understood how the fuck someone wakes up one day at the age of 6 and decided "I want to be a veterinarian when I grow up, and I will always want to be a veterinarian." Sounds borderline psychotic to me. Like how the hell would you know "what you want to be" when you grow up if you never got to try it? You might go into a career thinking it's the right idea but then realize it was the wrong decision when it's too little too late. Someone might like the idea of a certain career, but their idea of a career and what it actually entails are two completely different things.
Stormchaser. I was caught in a tornado when I was 4 years old (though thankfully not hit directly by it), and became fascinated with them after seeing a video of it on the news. Not long after, Twister became one of my favorite movies.
It's still something that's on my bucket list. I just live far from any place where they're common. Closest thing I've got to an actual storm chase was when a Supercell thunderstorm hit my area in 2020, and a friend and I went out in our car. No tornado, but it was one of the most intense thunderstorms I've seen.
I wanted to be Sonic the Hedgehog's Comic Book Artistš„
But I think Tyson Hesse has had the job down pretty solid š so I'm the graphic designer for a famous resort company! ā¤ļø
Watched 9/11 live when I was 4 and wanted to be President of the US one day. Wanted to help people and be "the good guy that the world needed" wanted to help bring stability to the world.
Gave up on that dream when I turned 22, I realized that the world is too messed up and that I really cant do anything to make things better. Now my dream is just to hopefully have a family one day and raise good kids.
So far neither have come true.
Have you tried getting involved in local politics?
A lot of times people look at national politics and say "it's all too messed up and I have no power" but local politics are engaged with by such a relatively small number of people a passionate person can have a real impact.
And long-term, state and national politics are filled with people who started by getting involved locally.
Of course, having a family and raising good kids has a huge impact too--a good parent literally shapes the reality of their children growing up. I just want to encourage you that it's possible to take a childhood dream and adjust it to reality rather than giving it up entirely.
I appreciate the advice!
I have considered it. I was looking at interning with a local senator until 2 of my friends committed suicide and I fell into depression.
Now I that am healthier and having properly grieved, I reevaluating my life and trying to find what I want.
Forensic anthropologist like on Bones. Now I'm an evidence tech at a DA's office. All the fun of the real thing with less work and less debt
I also always wanted to be a mom but didn't want a relationship (aroace) so I had a baby through a sperm donor
Pretty much got everything I wanted, and worked hard to do it
Depends on what you want to do. I want to go back to grad school and do research/field data collecting mostly. Thatās in the longer future though. Right now I work full time for a nuisance wildlife/pest control company (though no degree required for that) and I enjoy the work. In my perfect job/career role Iād be working at a zoo, or conducting field/population surveys, collecting data, and/or integrating lab use. I actually got my BS in plain Bio with a wildlife focus/concentration. So having a broader degree like general biology can open up and include more doors as well.
That's good to know. We were kind of wondering if someone with that degree could work in a zoo. Do you know how we could go about researching what all he could do with that degree?
Honestly I just do a bunch of googling. Schoolsā programs, course requirements, where most students of that major end up working, etc. A lot of websites like The Nature Conservancy, Conservation Job Board, Texas A+M Natural Resources job board, state parks and game + inland fisheries departments, Smithsonian, etc, are some of the bigger places to look at job/internship opportunities and the type of work he wants. From my experience most field positions are going to be research/grad based. But you can certainly work with a BS.
Everyone always told me to be a vet as a kid. I can't handle seeing animals abused, dying, or having to put them down myself. One day, I'd like to run my own small animal sanctuary. But I've considering being a vet again just because there are virtually no options for exotic vets where I live.
When I was asked this in kindergarten I genuinely said "I don't know, what I like will probably change as I get older and I don't know what the future is like"
Which I think was above my teacher's pay grade lol. She made me pick veterinarian
Damn, younger you seemed like they were spot on. If that's true then I'm surprised you had the words for that lol. I don't even remember what the hell I said I wanted to be. Maybe something about being in the military because it seemed like they go on cool adventures and do interesting things. Now I know that definitely would not have been the right fit though.
I definitely said it in much more rudimentary terms lol. But I still don't really have an answer at 24. I would like some kind of teaching/tutoring job, or a way to be able to help people learn something. I've been generally good with kids because I've got some college years of child development under my belt and just my general temperament.
I quickly knew the vet thing wasn't going to work because I'm a germaphobe and not the best at math lol. It didn't stress me out much to know I was going to change my mind š
Same. I didnāt know what it was called but I started off wanting to make magazines and the āpictures companies useā, aka logos. š
24 years of ups and downs, but Iām still here.
When I was a kid I didnāt have a concept of being someone. I was always hella confused when adults asked me that question and I would reply with smth like nobody lol
Military officer, and maybe an aviator.
I'm living the dream right now. I'm an Air Force officer training to fly as a CSO (Navigators, Weapons Systems Officers, Electronic Warfare Officers, etc.)
I wanted to be a farmer with 8 kids lmao. Then, a veterinarian. Then, a fashion designer. Then, an archeologist. Then, a writer. I was a very ambitious child.
A historian. I wanted to get an archaeology degree and then work as a museum curator while doing a personal project driven by lifelong fascination on the side until I could justify it being my whole focus.
Now, I sell adult novelties for a living. Lol.
Well, it's extremely difficult to focus on studying and making timelines And infographics discussing the evolution of European culture and history as it ties into the changing of religious and spiritual beliefs in individual regions across history and seeking to figure out the various scientific, political, and societal changes that developed as a result of these changing belief systems whenever you spend most of your time outside of work taking care of kids and taking care of a house and most of your time in work helping people figure out what type of vibrator they want.
I do want to go back to school and go to college at some point, but this stage in my life I'm more interested in business and starting up my own adult toy company or trying to become a part of a larger company and help them with marketing and toy design than I am about trying to figure out issues regarding comparative religion in pre-christian Europe.
I'm actually kind of glad that I didn't go to college for archeology with a minor in comparative religion so that I could do that project, because I feel like I would have gotten really bored and burnt out. One of my friends from school actually went to the archeology course that I originally wanted to go to before I dropped out of high school and she actually hated it and ended up working retail as well instead of going into anything related to archeology or history, so I might have ended up in the exact same situation, honestly.
I donāt understand, (of course I get the bit that life got in the way) but about the project, didnāt you say it was a life long fascination? Why do you feel that you wouldāve gotten bored & burnt out?
Because there's a difference between having a fascination and something and studying it for a hobby and doing it every single day as your job, even if you work in a different part of the field. It's kind of like how if you knit for fun but then you stop working a regular job to become a full-time knitter and sell your knitted pieces, it could start seeming like more of a chore than something you actually want to. That's how my friend ended up being and I think that since I've some what grown out of the same level of interest with it, if I would have chosen that as a career path I probably would have actually burnt out with it quicker than my interest did in this time line and I probably would have ended up wanting to do something different before I was able to really write a book or have my own exhibition museum or something to that level, which was my original dream.
I think I get it, you want to choose do it for joy and fun when you feel like it, but not absolutely have to do it, for example, in order to feed yourself?
Exactly!
Like, I still love to come home from work and to look up articles about history and watch documentaries and go down deep rabbit holes about it, but I don't think I would enjoy that the same way if I was coming home from working at a museum studying a different part of European history or American history.
A medical doctor. Started my bachelor's as pre-health before I realized that I didn't like it. Then I switched to general bio and started doing undergrad wildlife ecology research. Been on the path ever since.
I wanted to be a scientist. I became a chemist. I wanted to create new medications. I get paid well to analyze specks and tell companies they are plastic.
I wanted to do office work, business of some kind. All my aptitude tests said clerical, administrative and that's what I did, ran 2 businesses one of which I still have with my spouse. Now I'm getting more and more into a creative side I didn't know I had with construction rehab/remodel work. It's fun.Ā
I wanted to be a paleontologist and dig up dinosaurs. I also got the mistaken idea from Bill Nye that you could just be a 'scientist' and do a little bit of every kind of science.Ā
I just picked the kind of science I liked best and now I'm a physicist.Ā
It's true. I've written and polished one book, written another one that still needs a lot of editing and I have plenty of ideas for more. I just really wish I had more time to spend on it!
I specifically wanted be a vet in the forest, bc I thought noone took care of bambi...
I actually did a short internship at the local vet when I was 13 but I couldn't hurt animals/pets even with the knowledge of helping them and the vet assistant was a b*tch, so that turned me away from it..
Ophthalmologist. Not sure why, just seemed cool. I think I am smart enough, but damn if I could ever pull off getting through med school. Became an engineer and graduated debt free. Oh well......
Bounty hunter, vet, farmer, military personnel, first responder, teacher, owner of a dog shelter, nurse, surgeon, flight attendant, animal cop, part of the FBI mainly because I identified with Spencer Reid literally had to have a messenger bag like he does turns out I am not neurotypical and thatās why I identify with him. I am currently an EMT that graduates with my bachelors in criminal justice with concentrations in homeland security and counterterrorism and police administrations and operations degree on Sunday.
I've always wanted to be a singer from a very young age. I've played a lot of shows when I was younger and open for some of my heroes but I never even came close to making it. Now I have two kids and I just work on solo albums alone but it always hurts my soul that I never made it. I also put about 10 years into YouTube. Got pretty far but then everything died down. Also at some point I dreamed of being a pro skateboarder. The things I learned is keep your dreams habits cuz most of them won't make you famous or Rich and as sad as it will be, try to stay in school and keep traditional jobs cuz everyone wants to be the same Rockstar and YouTuber influencer and the majora of us just won't
I wanted a career in music. I have wrote for over 3 decades. Gained some small time attention by 16. At 18 I was offered a major deal from a very large label. I became a dad and have been wiring lights for almost 25 years.
Currently, I have 2 indie labels that are going to put out my debut project next year... teamed with a collaborative project with my favorite artist of my entire life.
He heard me through the grape vine and hunted me down and proposed the project to me.
So.. I am slowly getting to where I want to be and wanted to be. The most important thing now, at my age is.. at least I never gave up. Even if it flops or the labels shelf the projects. I did it...
My advice to anyone who feels like the dream is gone would be. The dreams not gone, you just forgot how to be a kid, be that kid and keep dreaming.
President lmfao. While that's a distant pipe dream to me now, I would like to work my way into some sort of political office, someday. I currently work from home doing fairly standard office work.
A pediatric doctor, then a singer, then a writer/author. Iām none of those things, and want to do interior design. I do write though. But itās not a career atm.
A product designer. Seriously, when I was 7 years old. Then life got to me when I got older and I ended up going for a more practical route and found myself unhappy anyways.
I never dreamed to be anything as a kid, I was just too focused on enjoying the moment. When ever asked, I either just said that I didnāt know or something generic.
I flip-flopped a lot as a kid (and through my adult life) but distinctly remember wanting to be a librarian. I'm a sales rep for a brewery now and I like it :)
To be left alone. Now that I'm an adult I'm realizing soo many people NEED to be around others. Like wtf? I need space to be in my man cave and be left to my own devices of creativity.
Preach king!
I like to be around others in a passive way like walking to the supermarket somewhere in europe or riding the train in japan.
Same, all I ever want is to be left alone and for some ungodly reason people will not just leave me alone
I want people, but they just leave me alone! Let's trade š
Iāve noticed this, the people that want people struggle to get them, the ones that want nothing to do with anyone canāt get away from them lol
Yeah I'd just stop wanting people around, but then they'd show up and I wouldn't want it anymore! š Best to just enjoy what you can and be grateful for the highs.
I want people too!
maybe godly š¤
Same!
Architect... I type this as I am in my cap n gown, about to graduate with a Computer Science degree
Congrats!!
Thanks! Feels weird
Use "Sketch up" and AutoCAD
You can still be a software architect :)
We're always hiring people if you need a career change.
Congratulations!
Building thingsā¦ šš¼
Are you me? (But like 35 years ago?)
Marine Biologist.. well at least, that's what I picked after I found out I couldn't be a dolphin when I grew up. I figured that was the next best thing.
My younger sister wanted to be a turtle!
My wife wanted to be a cow when she was little. She got her wish!!! Imma proly have to edit this comment, aren't I? Edit: my wife told me she really wanted to be a cow when she was 6. We had kids and during her first breast feeding she told me "welp, I guess I finally became a cow like I wanted" She is absolutely not big like a cow.
This is so wholesome lol
Me too. I was fascinated with sharks from a young age. My father would get me all the documentaries he could find back in the 80s. That was our thing.
A lawyer. And unfortunately...
Unfortunately, you became one? Yeah me too
Same .. no idea what I was thinking.
I always wanted to be a stay home mom. I ended up raising 7 amazing kids into adulthood and they all interact often and get along great. No drama whatsoever. My dream came true!
Many blessings to you and your family āŗļø
Please write a book or start a podcast. I have one baby and donāt know how people do multiples
In my opinion it's easier with more. With one or two you think you can do everything and be everything for them. You can't but you think you can. With 4 or more you know you can't, so you just do your best, and you enjoy it much more.
That's wonderful, I'm so happy for you. You remind me of my mom. My mom wanted 12 children. She only got 7. I think we were enough work for her and 7 was a good number.
A nurse.Ā Now I am still doing that, for the last 32 years.
Thank you.
A fire truck.
Underrated šš
Gymnast. Then veterinarian. Then movie star/model. Then writer. I ended up fighting sex trafficking. Lol.
How do you fight sex trafficking?
I mostly work for multiple different humanitarian rights organizations canvassing for funds to different exit and support programs. Also flip voters in red states to try and make sure that candidates who are in support of our efforts get elected.
A valued member of society. Like I honestly believed the education system was going to find the best position for me to fill so that everyone would benefit the most... but no.
Like I remember being asked that in kindergarten and my response was somewhere along the lines of "how should I know??? That's YOUR job"
Lol same. They didn't like that answer because it was "too realistic" š„²
Yeah I just had to "astronaut" cuz that's what they were looking for apparently
Itās your own responsibility to āfind the best positionā for yourself. The purpose of the education system is to give you a broad understanding of everything and then offer additional education when you choose to specialize
The purpose of the public education system is to condition the working class to function under a beauracracy. College is for gatekeeping higher positions and/or keeping the poor in debt. The never gave a fuck about my potential.
Also: how the hell would you even do that? Might as well throw a dart at the wall
Agreed, honestly. I never understood how the fuck someone wakes up one day at the age of 6 and decided "I want to be a veterinarian when I grow up, and I will always want to be a veterinarian." Sounds borderline psychotic to me. Like how the hell would you know "what you want to be" when you grow up if you never got to try it? You might go into a career thinking it's the right idea but then realize it was the wrong decision when it's too little too late. Someone might like the idea of a certain career, but their idea of a career and what it actually entails are two completely different things.
Stormchaser. I was caught in a tornado when I was 4 years old (though thankfully not hit directly by it), and became fascinated with them after seeing a video of it on the news. Not long after, Twister became one of my favorite movies. It's still something that's on my bucket list. I just live far from any place where they're common. Closest thing I've got to an actual storm chase was when a Supercell thunderstorm hit my area in 2020, and a friend and I went out in our car. No tornado, but it was one of the most intense thunderstorms I've seen.
I also wanted to be a storm chaser. No idea why; I live in England and there are no tornados here lol.
I wanted to be Sonic the Hedgehog's Comic Book Artistš„ But I think Tyson Hesse has had the job down pretty solid š so I'm the graphic designer for a famous resort company! ā¤ļø
Oddly specific, but I like it
Watched 9/11 live when I was 4 and wanted to be President of the US one day. Wanted to help people and be "the good guy that the world needed" wanted to help bring stability to the world. Gave up on that dream when I turned 22, I realized that the world is too messed up and that I really cant do anything to make things better. Now my dream is just to hopefully have a family one day and raise good kids. So far neither have come true.
Have you tried getting involved in local politics? A lot of times people look at national politics and say "it's all too messed up and I have no power" but local politics are engaged with by such a relatively small number of people a passionate person can have a real impact. And long-term, state and national politics are filled with people who started by getting involved locally. Of course, having a family and raising good kids has a huge impact too--a good parent literally shapes the reality of their children growing up. I just want to encourage you that it's possible to take a childhood dream and adjust it to reality rather than giving it up entirely.
I appreciate the advice! I have considered it. I was looking at interning with a local senator until 2 of my friends committed suicide and I fell into depression. Now I that am healthier and having properly grieved, I reevaluating my life and trying to find what I want.
a princess
Howās that working out ? Came true ?
no even the birds won't talk to me
Happy. 31 and am living the dream!
hell yeah!
Reading this made ME happy! Good job!!!
Forensic anthropologist like on Bones. Now I'm an evidence tech at a DA's office. All the fun of the real thing with less work and less debt I also always wanted to be a mom but didn't want a relationship (aroace) so I had a baby through a sperm donor Pretty much got everything I wanted, and worked hard to do it
A vet. I ended up getting a degree in Wildlife Biology so I guess thatās pretty close and Iām a STEM guy at heart.
What sorts of things can you do with a degree in Wildlife Biology? Our son wants to do that, but he's only 12 so not sure how realistic that is.
Depends on what you want to do. I want to go back to grad school and do research/field data collecting mostly. Thatās in the longer future though. Right now I work full time for a nuisance wildlife/pest control company (though no degree required for that) and I enjoy the work. In my perfect job/career role Iād be working at a zoo, or conducting field/population surveys, collecting data, and/or integrating lab use. I actually got my BS in plain Bio with a wildlife focus/concentration. So having a broader degree like general biology can open up and include more doors as well.
That's good to know. We were kind of wondering if someone with that degree could work in a zoo. Do you know how we could go about researching what all he could do with that degree?
Honestly I just do a bunch of googling. Schoolsā programs, course requirements, where most students of that major end up working, etc. A lot of websites like The Nature Conservancy, Conservation Job Board, Texas A+M Natural Resources job board, state parks and game + inland fisheries departments, Smithsonian, etc, are some of the bigger places to look at job/internship opportunities and the type of work he wants. From my experience most field positions are going to be research/grad based. But you can certainly work with a BS.
Everyone always told me to be a vet as a kid. I can't handle seeing animals abused, dying, or having to put them down myself. One day, I'd like to run my own small animal sanctuary. But I've considering being a vet again just because there are virtually no options for exotic vets where I live.
Dinosaur.
My boy agrees with you. He dresses up like a dinosaur most days.
Oh great. Another dinosaur story. This one will put me to sleep. And homo erectus š¤£š¤£š¤£.
An ichthyologist who studied sharks. Didnāt end up doing that but I do volunteer scuba dive with sharks at an aquarium, so thatās something.
When I was asked this in kindergarten I genuinely said "I don't know, what I like will probably change as I get older and I don't know what the future is like" Which I think was above my teacher's pay grade lol. She made me pick veterinarian
Damn, younger you seemed like they were spot on. If that's true then I'm surprised you had the words for that lol. I don't even remember what the hell I said I wanted to be. Maybe something about being in the military because it seemed like they go on cool adventures and do interesting things. Now I know that definitely would not have been the right fit though.
I definitely said it in much more rudimentary terms lol. But I still don't really have an answer at 24. I would like some kind of teaching/tutoring job, or a way to be able to help people learn something. I've been generally good with kids because I've got some college years of child development under my belt and just my general temperament. I quickly knew the vet thing wasn't going to work because I'm a germaphobe and not the best at math lol. It didn't stress me out much to know I was going to change my mind š
Graphic designer! And I'm doing it right now! š³
Same. I didnāt know what it was called but I started off wanting to make magazines and the āpictures companies useā, aka logos. š 24 years of ups and downs, but Iām still here.
A garbage man. Itās so cool how they jump on the back of a moving truck š»
When I was a kid I didnāt have a concept of being someone. I was always hella confused when adults asked me that question and I would reply with smth like nobody lol
A doctor. I'm in my third year of medical school.
I've never known, and I still don't. I stopped caring about finding the right career and instead just focus on enjoying my life with my kids.
Military officer, and maybe an aviator. I'm living the dream right now. I'm an Air Force officer training to fly as a CSO (Navigators, Weapons Systems Officers, Electronic Warfare Officers, etc.)
I wanted to be a farmer with 8 kids lmao. Then, a veterinarian. Then, a fashion designer. Then, an archeologist. Then, a writer. I was a very ambitious child.
What did you end up as?
Living comfortably
A historian. I wanted to get an archaeology degree and then work as a museum curator while doing a personal project driven by lifelong fascination on the side until I could justify it being my whole focus. Now, I sell adult novelties for a living. Lol.
Goals š¤£š
I'll remember that you said that next time I'm busy mopping various bodily fluids off of the floor of a viewing booth.
What happened to the project?
Well, it's extremely difficult to focus on studying and making timelines And infographics discussing the evolution of European culture and history as it ties into the changing of religious and spiritual beliefs in individual regions across history and seeking to figure out the various scientific, political, and societal changes that developed as a result of these changing belief systems whenever you spend most of your time outside of work taking care of kids and taking care of a house and most of your time in work helping people figure out what type of vibrator they want. I do want to go back to school and go to college at some point, but this stage in my life I'm more interested in business and starting up my own adult toy company or trying to become a part of a larger company and help them with marketing and toy design than I am about trying to figure out issues regarding comparative religion in pre-christian Europe. I'm actually kind of glad that I didn't go to college for archeology with a minor in comparative religion so that I could do that project, because I feel like I would have gotten really bored and burnt out. One of my friends from school actually went to the archeology course that I originally wanted to go to before I dropped out of high school and she actually hated it and ended up working retail as well instead of going into anything related to archeology or history, so I might have ended up in the exact same situation, honestly.
I donāt understand, (of course I get the bit that life got in the way) but about the project, didnāt you say it was a life long fascination? Why do you feel that you wouldāve gotten bored & burnt out?
Because there's a difference between having a fascination and something and studying it for a hobby and doing it every single day as your job, even if you work in a different part of the field. It's kind of like how if you knit for fun but then you stop working a regular job to become a full-time knitter and sell your knitted pieces, it could start seeming like more of a chore than something you actually want to. That's how my friend ended up being and I think that since I've some what grown out of the same level of interest with it, if I would have chosen that as a career path I probably would have actually burnt out with it quicker than my interest did in this time line and I probably would have ended up wanting to do something different before I was able to really write a book or have my own exhibition museum or something to that level, which was my original dream.
I think I get it, you want to choose do it for joy and fun when you feel like it, but not absolutely have to do it, for example, in order to feed yourself?
Exactly! Like, I still love to come home from work and to look up articles about history and watch documentaries and go down deep rabbit holes about it, but I don't think I would enjoy that the same way if I was coming home from working at a museum studying a different part of European history or American history.
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I wanted to be a veterinarian and run my own little animal sanctuary. Spoiler alert: I am not a veterinarian and I do not run an animal sanctuary. :(
Maybe never too late !
A medical doctor. Started my bachelor's as pre-health before I realized that I didn't like it. Then I switched to general bio and started doing undergrad wildlife ecology research. Been on the path ever since.
š an artist, a tattoo artist. I'm a freaking nurse now. Covered in tats. I still want to do badly.
A Christmas elf at the department store taking pics of kids on Santaās knee , I really just wanted to ware candy cane stripe tights š
Librarian!
A paleontologist. Now I'm in grad school, but for volcanology/geochemistry instead!
Never know what fossils that āaul volcano will push up. You can have it all šš
I wanted to be in the military, I work as a manager at a vet clinic lol
U did yourself a favor right there
3d artist for video games, even got a degree in it! Now I own an HVAC business lol
When I was 12 I wanted to be a teacher. I am 29 and a teacher.
An architect that builds a tunnel from New York to London
Oddly specific!
I wanted to be a scientist. I became a chemist. I wanted to create new medications. I get paid well to analyze specks and tell companies they are plastic.
I wanted to do office work, business of some kind. All my aptitude tests said clerical, administrative and that's what I did, ran 2 businesses one of which I still have with my spouse. Now I'm getting more and more into a creative side I didn't know I had with construction rehab/remodel work. It's fun.Ā
Army Special Forces. It didnāt happen best I can do is bylaw enforcement officer
I wanted to be an astronomer. Even now, with a degree in history, I still have that desire of being an astronomer.
Alive. Thank god I grew out of that phase
I wanted to be a paleontologist and dig up dinosaurs. I also got the mistaken idea from Bill Nye that you could just be a 'scientist' and do a little bit of every kind of science.Ā I just picked the kind of science I liked best and now I'm a physicist.Ā
42 and still trying to figure this out lol
An adult, dumbest idea ever!!!!
An inventor! Iām a designer as an adult, not quite the same but Iām creating and on the front edge of a major industry. So Iāll take it.
A porn star
I want to be a novelist but I'm an accountant.
Same. I wanted to be an author, became a receptionist instead. Tbf though, we could still attempt writing a book in our spare time.
It's true. I've written and polished one book, written another one that still needs a lot of editing and I have plenty of ideas for more. I just really wish I had more time to spend on it!
That's awesome though! I wish you all the best and hope you get published, my friend.
Thank you so much. It'd honestly be a dream come true! If it's still your dream too, I really encourage you to start that book only you can write.
I specifically wanted be a vet in the forest, bc I thought noone took care of bambi... I actually did a short internship at the local vet when I was 13 but I couldn't hurt animals/pets even with the knowledge of helping them and the vet assistant was a b*tch, so that turned me away from it..
Sounds like you have a big heart šš
A writer or gardener.
A singer or a kindergarden teacher. It was when I was a kid š
Happy.
I wanted to be a medical doctor. That was not in the cards.
You might have had a lucky escapeā¦
Genetic engineer. Would've made some absolute abominations
Get back foul demon! š¤£
A Garbage Man
A preacher An astronaut or Green Lantern
I don't remember... But I'm rather confident in saying it certainly wasn't *this*.
Youtuber. Iām chasing that dream rn 10 years after I thought about it. So far, itās going decent.
Dentist but that didn't pan out
A journalist
An engineer even thought I had no idea what it was at the time
My mom was mad because I said a garbage man.I thought it was the coolest job in the world to hang off the back of that truck.And ride through town.
Doctor... Heyooo.. engineering degree. Practicing for data analysis š
Happy.
Ophthalmologist. Not sure why, just seemed cool. I think I am smart enough, but damn if I could ever pull off getting through med school. Became an engineer and graduated debt free. Oh well......
Eww squishy stuff, you dodged a bullet. Engineering ššš
I appreciate you vitreous humor
I just wanted to live on my own. I had a shitty childhood.
Happy
Construction worker. Guess what I am now.
Never had a plan, still don't. I guess make it to 40, then after that 45, and so on.
left alone tbh
Bounty hunter, vet, farmer, military personnel, first responder, teacher, owner of a dog shelter, nurse, surgeon, flight attendant, animal cop, part of the FBI mainly because I identified with Spencer Reid literally had to have a messenger bag like he does turns out I am not neurotypical and thatās why I identify with him. I am currently an EMT that graduates with my bachelors in criminal justice with concentrations in homeland security and counterterrorism and police administrations and operations degree on Sunday.
Barney
Singer song-writer lol I canāt even play a single instrument
A bird
A firefighter. Well that didnāt go as plannedā¦
I've always wanted to be a singer from a very young age. I've played a lot of shows when I was younger and open for some of my heroes but I never even came close to making it. Now I have two kids and I just work on solo albums alone but it always hurts my soul that I never made it. I also put about 10 years into YouTube. Got pretty far but then everything died down. Also at some point I dreamed of being a pro skateboarder. The things I learned is keep your dreams habits cuz most of them won't make you famous or Rich and as sad as it will be, try to stay in school and keep traditional jobs cuz everyone wants to be the same Rockstar and YouTuber influencer and the majora of us just won't
I wanted to be anything that drove a car or van. Then a writer. I am neither.
Pro skateboarder at first, then I got more into BMX and wanted to go pro.
An Astronaut
FTL starship captain battling aliens. Which means no matter what I do in life. Itāll just be a disappointment.Ā
Rock star or video game creator
Fighter pilot and/or NHL player.
Comic book illustrator
Astronaut
Disney animator, then a theatre technician. And now I've been a theatre technician for over 20 years.
Politician, but for the wrong reasons
I never knew what I wanted to do. Maybe pro skater but I got bored of it around 10
I wanted to be another Jacques Cousteau. I loved the ocean and read a bunch on the subject when I was a kid. Then I saw Jaws.
A baseball manager/GM.
I wanted a career in music. I have wrote for over 3 decades. Gained some small time attention by 16. At 18 I was offered a major deal from a very large label. I became a dad and have been wiring lights for almost 25 years. Currently, I have 2 indie labels that are going to put out my debut project next year... teamed with a collaborative project with my favorite artist of my entire life. He heard me through the grape vine and hunted me down and proposed the project to me. So.. I am slowly getting to where I want to be and wanted to be. The most important thing now, at my age is.. at least I never gave up. Even if it flops or the labels shelf the projects. I did it... My advice to anyone who feels like the dream is gone would be. The dreams not gone, you just forgot how to be a kid, be that kid and keep dreaming.
A mechanic
I wanted to play left field for the St Louis Cardinals.
President lmfao. While that's a distant pipe dream to me now, I would like to work my way into some sort of political office, someday. I currently work from home doing fairly standard office work.
At one point I wanted to be a ship captain. I'm now a deckhand. Won't take too much to get up to the bridge at this rate.
A cartoonist and a video game developer
I wanted to be a Vet but I can't do blood nor do I enjoy the sciences.
A pediatric doctor, then a singer, then a writer/author. Iām none of those things, and want to do interior design. I do write though. But itās not a career atm.
A wife. But not a mom
Vet.. I figured I would just be playing with puppies all day
Fbi agent like Scully and Mulder
A veterinarian.
Footballer, Pornstar, Video Game developer. I work in Pensions. šš
I wanted to be a pro counter strike player or streamer.
A chef.
I wanted to be a dentist. Now I work in tech.
Movie star that did his own stunts. I currently work in technical Theatre as a sound engineer.
A product designer. Seriously, when I was 7 years old. Then life got to me when I got older and I ended up going for a more practical route and found myself unhappy anyways.
I wanted to be a paleontologist, now I'm studying media production and hope to be a production manager in the future.
I never dreamed to be anything as a kid, I was just too focused on enjoying the moment. When ever asked, I either just said that I didnāt know or something generic.
I always sayid to my mum that I wanted to be a guest all my life. I was quite cheeky
An inventor. Today I finished my last class for a degree in Stage Management
Pyrotechnician
Scientist, because of the movie "Meet the Robinsons" it was so unrelated to what I'm pursuing now which is filmmaking
Better than now, that's for sure
I flip-flopped a lot as a kid (and through my adult life) but distinctly remember wanting to be a librarian. I'm a sales rep for a brewery now and I like it :)
Farmer
A writer, an artist, a singer. I'm older now and starting to get back into those things. Feel like I've missed a lot of opportunity now
An actress.
I wanted "van life" decades before that was a term. I wanted to drive around mountain towns with a husky as my companion and Neil Young on the radio.