Are you doing what you thought you would be doing when you were younger?

Answer 1

I'm doing what both my Grandfathers did, and my father, I'm a carpenter, I did graduate to a contractor though, I'm retired but still work with wood. I love the smell of wood. It's an honorable trade, although I attended three Universities fate always brought me back to wood.

Answer 2

First off which young do you mean? Elementary school young? High school young? College young? Graduation young or Thirtysomething young? All time stamped with younger goals and ideas of my future than I have right now.
But I will settle for "College young" on this one.

I would say,
yes and no.
I am an artist, but I am not painting what I thought I would be and I am not hanging around the friends and people I knew back then that I thought would stay in the art field or have the ability to stick it out to become profitable (yes artists sometimes eat food and like to do things). Nor am I living where I thought I would and the world is definitely not what i expected it to be. Well I guess that's not true.. it isn't what I WANTED it to be. I knew someone was going to make sure that some serious crap was going down for my generation and all the others alive during this time.
I guess the funny thing is you can get basically what you want in a career or lifestyle, but odds are it will be nothing like you imagined it (or romanticized it).

Answer 3

WOW! Good question! I thought I would be married with kids but I guess everything really does happen for a reason. It was a good thing I had no attachments because then I could stay with my mom and help her the year when my dad was dying and not have to worry about anything else.

You know I cannot believe how much your question stirred in people. Except for the natural things a lot of us think when we are younger (like being a rock star), look at how much better some of their lives turned out!
Really interesting mix! It makes me want to chase the dreams I thought were dead and buried. Thanks!

Answer 4

When I was a freshman in high school I thought I wanted to be a web designer, since then I have gone through many different options, and now I am a sophmore in college, and I am once again leaning towards becoming a web designer. Keep your options open. By all means take your time. It won't be the end of the world if you don't know what you do when you are going through college.

You only get to live your life once, you should do whatever your heart desires.

Answer 5

No I'm not. When I was young I didnt want any children(now I have 2). And I always wanted to be a truck driver(big rig) so that I could travel all over the United States. would still like to travel but Im afraid Im too old for that now.

Answer 6

I am in a sense.

I wanted to help people.
I went to school, was going to do something with pharmaceutical chemistry or in the medical field.. but that didn't work out the way I had liked it to.

So I help people in my own way now and I'm quite proud of it. It's a rewarding thing for me.

Answer 7

Not at all...I went in the opposite career direction and I left my ex of 5 yrs and am with a different but wonderful man now...not what I had pictured, but Im glad, its far better than what I had planned!

Answer 8

As a child all I wanted to do was not be where I was. I did want to
be a nurse at one time. Now, I would love to go into Forensics.
Blame the CSI programs. It's way too late as I am now 66.

Answer 9

well, when i was younger i wanted to be a model or a actress. but last year i want to be a brain doctor and a housewife. but now i change my mine and is going to be a lawyer or housewife. working my goal of being a lawyer.

Answer 10

Yes making online friends.