What did/do you want to be when you grow up?

[sandman]

I want to be a toys are us kid. 

[kitkatz]

I thought seriously about becoming  a preacher.  I was going to go to Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma.  Then got disillusioned by Christianity and gave it up. Sometimes I think about it and wonder what would my life be like if I had done it.

[mallory]

I wanted to be a forest ranger.  My parents took us on a hike into a fire tower one summer and I thought that was the coolest job in the world, sitting up in that tower all summer and watching for forest fires.  I even started toward that in college, but, unfortunately, I got sidetracked by money and now I just work in corporate America like everybody else.  I still think working in a fire tower would be cool, but I probably couldn't climb up and down the stairs anymore...

[MattyBoy100]

I wanted to be a fighter pilot for the RAF (Royal Air Force in the UK)  But unfortunately, my Alports syndrome started making me deaf from the age of 13 so that was that!  I have worked in retail stores ever since as a manager of various departments.  I took a step down to be a check out operator when I was diagnosed but now, I actually feel fit and well and long for a challenge again!

[angieskidney]

I wanted to be a fighter pilot for the RAF (Royal Air Force in the UK)  But unfortunately, my Alports syndrome started making me deaf from the age of 13 so that was that!  I have worked in retail stores ever since as a manager of various departments.  I took a step down to be a check out operator when I was diagnosed but now, I actually feel fit and well and long for a challenge again!

I really think you can too! You sound like you are motivated and have the drive so why not?

[sandman]

I wanted to be a fighter pilot for the RAF (Royal Air Force in the UK)  But unfortunately, my Alports syndrome started making me deaf from the age of 13 so that was that!  I have worked in retail stores ever since as a manager of various departments.  I took a step down to be a check out operator when I was diagnosed but now, I actually feel fit and well and long for a challenge again!

I really think you can too! You sound like you are motivated and have the drive so why not?

If I'm mistaken, you need to be able see and hear clearly to fly an air craft.

[angieskidney]

I wanted to be a fighter pilot for the RAF (Royal Air Force in the UK)  But unfortunately, my Alports syndrome started making me deaf from the age of 13 so that was that!  I have worked in retail stores ever since as a manager of various departments.  I took a step down to be a check out operator when I was diagnosed but now, I actually feel fit and well and long for a challenge again!

I really think you can too! You sound like you are motivated and have the drive so why not?

If I'm mistaken, you need to be able see and hear clearly to fly an air craft.

I was referring to the last line "and long for a challenge again!" .. not necessarily being a pilot which it seems would be out of the question.

[MattyBoy100]

Thanks for your support guys,

obviously being a fighter pilot is out of the question.  I have been in talks with my boss about moving back up the ladder and he knows I am keen and has said he has plans for me.  What they are, I don`t know but we will wait and see!  I`m going crazy crazy on check-outs though.  I have to smile and be nice all the time even if people ignore your greetings which I find rude and feel like telling people to p*ck OFF!!!

[angieskidney]

I`m going crazy crazy on check-outs though.  I have to smile and be nice all the time even if people ignore your greetings which I find rude and feel like telling people to p*ck OFF!!!

I think most of us can relate to that feeling

[sandman]

I`m going crazy crazy on check-outs though.  I have to smile and be nice all the time even if people ignore your greetings which I find rude and feel like telling people to p*ck OFF!!!

I think most of us can relate to that feeling

Including me.  I hate it when people treat you like your invisible.  It just makes me want to scream.

[Brianna!]

 

Well, since i'm only 16, I don't know for sure what I want to be. But I think I want to be a paralegal. I wanted to be a lawyer, but then I realized that paralegals did alot of the work, like researching and stuff. And typing up the documents and stuff like that. I'm good at seeing things other people don't. And I really like typing! 

But I went to a concert recently, and I got some really amazing shots of the performers. So I think as a side "fun" job I want to be a concert photographer. I wanted to be a photographer for a really long time. But then I wanted to be a lawyer.  My friend and I are going to start up a business where she writes the reviews for the concerts and I provide the pictures. I don't know how that would really work out though...

[fc2821]

     When I was 6 I wanted to be a cowboy.  When I started college I wanted to be an attorney, but I lost interest in that and decided on a teaching careat.  But because graduation that changed to journalism.  So with a degree in history (non teaching) and another in journalism, what did I do.  6 years in the US Air Force in Air Rescue and Recovery.  But my wife's health became a concern and after 6 years that carear path came to a halt.  I decided to put my degree in journalism to good use and worked in radio (broadcasting) news for a very short while.  Didn't like that and found an opportunity in law enforcement that came along more  to my liking.  Can't do that anymore. So, what do I want to do when I grow up?  Haven't figured that out yet.   When I grow up, I'll let you know what I decide.

[tyefly]

    I want to be a old women......... old women.......   old women.....

                    I am not yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jennyc]

I wanted to be a federal cop or in airforce. I got stuck in hospitality/Pub management for almost 6 years and I finally got up the courage to apply and then i met hubby, put it on the back burner and thought 'i'll see where this goes' because at 22 i was in love for the first time. Then Sh*t hit the fan and i ended up with CRF. Now i work from home, my only boss is my Hubby and i wouldn't swap it for any job. I like not having a boss!

[Hanify]

Hair dresser, teacher, singer.  Realised the hair dresser thing was really hard work, didn't want to teach after all when I left high school, but ended up going 10 years later.  Was doing a masters in English as a Second Language when I got sick.  Had plans to work half the week as a music teacher and half as an esol teacher.  Still on the back burner...

[kitkatz]

When I grow up I want to be Oprah!

[Ladystardust24]

I honestly to god wanted to be a stripper.

I think I had seen that movie.. Showgirls, and I thought they were so pretty and gorgeous.. I just really wanted to be like that. Anyways, needless to say, my parents tried to avoid me being asked that question.. and I would try to "practice" my moves by swinging off things. haha. But then around 11/12.. i figured out, that with my cup size and body..and general.. "not to make a career off being mens sex object, and I'd like a career I can be proud of, and my kids can be too" thought kicked in.. so I changed. Since then, I'd like to be either a transplant/floor nurse or writer/screenwriter. The latter one being the awesomest choice. haha.

I think my dad is quite happy I don't want to be a professional stripper anymore.

[petey]

When I was a kid, I went through phases of what I wanted to be ... lawyer, veterinarian, doctor, Marine Corps officer...

...none of what I imagined back then happened.  I've had two careers I loved -- a journalist (5 years) and a high school English teacher (almost 23 years now).  But, when I grow up (and retire from teaching with a pension!!!), I want to go back to school to be a dialysis nurse (which is the one occupation I've always said -- up until a couple of years ago -- that I would NEVER want to have   ...   funny how your perspective changes as you age).

[Krisna]

I'm never gonna grow up!  lol

When I was a kid I wanted to be a Nephrologist because I had my first transplant at age 8.  But by the time I'd had my 2nd transplant at 17 I was sick of hospitals!  I had also realized I got sick more than most so working around sick people wasn't a good idea.  My Junior year (11th grade) I figured out I was good at Accounting and planned to pursue that.  I also loved to sing and that was another dream of mine when I was little but that was also quashed because of my health.  I wound up dropping out of high school because I was too far behind.  I wound up getting my GED and tried take college classes.  But my health got in the way.  I lost my 2nd transplant in 1994.  My 3rd transplant was removed due to infection after 9 wks.  My 4th transplant also had complications and I only had it 4 yrs.  The last 2 were real bad, I was in and out of the hospital ever other wk!  I've been on dialysis for 7 yrs!  I will be 38 on Monday, January 4th and I never got the chance to follow any of my dreams.  I have been writing abt my health.  I still think abt going back to school but things always seem to come up with my health!  Maybe some day...

[Poppylicious]

I wanted to be Wonder Woman and spent many hours of my childhood studying for this ...

Then I became a teacher.  After giving that up because I'm too lazy to do all the paperwork that goes with it, I became a Teaching Assistant (the UK version, not the US version - we work in primary/secondary schools). 

I think I still aspire to be Wonder Woman, although I do need to work on my figure. 

 

[dwcrawford]

Young and cute....

Cute, Cute, Cute in a stupid ass way.  (name that lyrick)

[del]

I don't plan on growing up any time soon!!!  I started out wanting to be a nurse (changed my mind last year of high school).  Then I wanted to be a pharmacist - applied to a pharmacy program but was not accepted because my marks were too low. I had a 90% average but the lowest average accepted that year was 94 average!!  I went to university not knowing what I wanted to be and ended up doing an education degree.  Planned to teach for a couple of years and do something else. Thought about law.  Here I am almost 50 years old and still trying to decide what I want to do when I retire!!  We have been thinking of opening a bakery after I retire. I would also like to do something with photography. Who knows what will happen in 3 years but I will do something. Wouldn't mind going back to school but if I do it will be online.

[dwcrawford]

I wanted to be Wonder Woman and spent many hours of my childhood studying for this ...

I think I still aspire to be Wonder Woman, although I do need to work on my figure. 

 

I'm loving this.

[Stoday]

At 69 I've already grown up. All I can say is what I DON'T want to be.


I don't want to be a corpse. 

[kitkatz]

I have decided I just want to be content when I grow up!