When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Question

Have you achieved your dream? Have you chosen a different career path altogether?

Answer 1

LOL An actress and a model.


Funny how things don't go the way you plan.

Answer 2

At age 5 was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. I replied, "a nurse". I achieved that and practiced my chosen profession for 20 years. Wouldn't have been happy in any other career.

Answer 3

When I was a child I wanted to be a nurse or a mommy.
I was a nurses aid for awhile, could not do that ever again! I have been a mommy for 21 years now and I seem to be very successful at it too! I have 4 kids who are all "GREAT" kids and a dog and a loving husband. I await anxiously to be a grandmother one day (not too soon). I would not have chosen another path as this one seems to fit me so well.

Answer 4

A waiter. Thank goodness I didn't achieve my dream.

In another life, I would be a drummer in a jazz band. Unfortunately, there is no other life but the one I'm living in right now. So, I have to make do with working an average nine-to-five job and listening to jazz music on the stereo.

Answer 5

A major league baseball player (for the Cubs). No, I didn't achieve my early childhood dream. I chose a different path when I got older.

Answer 6

I did not know. I was always frustrated & envious of people that knew what they wanted.
Can't say I achieved a dream either. On second thought, being a mom to my daughter & son was my greatest achievement & a dream come true.
Nursing only pales to motherhood.

Answer 7

I wanted to be a teacher or possibly a doctor. I've not achieved either of my former dreams, as I've just recently graduated high school. I plan to become a psychiatrist or possibly a neurologist.

Answer 8

A pediatrician... then an oceanographer.... then an actress... then a writer...

NOW, I'm a mom and a student... I used to follow the whale migration route abaord small expedition crusie ships as a steward and naturalist assistant. I act in local ensemble theatre. I write articles and am looking into my first two books. And I'm going to school to finish my PhD in order to be a Pediatric and Family Counselor.

Answer 9

I wanted to be a vetrinarian because I loved animals, until I saw how vets delivered cows. Then I focussed on having a career as an artist and thats what I am today.

Answer 10

Different from when I was real young like 10 but similar to what I wanted when I was say 15.

Answer 11

I wanted to be Rambo, Bruce Lee or Rocky. No, I figured it was impossible the day I learned that I couldn't grow up to be a boy and that all but Bruce Lee weren't real. Then I wanted to be a vet. I didn't become that, either. Instead, I work at a hotel.