a psychiatrist
a teacher
a record store owner

CarrieMpls said:

Now that'd be as hell!!!

When I was really young I thought I wanted to be an actor Then I wanted to be a psychologist... Now I'm just ME

I think I've wanted to be about everything.
I really wanted to be a cosmotologist.

but my parents have it set that I'm going to be a pharmacist. It can't be that bad.

Rockstar
Film Director

But above all I didn't want do die.

I always wanted to be married with kids, sounds very June Cleaver like.. but, my childhood wasn't all that happy, I wanted to make my own happiness, I won.

Imago said:

Awwww it must be great to live your dreams

What did you want to be when you grew up? (as in in the past what did you want to be when you grow up?) A writer.

Did anyone have any super cool job ideas? like rockstar? At 44 years of age, I still daydream about being a rockstar or an artist. I think it would definitely be a super cool job, but a hard way to earn money and to get recognized for your talent.

Did you achieve the ideal occupation? If not what made you change your idea? No, a thing called reality set in, and I realized that I didn't have the talent to make it as an artist. I do have good writing skills (and I used to write short stories as a child), but again, being an artist is a tough field to be successful in.

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EverSoulicious said:

Good for you for going after your dream, that's excellent!!

I definitely wanted to be a rock star when I was kid. I even interviewed one for "Career Day" in high school. Now that I play in a band, it's not really my idea of an ideal career.

Right now, I want to be a film curator when I grow up and maybe a teacher in a really cushy teaching job.
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An adult.

Illustrator said:

don't give up - it'll happen eventually!

Broadcaster - I really was into radio broadcasting and started working at the high school radio station in the 8th grade.


by the time I was finished with college....I felt like I already had a career in broadcasting. I was done.

When I was growing up, I wanted to be a lawyer. I have yet to achieve that...I had my kids...and instead of doing that, I was a stay at home Mommy. Which is an awesome job! But now that my kids are older. 21 20 and 14...I am toying with the idea of going back to school.

I wanted to be a lawyer but by the time I got in high school, I hated school so much that I knew I wasn't going to college. The last year in high school, I became pregnant so I went into retail to support my son. My life can full circle because I ended up getting a career where I am hewlping people, I went to college and plan to go to law school when I graduate in 2009.

egyptologist
classical musician

About 5'10", 5'11"

An cartoonist
An astronomer
A rock star
A filmmaker

mdiver said:

oh damn!!!!!

IrresistibleB1tch said:

walked right into that one!

IrresistibleB1tch said:

It figures!

As a small kid, my parents drilled it into my head that I should be an Architect. So I grew up telling people that I wanted to be an Archictect.

Then in High School I got more into Art. I decided that I wanted to be a famous Artist. But then somehow I got into Fashion and decided that I wanted to be a Fashion Designer. (Even got accepted to F.I.T.!)

I was so confused that when I actually went to college...I merged all my "wants" into a degree in Interior Design.

Fifteen years later...I'm designing commercial fire alarm systems.

PurpleJedi said:

PurpleJedi said:

Art Vandelay?! is that you?!

IrresistibleB1tch said:

PurpleJedi said:

IrresistibleB1tch said:

PurpleJedi said:

what?! i'm just saying you can always pretend to be an architect!

A The Price is Right spokesmodel.

IrresistibleB1tch said:

...I'd rather be able to B.S. my way into a cushy job with the NY Yankees doing absolutely nothing!