What were you convinced you were going to be as a adult when you were a child?

[Reecejackox 397]

An it support worker or administrative 

Edited August 7, 2022 by Reecejackox

[Clawdeen 14,083]

I was going to be a successful author no matter what.

 

That clearly did not happen lol.

[EpicEnergy 23,218]

I was going to be a pastor of a church, but that was ages ago when I thought of that and now I do not want to be in any public speaking position.

[Savy 5,077]

I was going to be a zookeeper no matter what.

 

Yeah that didn't happen.

[SharpWit 2,647]

I wanted to be a Paleontologist for a few years but most dinosaur fossils are in hot places, and I don't like hot places. 

From going to work at a Vet Clinic with my Grandma, I decided I wanted to be a professional snuggler. It would be my job to do basic care for animals and keep them happy. I spent 3 summers at a petting zoo, and next month I'll have been a veterinary assistant for 2 years. It's not quite what I imagined but it's as close as it gets for now as far as I can tell.

[Starset Twinkle 499]

9 hours ago, SharpWit said:

I wanted to be a Paleontologist for a few years but most dinosaur fossils are in hot places, and I don't like hot places. 

I too wanted to be a Paleontologist!

[Moonlight 7,286]

wanted to be a doctor and now im majoring in cyber security, close enough? xD

 

[RainyDash 259]

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Edited May 10 by RainyDash

[Envy 6,160]

Artist, or a little later - professional trumpet player or clarinetist.

Edited August 9, 2022 by Envy

[ExplosionMare 18,062]

I thought I was going to open up a bakery. Thankfully I realized I don't have the skills to run a business before I tried to do that! 

[TBD 17,254]

I literally believe that I could make some difference or change the world just by a little based on what I could do. Like relating to justice ( working as detective) or impacting people with my artwork. But reality hits, and I’m just your average salesman.  But I guess people can be happy with the product they’re buying from me. 

[Cash In 22,302]

I was convinced that I was going to be a pirate. I'll let you guess if that worked out or not.

[Vinyl Scratch. 604]

A famous music producer. I sorta had an opportunity to really begin that journey but turning music into a business made me hate the whole process instantly. Part of me thinks that maybe I'm just not developed enough to use my skills in such a way yet. Maybe one day i might pick up this dream again, but it's not as important to me as it once was and I am enjoying doing music simply as a hobby now whist pursuing more realistic goals in my day to day life.

[LunaUmbra 108]

I was convinced, from he age of 7, I was going to be in the army, which refined into being a Marine. Ended up a writer. Oh, the winding road of life.

[Sonic Shimmer 4,132]

A paleontologist. That didn’t work out.

[Starset Twinkle 499]

1 hour ago, Sonic Shimmer said:

A paleontologist. That didn’t work out.

That makes the third I've seen in here including me and SharpWit! XD

[They call me Loyalty 1,948]

No one. I don't really know who I am, or how I can remember certain things about this creation. But it feels like the past has been taken away. And without the past, there can be no present, or future.

[Dreambiscuit 9,691]

When I was old enough to know that certain people at Disneyland were flesh and blood and not just walking, talking cartoons, I wanted to be one of them.

[Splashee 28,563]

I wanted to be an architect or an electrician.

[daviddaviddavid 776]

When I was a kid I wanted to be an astronaut, a rockstar or a policeman. I'm finishing my masters degree in economics this year, my 7-year old self would probably think I'm quite boring.

[Gun Metal Zebra 2,227]

I wanted to be a helicopter pilot, and that didn’t happen.

[Old Accnt. 3,149]

I wanted to be a cop but my view on police has changed due to a dumb situation i was in

i also wanted to be a chef but i ended up not finding cooking food that great lol

[Arylett Charnoa 4,919]

I had no certainty or ambition of anything in the future, as I correctly assumed that factors would've changed beyond my current situation and that getting an actual career was probably far harder than I actually knew. I had tentative hope I would somehow find a career/job in spite of crippling anxiety, but alas, it has not come to pass.

I wouldn't have been surprised by this result as a child though. I think I've always known deep down. It's all right though. I'm just grateful I can receive the support I need for my existence, so things are generally better than I thought they'd be. 

[Sasoriman 136]

I thought I wanted to be a teacher, but I realized I needed to be more talkative to do that. I also thought I wanted to be a copy-editor/proofreader/whatever, since that's what teachers and family kept saying I should be since I'm so good with language. 

Then I grew up and realized, why am I making career decisions at fucking 12 years old? That's way too young! Like how did I go from being a meager preteen minding his own business to making potentially destructive life choices with no information as to why it's so important that I do it now? Was there some unspoken assumption that I was in any kind of hurry to grow up? Because that doesn't sound like me at all.

Edited August 21, 2022 by Sasoriman

[IronM17 5,373]

As a child, I either wanted to become a fire fighter, an electrician, a forklift driver or a trucker. 

At the end, I made an education as gardener and later worked in warehouses or industrial areas (well, I drove a few times forklifts) before I gone to the university to study geology.