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

Question

What did or do you want to be and did you meet your goals? Are you still working on them or have you abandoned them all together and settled for whatever life threw at you?

Answer 1

ever since I was 5 I have wanted to be an actress, and so far I'm actually following through on that.
I was never even in a show until 8th grade, and since then havent' been able to stop
I'm currently going to UArts on a 9,000 a year scholarship.
So watch out world, here I come.
I hope to never abandon this dream.

I'm not afraid of not having money, and having to waitress for the rest of my life, I'm afraid of waking up one morning and hating myself for neving having done what I loved.

Answer 2

When I was a kid I dreamed of either being a police officer, or a lawyer. The older I got the quieter I got, and I knew that I would never make it. So instead I choose to work with children, and absolutly love it.

Answer 3

i wanted to be a pro soccer player but i gave that up even though i am a good player. i know im just not pro quality but i realized that in high school. so now im in college and am studying to be a microbiologist minoring in nanotech and genetics.

Answer 4

I wanted to be a pastry chef and I'm still working on it. I don't think that I would just want to give up everything I've done so far.

Answer 5

i wanted to be a wino and a mean s.o.b. like
Oscar the Grouch.
if i don't get a job here soon i will meet that goal.

Answer 6

i wanted to be a few things but yeah.

i wouldn't want to be a doctor or anything like that because i don't want to hold someones life on my hands.

Answer 7

An astronaut or a whore, I can't remember. Turned out that a became a whore.

Answer 8

teacher/cheerleader