What do you want to be when you grow up?

I’m 30 and still have no idea… but I’m plumping for creative and content at the moment…maybe with a little psychology and philosophy thrown in there too and something that serves the good of humanity…maybe controversially getting the death penalty outlawed :-)

I have no idea. I’m thinking about majoring in technology

I want to be a professional hammock tester and a specialized one at that and want to only test hammocks strung between palm trees.

I want to work for an environmental non-profit, or be a consultant on environmental policy.

I’m already grown up, thanks but I’ll share this about my classmates from long ago:
The wiseguys of the class who smoked, insulted others, and said school was a waste fared worst. Two are dead, one was last seen assembling carnival rides.

The ones who were pushed, cajoled or otherwise desperate to get into the best colleges did indeed go, but weren’t particularly happy. The Ivy league philosophy grad is making terrible money as an adjunct philosophy instructor.

The ones who became doctors or lawyers simply because they were looking for fat paychecks were very unhappy. One recently gave it up to become a chef.

The ones who followed their dreams became the most successful of all, they pursued what they were passionate about, Jazz, movies, animation, are all are doing quite well and enjoying their lives. Interestingly this group were scolded most brutally by teachers telling them they were wasting their lives.

I didn’t decide my field until I was in my mid-twenties. I’ve been in the field, doing different things for the last 13 years. When I grow up, I want to be content, and satisfied. I also want to be a good parent, and raise my children well.

I’m 27. Am I grown up yet? I hope not.

28 and no clue. I’ve never had a career minded personality (if there is such a thing.) I’ve never had dreams of what I wanted to go to school for, what I really saw myself doing for the rest of my life. Sometimes I wonder if I ever will. Trying to make it, let alone to climb the ladder, in the work force has always felt unnatural, overwhelming and frustrating to me. I have always seen myself as a homemaker. If I could scrub my floors and weed my flowerbeds and cook for my loved ones until my last days, I would be a very happy woman. Unfortunately, doing only that has become a luxury that is difficult to afford for many of us.
I’m not really sure what that says about me. Maybe nothing. Maybe more than I realise.

I wouldn’t worry about it. It will become clearer as you move through life. I’ll bet that at least half of us had no clue we’d end up where we are.

Follow your interests. Study what appeals to you. When it is time, look for jobs that do work that sounds appealing to you. Don’t worry about a career. It will happen.

laborer on a dairy farm (3 mos), college (1 yr), laborer on dairy farm (3 mos), college (1 yr), (summer in Europe), college (1 yr), roofer and general handiman (2 mo), work for father (1 mo), college (1 yr), unemployed (3 mo), carpenter’s helper (4 mo), unemployed (2 mo), Door to door fundraiser (4 yrs), intern at a union (3 mos), grad school (1 yr), intern for a city government department (3 mos), grad school (1 yr), unemployed (1 yr), research assistant for a union health policy department(2–3 yrs), administrative assistant for vice presidents of a union (1 yr), unemployed (1 yr), health policy analyst/policy analyst (all kinds of topics) at a consulting firm (12 yrs), unemployed (6 mo), research methods consultant at a university (7 yrs)

Is that a career? Is that a plan? Could I have foreseen that? All I knew was that I wanted to help people, I wanted to use my brain to do so, and I wanted to affect public policy, I wanted to have a family and to love and be loved, and I wanted balance in mylife.

I think I met some of those goals and not others.

An artisan.

Unfortunately, that will have to wait until I don’t have to actually make a living at it.

Still pondering that… I’m 45 now and have been so many things that I can’t keep track of them all. Remember not all who wander are lost.

At the moment am a Pre-IB student, I am taking this part because when I grow up I want to do something that has with working abroad and internationally.

A spaceman!

World Dictator, but I’ll settle for food critic.

Happy

Younger.

@Austinlad “Ah, but I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.”

Who said I had to grow up?

I honestly have no idea. At the moment, I want to be a teacher, but my view seems to change every day. I don’t know what appeals to me about working with a bunch of good-for-nothing layabouts who don’t listen to me at all, but the idea that there’s that one geek in my class that actually takes something away with him when leaves school, and that I’ve shaped a future… that’s nice.

That, or a mathematician. Maybe I could work as a mathematician for a while, then, when I’ve made a big discovery, retire as a teacher.

I really think being a good mom of a couple kids and the best wife my husband could have would fulfill my dreams. But, who knows, I might not even get married! So I’ve also been thinking about a job. I enjoy photography and kids, so maybe I could start a photography business for all those people who need even more pictures of their kids. But I’m still 14, I’ve got plenty of time to think about it! :)

Safe.

A ten year old !

I honestly have no idea….
Either in the Medical Field or in Cooking….for now I guess!

I’m under 18 so I still have time to decide and think!

Teacher.

I want to be a famous astronomer and a rich patron of the arts and an award winning author and a noble prize winner and a famous costumer and president of the United States.

At 67 years old, I will have to wait for another life for most of that stuff.

A bike maker.

I’ll let you know nearer the time!!

I would really like to be a social worker who works with child placement. I’d really REALLY like to be a stay at home mom though. I want to adopt at like 4, 5, 6, 7, or whatever age really. I don’t feel right about bringing more children into the world when there are already ones that need a home and someone to love them.

At my age, alive would be a good answer.