What Was Your Childhood Dream Job?

[Blacksheep2017]

I wanted to be a cartoon - vet - musician - graphic designer - midwife.

In that order from childhood to now. Have been a graphic designer professionally for about 7 years now, realized there's no money in it. So I started my own business, have been mildly successful at it. Had my daughter naturally with a nurse midwife and have been obsessed with natural birth since.

 

[Littleclaypot]

I wanted to be an artist and a teacher. I would lecture to my stuffed animals and draw all day.

 

[Zoom]

Fighter jet pilot. Egyptologist. Basically I wanted to be an 80's action hero with a pilot's license and Masters degree.

 

[kotoshinohaisha]

To be a princess by watching stupid Disney. I actually cannot even remember that but whenever my uncle is seeing me when i got older like elementary student he's saying, "hello, Princess!"
It's really embarassing actually. My sisters are laughing at me for being a princess. XD
But generally i don't know what i still want when i was a kid. I'm just simple before i just love playing in the fields and playing kites with my father. I love that. That's the only bonding i had with my father.

 

[Ingrid in grids]

Art curator

 

[PumpkinMayCare]

Musician then police officer. Still think I'd make a great cop but I prefer working as a psychiatrist.

 

[Neal Caffreynated]

Artist or superhero or spy (and all three of them would have been the best ever)

 

[Wunjo]

Politician.

 

[rvfvclv]

I wanted to be a teacher.

 

[Population: 1]

Space faring smuggler and all around dashing scoundrel. Yeah Han Solo. I saw Star Wars when I was five. I also wanted to be a giant badass encased in black armor with a touch of emphysema and a sword made of red plasma.



Unless you want a generic response? Okay. Dragonslayer.

 

[Hiraeth]

I think I commented on this thread way back when, but, meh, I'll do it again.

I remember wanting to be an artist since I was 3 years old, declaring to my parents at dinner one time. They told me from a young age I would be and encouraged me throughout the years even when I had deemed it to be an impossible feat to achieve. I'm very lucky to have such supportive parents who never forced me into doing something else or being against my own desires in life, and for that I have to thank them. It's still a bit of a long road ahead, but I think I may be able to make that dream become a reality. All I know is I'm not giving up. I have the talent, I think. I just have to get it done and then things will eventually come to fruition.

 

[wolfnara]

A fashion designer, or member of a band

 

[Hermit of the Forest]

When I was five I wanted to be an astronaut. My sister was very against it and tried telling me all sorts of things to scare me into changing my mind. Nothing worked, until she told me since there is no atmosphere in space if I died my body would never rot. That disturbed me. I felt like I would be cheated out of something special, some sort of inherent right, if I couldn't disintegrate among my loved ones. Weird.

 

[scarlettlove]

A visual artist.

 

[Madboot]

A dragon riding crusader I believe. I'm still trying to figure out how to keep a komodo dragons mouth clean though.

 

[rav3n]

Architecture was something of interest.

 

[Lady Lazarus]

A pokemon (apparently I already thought I was one though?), the prince, a rockstar, "the one who saves people", a knight, a professional soccer player, writer, fashion designer.

But instead I became none of those things and grew up to be a loser. Hurray!

 

[Hermit of the Forest]

Bagging groceries.

 

[1487610420]

asstronaut

 

[Earl Grey]

I wanted to become an aviator, a researcher (in a Biology / Chemistry field), or an archaeologist.

I hoarded books on Biology for students way beyond my grade.
I also drew a lot of skeletons as well as odd, obscure artifacts.
I also made a bunch of time capsules and treasure maps and actually dug them around my neighbourhood.
The aviator thing was mostly an obsession with flying I had as a child.

I was less than 10 years old and a giant hecking nerd.
I wanted either of the latter two so that I could live my life in a perpetual playground of mind-blowing discovery.