What did you want to be when you grew up?

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  • Jackie_Paper
    Jackie_Paper Posts: 183 Member
    Ice cream man...ice skater...I never really wanted to get old and be an adult actually. I always figured I would end up an artist because that's what I did the most in my spare time. Still is!
  • TexasTroy
    TexasTroy Posts: 477 Member
    I wanted to be a police officer

    didnt happen so I became ........

    a retail manager---yeah, its just almost but not really as exciting as a cop.

    Id be an actor if I could.
  • ExplorinLauren
    ExplorinLauren Posts: 991 Member
    Well aside from the typical rock star and all.. lol
    I always wanted to be a Doctor. I knew I could do it, I read medical journals like they are the comics. SOOOOOOOO interesting.
    Life got in the way, and I doubt I'll ever make it there now, but I did end up working in the medical field. And I love it :)
    Still plan on going back one day, prob just for practitioner ... but would LOVE one day to hear Dr. Lauren. :)
    Also had a small desire to be a playboy model Lmao. But I digress ;)
  • icjason
    icjason Posts: 27 Member
    Awesome question! (I use this with kiddos *and* adults in therapy all the time :) )

    Here's a selection of what I wanted to be:

    As a little kid:
    Garbage man (seriously, I still think garbage trucks are super-cool!)
    Scuba diver
    Astronaut

    As a bigger kid:
    Professional soccer player
    Astronaut
    Microbiologist
    Helicopter pilot
    Engineer
    Physicist

    What I've been:
    Musician
    Librarian
    Database sleuth / security consultant
    Systems Analyst
    Bicycle mechanic
    Psychotherapist

    Who knew? Life can be a very interesting journey!
  • SavageRabidBeast
    SavageRabidBeast Posts: 481 Member
    I wanted to play in the NHL or be a musician. Now I work in construction but still play music.
  • Frozen300
    Frozen300 Posts: 223 Member
    wouldn't it be nice if one site on the internet was exactly a site about what it's suppose to be about, not just SEX, this if about food, excercise, how to reach your goal.....NOT what do you want to be when you grow up, who cares !!!! I doubt one person can really answer that question truthly, your goals change every single day......let's just try to support each other with losing weight....

    You must be new to forums, this is the "offtopic" board. If people want to talk about their last meal, then there are boards for that. Lighten up when you are in the chit-chat. Talk about your cats, people will respond to that as well.
  • Frozen300
    Frozen300 Posts: 223 Member
    oops, double post
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,674 Member
    What I have! lol
  • originalcookiemonster
    originalcookiemonster Posts: 278
    What did you want to be when you grew up?

    An author, a dancer singer and actress, a doctor, and an astronaut!

    What do you do now?
    Currently I'm a cardiac sonography student months away from graduation with plans to be a cardiologist. As in I have a medical school in sight and everything. So one dream is coming true. :drinker:

    What career would you do if you could do anything right now?

    I really want to be a doctor. Really really. Right now, while I'm studying, I am indeed an actress and have been for some time and I write for myself as I discovered, when I got older, that I didn't want to write what made money but rather what I wanted to write in the moment. Oh and my dreams of being an astronaut were shattered when I discovered I was an agoraphobic. HAHA.
  • lbmore33
    lbmore33 Posts: 1,013 Member
    The Fastest Man Alive...............(The Flash)

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  • supahstar71
    supahstar71 Posts: 926 Member
    wouldn't it be nice if one site on the internet was exactly a site about what it's suppose to be about, not just SEX, this if about food, excercise, how to reach your goal.....NOT what do you want to be when you grow up, who cares !!!! I doubt one person can really answer that question truthly, your goals change every single day......let's just try to support each other with losing weight....


    But you looooooked. And you won't lose weight unless you know that when I was very young I wanted to drive a street sweeper truck. Watch. You're gonna lose now. You'll see. :wink:
  • NicoleNeverman
    NicoleNeverman Posts: 41
    I always wanted to be a teacher

    I am currently a scientist, working towards my PhD

    However, I wish I was a vet!
  • Sassy922
    Sassy922 Posts: 399 Member
    I wanted to be a lawyer when I was a kid. From the minute I could talk, that is what I wanted to be, my mom always told me.

    Now? I'm a lame office bword for a construction company.
  • dualcollision
    dualcollision Posts: 87 Member
    I always wanted to be either a Pro-Wrestler(wwe) or a action star(Jason Stathom is awesome!!!)
  • Rynatat
    Rynatat Posts: 807 Member
    wouldn't it be nice if one site on the internet was exactly a site about what it's suppose to be about, not just SEX, this if about food, excercise, how to reach your goal.....NOT what do you want to be when you grow up, who cares !!!! I doubt one person can really answer that question truthly, your goals change every single day......let's just try to support each other with losing weight....


    But you looooooked. And you won't lose weight unless you know that when I was very young I wanted to drive a street sweeper truck. Watch. You're gonna lose now. You'll see. :wink:

    OMG - I swear I just dropped 2 pounds! Holy cow, you need to patent that weightloss tactic..!
  • UFC153
    UFC153 Posts: 51
    An actor
  • SarahSmiles2004
    SarahSmiles2004 Posts: 66 Member
    I wanted to be a veterinarian when I was growing up, or in the Army like my daddy.

    I currently work for an advertising agency, Penton Media, and am an Online Client Services Coordinator. I collect online ad materials to be posted.

    I would love to be a baker and fitness instructor. Have a baking business, baking my moms famous recipes as well as some new ones I have picked up and also some healthy things too. Then I could be a fitness instructor (yoga, kickboxing) while I'm not baking.
  • healthyformeanMona
    healthyformeanMona Posts: 143 Member
    great question! I can't remember what I wanted to be, but God led me into social work with victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. I love it!
  • HeikkiLaukkanen
    HeikkiLaukkanen Posts: 123 Member
    I wanted to be a fighter pilot. It didn't work out. I'm an airline pilot now.
  • goforthd5
    goforthd5 Posts: 167
    When I was little, I wanted to be a Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader. But those dreams were crushed early on (wrong body type).
    However, I picked myself up and decided to be a teacher.

    After changing majors from education to bus admin, I became a banker. And several years later, returned to school for education. (Why didn't I stay with it in the first place?)

    But then I became a mommy. The best job ever! And am considering home-schooling.

    But my children say I should open a restaurant because I'm a "good cooker."
  • Rynatat
    Rynatat Posts: 807 Member
    I wanted to be a fighter pilot. It didn't work out. I'm an airline pilot now.

    Do you ever pretend you're a fighter pilot while airline piloting :wink: I would SO fly on your flight just to watch the reaction!!
  • Guines9
    Guines9 Posts: 137
    When i was little.... I wanted to grow up to be WONDERWOMAN! LOL
  • HeikkiLaukkanen
    HeikkiLaukkanen Posts: 123 Member
    I wanted to be a fighter pilot. It didn't work out. I'm an airline pilot now.

    Do you ever pretend you're a fighter pilot while airline piloting :wink: I would SO fly on your flight just to watch the reaction!!

    Haha I don't think the passengers would appreciate that kind of maneuvering!
  • barkin43
    barkin43 Posts: 508 Member
    wouldn't it be nice if one site on the internet was exactly a site about what it's suppose to be about, not just SEX, this if about food, excercise, how to reach your goal.....NOT what do you want to be when you grow up, who cares !!!! I doubt one person can really answer that question truthly, your goals change every single day......let's just try to support each other with losing weight....


    But you looooooked. And you won't lose weight unless you know that when I was very young I wanted to drive a street sweeper truck. Watch. You're gonna lose now. You'll see. :wink:

    OMG - I swear I just dropped 2 pounds! Holy cow, you need to patent that weightloss tactic..!

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :drinker: :drinker:
  • deaddivya
    deaddivya Posts: 102
    As few years ago, I wanted to be a translator, mostly because my family always told me that I'd become one. I completely lost interest in that career (while I still enjoy learning languages, just not as a profession) and am now dreaming of becoming a doctor or an author.
    But I'm a student and pretty mediocre, so I guess that I won't become that anyway.
  • rgrange
    rgrange Posts: 236 Member
    I wanted to be a bus driver so I could drive by all the people waiting while laughing cruelly.

    I am now in grad school studying for my Master's of Social Work.
  • honey_bee_keysha
    honey_bee_keysha Posts: 773 Member
    What did I want to be?

    A doctor.

    What I am now? Currently studying for the GRE to get into a dual Masters/M.D program.
  • CDG1013
    CDG1013 Posts: 106 Member
    What did you want to be when you grew up? : I wanted to be in the military and work with airplanes

    What do you do now? : I am an Air Force officer and Aeronautical Engineer

    What career would you do if you could do anything right now? I have the career that I want...4 years from military retirement, working on aircraft technology, and have a great education.
  • falcon367
    falcon367 Posts: 116
    I wanted to be an Indy Car driver ... then as time went on and I realized I had no chance at the financing for that endeavor, I wanted to be an automobile designer for Ford. I fell just a bit short on both .. and no, I don't work at a gas station. :laugh:
  • pocketmel
    pocketmel Posts: 50
    Soo many choices, so little time.

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