What did you want to be when you grew up?

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  • Mr_Healthy_Habits
    Mr_Healthy_Habits Posts: 12,588 Member
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    Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings wrote: »
    Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »
    I wanted to be an actor for a while... Did theater in high school and college, and even directed...

    Well that's what I really wanted to be, a director...

    But.... Money 🤷🏽‍♂️

    They dont call it a starving artist for nothing. I had to pay to play for a long time before being offered actual money for a show.

    I probably should have stuck to it.... Probably would have saved me the trouble of having to lose all that weight 🤷🏽‍♂️😂
  • elsie6hickman
    elsie6hickman Posts: 3,864 Member
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    First I wanted to be a vet. Later, I wanted to teach English literature at the college level.
  • 777Gemma888
    777Gemma888 Posts: 9,578 Member
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    Commercial pilot and later an interpretor at the UN-NY or the UNICJ - Hague.
  • kindalikevelma
    kindalikevelma Posts: 1,337 Member
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    Paleontologist as a kid. Homicide detective as a teen.
  • Den_of_Iniquity
    Den_of_Iniquity Posts: 424 Member
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    Archaeologist as a child.
    Rock n Roll or Baseball Star as a teen.
    An Author as a young adult.
    As an Adult....a nice quiet life fishing and hiking with a good dog at my side. And maybe still an Archaeologist who writes books in his spare time.
  • Reckoner67
    Reckoner67 Posts: 3,344 Member
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    Scuba diver...until I found out that they had to fall backwards out of the boat. That freaked out first-grade me and I still don’t know what I want to be.
  • Jboogieonthefloor
    Jboogieonthefloor Posts: 146 Member
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    As a kid I wanted to make a job out of inventing wacky ice cream flavors. When I was a teenager I wanted to become an author of children's books.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,182 Member
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    I started college to study mechanical engineering.
    I ran out of money.
    I got a job as an integrated circuit layout designer, while trying to raise money to complete college.
    That worked out pretty well and I never did complete a college degree.
  • Nicksmom106
    Nicksmom106 Posts: 1,624 Member
    edited December 2018
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    A mom...lol
    A teacher
    A ballerina
    A marine biologist....I love sharks and wanted to be Eugenia Clark...but then I saw jaws...😣
    A motorcycle race driver
    A nurse
    An advertising artist/exec
    A journalist
    A chef and baker
    An Artist


    I became a Ballerina and in my late teens and early 20s danced with a company, then worked as journalist for our local paper, while finishing my degree then a CPA, then worked as a Financial Project Manager for An NGO....now I edit and Write and illustrate books for indie writers and publishers.

    I also got to be a mom...bestest job ever!!!❤
  • Nicksmom106
    Nicksmom106 Posts: 1,624 Member
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    ailsalw wrote: »
    DemSwells wrote: »
    ailsalw wrote: »
    🤨 I wanted to be the person that cut the grass in grave yards

    Whut. Is this true? Sorry, I am laughing right now at this.
    Haha yeah
    I wanted to live in a house in the graveyard
    My plan was to keep it all tidy and put a flower on every grave

    Such a weird kid

    You were a super sweet kid!!!🤗😘❤
  • Mr_Healthy_Habits
    Mr_Healthy_Habits Posts: 12,588 Member
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    Searching for life on another planet...
    Then I realized that's actually the most boring job in the world lol
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
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    Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »
    Searching for life on another planet...
    Then I realized that's actually the most boring job in the world lol

    Right! Besides a gypsy and a princess I also wanted to be an archeologist (you know, like Indiana Jones!) until I found out archeologists just dig around in the dirt.
  • Mr_Healthy_Habits
    Mr_Healthy_Habits Posts: 12,588 Member
    edited February 2019
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    Vikka_V wrote: »
    Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »
    Searching for life on another planet...
    Then I realized that's actually the most boring job in the world lol

    Right! Besides a gypsy and a princess I also wanted to be an archeologist (you know, like Indiana Jones!) until I found out archeologists just dig around in the dirt.

    Ikr... And study ancient buildings and stuff, instead of what I really wanted to do.... Look for magical artifacts and lost cities 🤷🏽‍♂️
  • Mr_Healthy_Habits
    Mr_Healthy_Habits Posts: 12,588 Member
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    laprimaJenny wrote: »
    All I wanted was to be happy. I remember growing up and saying things like, “I can’t wait to have my own family and do things differently.” Then I grew up and became exactly like my mother.

    I would say I'm just like my father, and in many ways I am...

    But I'll give him a little more credit, he gets more done by 9am than I do all week 😂
  • thepainmaker88
    thepainmaker88 Posts: 365 Member
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    An astronaut
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,467 Member
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    A cowboy. I wanted to ride horses and live in the country and rob a bank or two a year to have enough money for me and my horse to eat. Of course houses were free.
  • Reckoner67
    Reckoner67 Posts: 3,344 Member
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    I just wanted to survive, and I guess I mostly accomplished that. Maybe I shoulda set more concrete goals
  • iSneakers
    iSneakers Posts: 90 Member
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    A nurse and a flight attendant.
  • Sew3rin
    Sew3rin Posts: 115 Member
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    I wanted to be a Veterinarian.

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