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what did you wanna be as a kid vs what you are now

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  • Shells918
    Shells918 Posts: 1,070 Member
    I wanted to be an archaeologist.
    I went to school to be a teacher.
    I worked in human resources/ training for almost 20 years.
    Now I'm a stay at home wife.
  • JustMissTracy
    JustMissTracy Posts: 6,338 Member
    I wanted to be a librarian...instead I retrieve updated chemical forms for large corporations. Still words, I guess :D
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  • neldabg
    neldabg Posts: 1,452 Member
    I wanted to be a nurse, like my mother, and later, I wanted to be a pediatrician.
    Now, I'm an engineering student, and I have a summer job. I don't know what I'll be doing with my degree though when I graduate.
  • Moxie42
    Moxie42 Posts: 1,400 Member
    Child: Marine Biologist, Vet, or Writer
    Teen/ 20s- Psychologist
    Now: Digital Advertising Operations Manager, and hating my life 50+ hours a week as a result. Trying to change that...
  • gcibsthom
    gcibsthom Posts: 30,166 Member
    Child: Cowboy
    Now: Retired Intelligence Officer
  • pianoplaya94
    pianoplaya94 Posts: 185 Member
    When I was really little (like < 5) I wanted to be a doctor.

    Now: I am an undergraduate in a top school studying health science. I work in research at a research hospital. Although I no longer have plans to become an MD, I plan to go to grad school next year. So... close(ish) to my childhood dream? lol
  • ForecasterJason
    ForecasterJason Posts: 2,577 Member
    Kid - Meteorologist

    Now - Looking for work as a computer scientist
  • oberon0124
    oberon0124 Posts: 10,524 Member
    Kid - Farmer

    Now- Retired after 34 years in law enforcement.
  • YamiLeopard
    YamiLeopard Posts: 6 Member
    I wanted to be a Nurse.

    I am now an Administrative Assistant to a non for profit Speech/Occupational therapy center.

    I love what I do
  • lilkimi525
    lilkimi525 Posts: 1,107 Member
    I wanted to be an artist....


    Now I'm a general contractor.... Lol... Missed that bus didn't I !!! Lol
  • MadMc28
    MadMc28 Posts: 1,079 Member
    I was a big weirdo at one point and wanted to be a mortician. I'm a sales manager for Ashley furniture....sometimes I would prefer dealing with the dead instead lol
  • cuckoo_jenibeth
    cuckoo_jenibeth Posts: 1,434 Member
    Kid: Teacher
    Adult: Teacher for 13 years
    Current: Pediatric Nurse
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    As a kid: doctor, lawyer, anesthesiologist

    As an adult: certified nurse assistant/home health aide
  • geraldaltman
    geraldaltman Posts: 1,729 Member
    Wanted to be: teacher
    what I be today: retired guy who never taught a day in his life.
  • Hey_Its_That_One_Guy
    Hey_Its_That_One_Guy Posts: 21,763 Member
    Happy
    Happyish
  • jgkoutr
    jgkoutr Posts: 8,105 Member
    Child: author

    Adult: special needs teacher
  • VelociraptorEyes
    VelociraptorEyes Posts: 1,175 Member
    I wanted to be a game designer.
    Now I'm studying to be a Sign Language interpreter :smiley: (ASL/English)
  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,769 Member
    I wanted to be an advertising copywriter (like Darren on Bewitched or the guys on Bosom Buddies)

    I am now a stay-at-home mom (but I did get a BS in advertising and worked for years in magazine publishing)
  • paultireland
    paultireland Posts: 285 Member
    edited June 2016
    As a kid, I wanted to be a Disney animator or a cartoon voice-over artist.

    As an adult, I am a very high level systems engineer who has worked in banking, aerospace, education, entertainment, and healthcare although I jumped around a bit between. I was a cook, a factory worker, a bartender, a casino craps dealer in Las Vegas, a pitboss, a surveillance operator, a pizza delivery driver, web developer, etc. and did those things for about 8 years. I also still have a real estate license.
  • 8Archie5
    8Archie5 Posts: 154 Member
    I wanted to be a nurse. I now volunteer in aged care
  • Minion_training_program
    Minion_training_program Posts: 13,440 Member
    As a kid i wanted to be an adult

    Now i wanna be a kid again
  • 316Judith
    316Judith Posts: 10,217 Member
    Nurse now Retired Nurse
  • futuresylph
    futuresylph Posts: 2,178 Member
    As a kid, I wanted to be a yacht captain.

    Now that I'm retired, I still do.
  • Alinouveau2
    Alinouveau2 Posts: 6,630 Member
    As a kid I wanted to be a princess, president of the world or a Broadway dancer

    I'm a stay at home mom and come September will be a student.
  • gcibsthom
    gcibsthom Posts: 30,166 Member
    Kid - Rancher

    Now - Retired Intelligence Officer

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