What Did You Want to Be When You Grew Up and Are You Doing It?

[Liberalynn]

I wanted to be a singer/actress/ and writer.

I became a historian.

of course it is debateable that I ever grew up to begin with.

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. I wanted to become a surgeon and writer....I became a mom...and

sometime writer. :hi:

[Liberalynn]

22. What Genre

do you like to write? I've started a couple of romantic/mystery stories. The only problem is I never seem to finish them. I've also started a fantasy story. I kind of want to write in the same genre as Nora Roberts, Jayne Ann Krentz, and Mary Higgins Clark.

I do write some fan/fiction and have put some up on a couple fan fiction sites. The two shows I write about are Charmed and Hercules The Legendary Journeys.

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. I've written a coming of age type novel, several short stories and a few

political/social essays. :hi: I try to force myself to write at least an hour a day, whether it's journaling or actual writing.

[McKenzie]

2. I wanted to work in architectural conservation

I work in architectural conservation

[meti57b]

3. I wanted to be an engineer, and now I are one.

[achtung_circus]

4. I wanted to be

either a veterinarian or a cowboy.

I was a cowboy for years, not bad for a city kid, and am now in animal welfare enforcement. Vets see the people who look after their animals- I see those who don't.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

6. I wanted to be a print reporter. I got my college degree in English w/

an emphasis in Journalism. I work for an architecture firm doing marketing. While I'm not a reporter, I do proposal writing, press releases and some public relations stuff. So, technically no, but it's sort of related to my degree (writing).

[RagingInMiami]

5. I wanted to be a rock star and actor

I became a writer

[eoberhauser]

45. I wanted to do broadway musical

or be a lounge singer - I'm serious!

Now my boyfriend and I started a screenprinting and embroidery business (After both of the companies we worked for went under) that I must say in our second year is doing very well. At 25 and 27 I would say we have acheived something wonderful working for ourselves. Nothing like it in the world.

Erin

[Smirking_Chimp]

7. I wanted to be a musician, or a diebold tech.

I became a telephone tech. yuk. and play in a band, yea!

[flamingyouth]

8. I wanted to be editor of the New York Times

And no, I am not editor of the New York Times. :D

[tigereye]

29. hey it would be so cool if you were!

:hi:

it would be your alter ego! :)

[DrWeird]

9. I wanted to be a muthafuckin' hustlah

I ended up a pimp.

[autorank]

10. Yes and Yes

[DebJ]

11. damn. I wanted to be a historian. I'm 49 and hoping to return

to college next year. Only got through 90 credit hours...but all at two year level...over 20 years, had to keep taking different classes for changing requirements...but got a 3.9 on classes I completed.
My parents would not support me going to college, and refused to fill out the financial aid and other forms. My teachers were extremely disappointed, telling me I could have gone to any college that I chose. I ended up getting married at 19, having 2 kids by 25, one handicapped, then divorced at 28. Still I squeezed in college as I could.
Sigh.
Now they are grown. I'm hoping it is my turn!
What do you do for a living?

[Liberalynn]

21. Right Now

I am disabled due to clinical depression and severe anxiety disorder but I used to work in a small local museum. I was the Director of Research for about eleven years. I mainly helped other people use our archives, handled genealogical requests, and did research for exhibts. I loved doing the research for the exhibits the best. I did one on Susan B. Anthony that I was pretty proud of.

Good for you for going back to college. It is never too late. I've gone back for a few courses in creative writing and got a paralegal certificate. Hopefully if I can get my head back on straight enough and the courage to get myself going career wise again, I'll try pursuing one of them. I really loved the Legal Research and Writing class I took and the professor told me I was really skilled at it, but she also said she doubted anyone would let me specialize in that exclusively, especially right off the bat. Due to the anxiety disorder I wouldn't feel comfortable with having to answer phones, client contacts, etc. I just get too nervous and start making mistakes because of the nervousness etc. I really just want to hide in a corner with my books and paper, pens, and P.C. but so far no one's come up with any suggestions for a job like that. LOL.


What area of history do you want to study? I took a lot of courses in American History but I also took a number of courses in European World War II history.

[DebJ]

34. I can't seem to stop reading about the American Revolution...

mostly biographies, some other subjects. I also have a lot of books on the Civil War, etc., but it will be years before I get to them. My husband (an ancient history fanatic/social studies teacher) says I will NEVER get out of the American Revolution. He may be right.
Especially in today's political climate: I feel like the concepts behind the founding of this country need intense discussion by all Americans all over again. I've even had two people say to me, We don't need the Constitution. It's old. Who cares? ARGHHH!!!!!
Of course, they were Repubs!

[CornField]

12. I wanted to be a writer & I'm kinda doing it

I imagined globe trotting around and covering the really big stories. I don't get to trot around the globe, but writing is still a large part of what I do for a living.

[ContraBass Black]

13. I wanted to be loved, not have to worry about money, and have a fun job.

Still working on it.

[AlCzervik]

14. I wanted to be a stand up comedienne but

my dad aka the fun remover and dream squisher said.."You need something to fall back on, do that for in your spare time". So i got a degree in accounting and wrote a little for a friend who was a struggling stand-up.

[guitar man]

15. A rock guiar player

Well, I work a job during the week now and go play with the band on the weekend at some club. I wanted to be a record producer too and I have my own studio where I work on indy stuff. All in all, I guess is hasn't worked out so bad.

[Maddy McCall]

16. Wanted to be a vet, became an historian.

You, too, huh? :-)

Wouldn't want to do anything else. I took a long route to the profession of history, but I am completely content and excited about my profession, and can't imagine doing anything else.

[Liberalynn]

26. Yes

I loved the research element of my job. It really was a great experience for the most part. I worked with some great people and got to do a lot of interesting things. I even met Lynn Scherr and she signed my copy of "Failure is Impossible" the book she wrote on Susan B. Anthony.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

42. I wanted to be a historian...

But I guess I wasn't right for it. The best teacher I ever had was my freshman history teacher. He changed my life forever. Big props to the one of the most noble professions on earth.

:hi:

[Bouncy Ball]

17. I wanted to be an

archeologist, an attorney, a professional musician (as in playing in a symphony orchestra), a vet. I am none of those things, but I do love what I do and am successful at it. I think it is what I was meant to do.

[LiberalEsto]

18. I wanted to be a newspaper reporter

and wound up doing that for 21 years. I loved almost every minute of it.

I dropped out of full-time newspaper work to raise my kids, and now that they're in college, I find there aren't many newspaper jobs out there. Papers pay lousy wages, and I'm long past wanting to cover night meetings. I should have gone on the copy desk when they asked me to, but I hate night shifts.

In the meantime, I've been doing "corporate communications" work for a small PR firm, and wondering what to do when and if I ever grow up.

[hunter]

19. I always wanted to own a supercomputer...

But damn, I pulled the supercomputer I'm writing this on out of a dumpster, and it only cost me about fifty bucks to supercharge it.

I also wanted to invent the Mosaic web browser, but I decided that having a wife and kids was better. And I was right. At least for a short time in Urbana-Champaign I lived and breathed computers.

I got my first internet account in 1979 and I've never looked back. It's a miracle, I live in the best of times; I really do. Places like DU are very much what I imagined they would be.

My biggest regret? I should have thought about money, but I never did. My oldest son teases me unmercifully, he says I could have been rich. Oh well. I think the coming inflation will make us all millionaires and I have plenty of good recipies for rice and beans.

:hi: (Obligatory wave to the spooky guys.)

[SarahB]

20. I never quite figured it out.

I was good enough in a number of things I had trouble pinning it down in my youth. I'm still figuring it out apparently. :crazy:

[u4ic]

23. I wanted to train race horses

Nope, never even hit the backstretch and am just a fan, though I'd been involved with horses most of life until I became disabled.

[IHeart1993]

25. I wanted to be a voice actor

Now I have a Masters in Biology and looking for a first job.
I also wanted to be a paleontologist, but that ended in 2003.

[jdots]

27. lucky me i've done what i have wanted to do

never made any money but did music and came back to art.Still have to become a cult leader though,the money is exellent.

[whodiedandmadeUSgod]

28. I wanted to be a flight attendant

now I'm a nurse. Good thing to since I'm afraid of flying.

[HEyHEY]

30. I know when I was VERY young I wanted to be a Police on Horse

SO I could whack hippies with a club from above.

However when I was around 16 or so I wanted to become a journalist. I'm doing it now.

When I was 12 -13 I have no idea what I wanted to do..

[legally blonde]

31. I always wanted to be a doctor

but now I'm in law school. Never saw that one coming.

[GRLMGC]

32. Wanted to be an actress

I'm in college now as a Film Studies major, hoping to end up directing. Who knows, though, I may end up somewhere entirely different. In fact that's likely considering the chances of me being a successful director.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

33. I want to be a vet.

And I am going to be. If it takes me a bajillion years and I get into a million bucks of debt. Bring it on, sucka! :)

[Phentex]

35. I don't think I'm going to make it to the Supreme Court

just yet....

[terrya]

36. I wanted to be President of the United States....

and that sure as hell isn't going to ever happen.

[Bertha Venation]

37. I wanted to be a Christian recording artist. I wound up, for now, as a

legal secretary. And I'm still a musician (once/always), but I wouldn't say I much care for "Christian" music. :puke:

[kiki]

38. I wanted to draw comics or cartoons

I've had sporadic cartooning jobs. Throughout 2003 I had a regular gig doing comics-style illustrations for a magazine; it was a frickin' nightmare.

Haven't really done any illustration since, but hoping to get back into it soon.

[fortyfeetunder]

39. Scientist/musician

I was about 11 when I came to that conclusion, and yes, I got to do both. Now it's more science than music, and I have a very cool job right now.

[Salviati]

47. so in other words...

you wanted to be Buckaroo Bonzai?

[NewJeffCT]

40. I think my dream of being a major league baseball player is now deferred

Deferred forever...

oh well. I think I would have made my high school varsity team back in the day, but I was too shy to go out for the team.

[NashVegas]

41. I Wanted to Be An Artist

And I'd say I am, although not in a medium I expected.

[TX-RAT]

43. Wanted to be a Game Warden

Retired from the Sheriffs Office, did to terms as County Judge. Now I have a small water well drilling business, and a small ranch.
Looks like i missed it completely.

[Lady President]

44. I wanted to be a waitress or a hair dresser

I became a lawyer.

I guess I was pushed by everyone to have a 'real' career, but I sometimes wish I had done something that seems more fun. Of course, I have too much school debt to even think about starting over.

At least I have a new job after temping for over a year.

[Left Is Write]

46. I wanted to be an advertising executive, a lawyer, a

criminal psychologist, a radio disk jockey, and a mom.

I accomplished two of those goals. ;)

Edited to add that I wanted to be a writer too; I started writing short stories as soon as I was able to myself how to type on my grandmother's manual typewriter at age 8. I have since become a writer, but I'm just one of those hack, unpublished writers who wallows in her unpublished-ness.

[ProfessorGAC]

48. Wanted To Be A Scientist

Pretty much am. The economics thing was an outgrowth of the mathematics and science degrees, so i'm still a sort of scientist, sort of mathematician, and sort of an economist. I take a highly scientific approach to economics though.

So, i guess the answer is Yes, i'm doing what i wanted to do when i grew up.

You'd have to ask my wife her opinion on whether i actually grew up or not.
The Professor

[StopTheMorans]

49. i wanted to be an account manager

and now i'm doing it; living the dream baby! i even have a sign outside of my cube that says "born to manage accounts"; my boss loves it and doesn't get the irony :evilgrin:

seriously; i wanted to be either a musician or a lawyer. took a swing at the music, did ok, but not great; and am taking my LSAT in feb...

[CO Liberal]

50. I Wanted to Be a Radio DJ, and I Became a Tech Writer

I did DJ for several years in bars in NJ. The strangest position I has was oldies DJ at a disco in Morristown, NJ.

[pagerbear]

51. I wanted to be different things at different times

When I was young I wnated to be a teacher like my mommy.
In HS I wanted to be HS choral director.
In college I wanted to be an opera singer.

None of that happened.

Now I want to be retired.