Comments on: What Did You Want To Do When You Grew Up?

By: Archer

Archer — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:30:03 +0000

I’ve been thinking about my early ideas of what I wanted to do and my most recent ideas for a worklife, too.Looking back over all my Dream Jobs, as rough as some of those middle bits were, the worst were the last two when I gave up on trying for what I loved and settled for whatever I didn’t hate.

By: Sir Jorge

Sir Jorge — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:36:05 +0000

I didn’t know what I wanted, but whatever it was, it wasn’t what I’m doing now.

By: shellywagar

shellywagar — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:15:53 +0000

Some of us do not want to grow up at all, because we are kids at heart.

http://www.womensboots.com

By: Ed Harris

Ed Harris — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:26:38 +0000

I wanted to be a jockey…but I quickly grew out of it.

I wanted to be a butcher, but I couldn’t hack it.

OK…seriously, gr0wing up, I wanted to work in the world of business, finance etc…just like my Father. After graduating from Miami University in 1980 (I love that school), that’s exactly what I did.

Oh…that’s right. I also always wanted to provide comments on blogs like this.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:24:20 +0000

I wanted to be a ballerina, or a Rockette (although I didn’t know that’s what it was at the time) I also wanted to be She-Ra so I could ride a flying horse!

Recent blog post from Jenny: It Is My Life

By: Online Schools Finder

Online Schools Finder — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:32:06 +0000

I wanted to be an astronaut and a geologist the most. I am not sure what I want to be now but astronomy and physics still fascinates me, maybe I will go into that.

By: Crystal Clayton

Crystal Clayton — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:18:21 +0000

@All—
Dreams beget dreams, it seems New from Sharon Hurley Hall: What Is Your Dream For Your Writing Career?

http://snurl.com/2lsle

By: Vicki

Vicki — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:11:28 +0000

Early on, I thought I might be a teacher because my parents were both teachers, but that didn’t last very long.

For quite a while, maybe all through elementary school, I really wanted to be the person who makes the models for a museum – the one whoo models and paints the dinosaurs and things like that.

And briefly, sometime in Jr High, I really wanted to be an Efficiency Expert. Truth.

Then I discovered Science and all through Jr High and High School and even parts of College, I assumed I would be a scientist.But it turns out I really do NOT like labwork.

In College I was torn between Science and Computers. When I met my to-be-spouse the computers won (he had an early Sun computer – graphics pre-Mac!) and I became a programmer. I love problems solving and I love technology. But over time, Irealized I didn’t want too write software for people I would never meet. So I toyed with soome alternatives…

But way way back when I was 12 or 13, I really wanted to be an Efficiency Expert. I’ve gradually reached a point where what I do with computers, software, writing, and Wikis, comes close to that early goal – I help people get their jobs done.

I must be close to “when I grow up.”

Recent blog post from Vicki: 1

By: The Dream Meme | Big Bright Bulb

The Dream Meme | Big Bright Bulb — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:14:59 +0000

[...] we shared our kid dreams of what we would work at when we grew up, and got a peek at the totally wicked cool kids you all were! Every comment made me smile or giggle [...]

By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:31:51 +0000

@Crystal,

You, too, have that gift – so keep on moving forward. Willingness to change lets us go after what we really want.

-Brett

Recent blog post from Brett Legree: field of dreams – the dream meme.