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What Did You Want To Be?

TadaGanIarracht
TadaGanIarracht Posts: 2,615 Member
edited December 2024 in Chit-Chat
When you were little what did you want to be and what do you do now?

I wanted to be a lawyer/psychiatrist/doctor... I was ambitious. :)

Now I'm a stay at home mom but I start school to get my ADN in the Fall.

What about you?
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  • MeliJean78
    MeliJean78 Posts: 249
    Then: Indiana Jones

    Now: Surgical Frist Assist, OB/GYN Speciality
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    I wanted to be a rock star.

    I'm just a POS.
  • TadaGanIarracht
    TadaGanIarracht Posts: 2,615 Member
    Then: Indiana Jones

    Now: Surgical Frist Assist, OB/GYN Speciality

    Being Indiana Jones would have been pretty awesome.
  • scs143
    scs143 Posts: 2,190 Member
    Then: a rockette and a dancer

    Now: a lawyer

    When I've drank too much, I act out the then.
  • TadaGanIarracht
    TadaGanIarracht Posts: 2,615 Member
    I wanted to be a rock star.

    I'm just a POS.

    Is that what I'm smelling?
  • When I was little I wanted to be a lot of things...teacher, ballerina, veterinarian. I almost went into forensic science after high school, but I decided I wanted a family with my boyfriend (now husband) more than a demanding career so now I'm a stay at home mom. Love every minute of it. =)
  • rachey_v
    rachey_v Posts: 127 Member
    Then: A special needs teacher, a profiler, forensic scientist, probation officer...


    Now: Mum, Carer for my hubby and a little bit of volunteering.... trying to figure out what I can do from home?
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,471 Member
    .
    I'm just a POS.

    Whenever I see POS, I think Point of Sale....thats what 12 years in retail did to me. :angry:
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    I wanted to work in an office. God I was a boring kid.
  • TadaGanIarracht
    TadaGanIarracht Posts: 2,615 Member
    I wanted to work in an office. God I was a boring kid.

    Annnd what do you do now?
  • Tanyawhite30
    Tanyawhite30 Posts: 473
    Then : I wanted to be like Boy George....but then I realized he was a boy.....

    Now: Nurse
  • TadaGanIarracht
    TadaGanIarracht Posts: 2,615 Member
    Then : I wanted to be like Boy George....but then I realized he was a boy.....

    Now: Nurse

    I plan on getting my Associates Degree in Nursing and using that to get my masters. From there I'm not sure yet.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    I wanted to work in an office. God I was a boring kid.
    Annnd what do you do now?
    Well I have an office, but I also do a lot of public speaking, sales, special events, and so forth. I was shy and studious - I would never have envisioned having a job that requires me to be outgoing and social.
  • caberselli
    caberselli Posts: 34 Member
    Then: Stewardess (that's what Flight Attendants were called back then & it seemed really glamorous to me)

    Now: Nurse Practitioner
  • CountryBoy65
    CountryBoy65 Posts: 908 Member
    Then: a rockette and a dancer

    Now: a lawyer

    When I've drank too much, I act out the then.

    Nice. I wanted to be your baby-daddy. And I still do.
  • TadaGanIarracht
    TadaGanIarracht Posts: 2,615 Member
    I wanted to work in an office. God I was a boring kid.
    Annnd what do you do now?
    Well I have an office, but I also do a lot of public speaking, sales, special events, and so forth. I was shy and studious - I would never have envisioned having a job that requires me to be outgoing and social.

    It's funny when I was in high school I never wanted to be in the spotlight, now I love to shine. Lol.
  • comedian
  • ahulse23
    ahulse23 Posts: 22 Member
    I wanted to work in an office. God I was a boring kid.

    When I was little I wanted to be an Accountant (super boring too)...then a Criminologist.

    Now I'm a Property Manager.
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    wanted to be a baseballplayer....now, I'm a lawyer/stayathomedad
  • _Thanatos_
    _Thanatos_ Posts: 166
    Then... either a Paleontologist or an Astronomer.

    Now I'm a Software Developer.
  • scs143
    scs143 Posts: 2,190 Member
    Then: a rockette and a dancer

    Now: a lawyer

    When I've drank too much, I act out the then.

    Nice. I wanted to be your baby-daddy. And I still do.

    Well here I thought you were snipped!
  • Il_DaniD_lI
    Il_DaniD_lI Posts: 1,593 Member
    A teacher like my mama. I smoked too much pot in high school though.
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    I wanted to be a comedian. So I became one. But eventually I realized I couldn't do it professionally and live where I live, so I hung it up and got a real (office) job. Good times though.
  • getfitdiva
    getfitdiva Posts: 1,148 Member
    A secretary (only because I love office supplies), an actress, and a gymnast.
  • TadaGanIarracht
    TadaGanIarracht Posts: 2,615 Member
    I wanted to work in an office. God I was a boring kid.

    When I was little I wanted to be an Accountant (super boring too)...then a Criminologist.

    Now I'm a Property Manager.

    An Accountant?! Did you enjoy numbers?
  • lg3703
    lg3703 Posts: 190
    I wanted to be Wonder Woman...
    I still do!
  • calalily77
    calalily77 Posts: 240 Member
    I wanted to be a psychologist, hairstylist, and a flight attendant. Didn't have the grades for a psychologist, the height for a flight attendant, but I did become a hairstylist. Now I am a stay at home mommy and I do hair for friends and family.
  • runnercheryl
    runnercheryl Posts: 1,314 Member
    When I was very young, I wanted to be a vet. Then, I developed an allergy to cats.

    Writing has always been my thing, but I never saw it as a career so I grew up not really having a plan, and just working on developing the skills that interested me, such as web design and media alongside my writing.

    I did a media-related degree, specialising in research, thinking that would be my career. I planned to keep web design and writing as my hobbies. Three years on, I'm a writer. My web design skills are helping my career, and the thing I did a degree in is now my hobby! It's perfect this way, so I'm glad it worked out as it did.
  • CountryBoy65
    CountryBoy65 Posts: 908 Member
    Then: a rockette and a dancer

    Now: a lawyer

    When I've drank too much, I act out the then.

    Nice. I wanted to be your baby-daddy. And I still do.

    Well here I thought you were snipped!

    That was a damned lie. That baby WAS mine.
  • tomomatic
    tomomatic Posts: 1,794 Member
    Football/basketball player - alas genetic predisposition tells me that I will never be 6'7 Defensive End or a seven foot tall center.

    Batman or Spiderman
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