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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 12:47 pm    Post subject: When I grow up I want to be a....

So as my Co-workers and I sat through a long-winded and completely unnecessary conference call today, we began fantasizing about the "road not taken."

Being height challenged I never pursued my dream of being in the NBA. Sure guys like Spud Webb, made me look like an underachieving turd, but it just wasn't realistic. I also wanted to write in some capacity, but there wasn't an opportunity for me to sit back and let bills pile up while I waited for a "break".

Life happens and things don't always work out as planned, so we do our best to make do... What did you guys/gals aspire or dream of doing when you were kids? And did anyone actually end up doing it?
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 12:55 pm    Post subject:

I wanted to be a Disney animator. I'm currently freelancing as an illustrator so, my dreams are currently in the works. I decided to move out and have a family so, I had to put my dreams on hold for a few years. I'm slowly getting back into it.
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 1:00 pm    Post subject:

I wanted to be dead, I have failed to accomplish my dream so far, but I feel one day, if I work hard, I will eventually achieve my goal.
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 1:03 pm    Post subject:

Puppy.
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 1:14 pm    Post subject:

I had 2 enduring dreams as a young boy:

1) To one day kick my dad in the nuts and live to see another sunrise. (Mission accomplished )

2) I basically wanted to be Marco Polo.
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 1:30 pm    Post subject:

I wanted to be an NBA player too(more specifically, a Laker). My dream died pretty early because I was(and still am) god awful at basketball, I possess zero athletic ability, and I've always been pretty skinny and have had difficulty in gaining muscle.

So that's why I went into engineering
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 2:05 pm    Post subject:

I wanted to be a pilot... I still do
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 2:11 pm    Post subject:

No one ever says: I wanna be a junkie when I grow up.
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 2:31 pm    Post subject:

When I was a kid, my greatest aspiration was to be a grown up. When I grew up, I wished I was a kid again.

In terms of careers, the path not taken for me was accounting. I do not regret it. If I had it all to do over again with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, I'd think long and hard about chemistry/chemical engineering. I had the aptitude for it, and generally it is a lot less stressful and demoralizing than law. But I find it boring, which is why I never seriously considered that path at the time.
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 3:18 pm    Post subject:

Writer. And I'm getting there.
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 3:19 pm    Post subject:

24 wrote:
Writer. And I'm getting there.


What happened to the strawberry stand?
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 3:20 pm    Post subject:

Power Ranger.
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 3:22 pm    Post subject:

Aeneas Hunter wrote:
When I was a kid, my greatest aspiration was to be a grown up. When I grew up, I wished I was a kid again.

In terms of careers, the path not taken for me was accounting. I do not regret it. If I had it all to do over again with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, I'd think long and hard about chemistry/chemical engineering. I had the aptitude for it, and generally it is a lot less stressful and demoralizing than law. But I find it boring, which is why I never seriously considered that path at the time.



Be glad that you did not. Accounting is boring, chemical engineering is intellectually appealing but as healthy as chain-smoking.
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 3:23 pm    Post subject:

Medicine, but I wimped out. I get queasy at the sight of blood.
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 7:51 pm    Post subject:

Fortunately, I never really went the "What I want to be when I grow up" path.

I just wanted to be happy. I knew that the creative arenas were the place that would happen.

Thus, I just followed the path that was laid out for me as I engaged in that pursuit, and as a result I've had a great journey.

I'm doing exactly what I want to grow up to doing.
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 7:54 pm    Post subject:

DaMuleRules wrote:
Fortunately, I never really went the "What I want to be when I grow up" path.

I just wanted to be happy. I knew that the creative arenas were the place that would happen.

Thus, I just followed the path that was laid out for me as I engaged in that pursuit, and as a result I've had a great journey.

I'm doing exactly what I want to grow up to doing.


Wish I did that. Having a early/mid-life crisis.
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 7:55 pm    Post subject:

Aussiesuede wrote:
I had 2 enduring dreams as a young boy:

1) To one day kick my dad in the nuts and live to see another sunrise. (Mission accomplished )

2) I basically wanted to be Marco Polo.


You need to tell this story.
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 8:00 pm    Post subject:

I wanted to be an artist.

I had a few small stints in some game companies doing minor stuff, but ended up on another path.

I worked as a Marketing Manager for a bank.

...but then the economy tanked.

So I went back to art and graphics and did better this time around. Sure, I get around 1/3 as much as I did when I worked in banking, but I'm generally a lot happier now.
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 8:19 pm    Post subject:

jonnybravo wrote:
DaMuleRules wrote:
Fortunately, I never really went the "What I want to be when I grow up" path.

I just wanted to be happy. I knew that the creative arenas were the place that would happen.

Thus, I just followed the path that was laid out for me as I engaged in that pursuit, and as a result I've had a great journey.

I'm doing exactly what I want to grow up to doing.


Wish I did that. Having a early/mid-life crisis.


Don't. Crises are things that happen to you, no need to add one on your own simply because you're getting older.
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 8:27 pm    Post subject:

DaMuleRules wrote:
jonnybravo wrote:
DaMuleRules wrote:
Fortunately, I never really went the "What I want to be when I grow up" path.

I just wanted to be happy. I knew that the creative arenas were the place that would happen.

Thus, I just followed the path that was laid out for me as I engaged in that pursuit, and as a result I've had a great journey.

I'm doing exactly what I want to grow up to doing.


Wish I did that. Having a early/mid-life crisis.


Don't. Crises are things that happen to you, no need to add one on your own simply because you're getting older.


True! Today is a good day .
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 8:47 pm    Post subject:

When I grow up I want to tie myself naked to a chair and burn myself with lit cigarettes.
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2015 9:37 pm    Post subject:

Fan0Bynum17 wrote:
I wanted to be dead, I have failed to accomplish my dream so far, but I feel one day, if I work hard, I will eventually achieve my goal.


madsen35 wrote:
When I grow up I want to tie myself naked to a chair and burn myself with lit cigarettes.


Time to get you two in touch with each other.
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PostPosted: Wed May 20, 2015 12:46 am    Post subject:

I'm still a child, sooooooooo
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PostPosted: Wed May 20, 2015 1:07 am    Post subject:

Jesus Christ
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PostPosted: Wed May 20, 2015 5:28 am    Post subject:

Lawyer. I became one a few years ago.
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