Childhood ambitions...

Beckiboo

Beckiboo

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Friday topic of discussion :D

What did you want to be when you grew up? What do you still want to be when you grow up?!! Did you have a childhood dream / ambition and have you managed to fulfil it?

This can be work orientated, life ambitions, health goals etc.

Discuss :)
 
I wanted to be a Solicitor but I somehow ended up in Marketing :lol: Got lost somewhere on the career path :? :lol:

Other than that I've never really had any ambitions except for being happy cos when you're happy everything else just falls into place :D
 
What did you want to be when you grew up?
TOTP Dancer 8O :lol:

What do you still want to be when you grow up?!!
Happy:D

Did you have a childhood dream / ambition and have you managed to fulfil it?
Travel round the world in style & Nope, no where near it...yet
 
i wanted to be a rock star, wrote a song when i was about 8 haha it was a belter, think my mum has still got it!! wish i was encouraged to do it more. then i wanted to be a film director. unfortunately i've turned out to be neither :(
 
I so wanted to be a vet - that's all I ever used to dream about as a little girl - then I found out my market would be limited as I was/still am to a certain extent, allergic to just about everything but dogs.......

I did all my O'levels needed, biology, chemistry, physics to get into the Royal College of Veterinarian Surgeons, then realised just how hard Physics actually was....... :oops: :oops: :oops:

I was gutted......

Then, I wanted to be a librarian because I just thought you could sit around in a big quiet room reading all day...... started looking after the school library then realised I cant keep quiet for that long and got the Dewey system all mixed up and nobody could find the books they wanted.....:lol: :lol:

Then I decided I wanted to be a photographer, it was a big hobby of mine during my teenage years and used to take photos of bands etc playing in local venues through friends of mine, I loved it and I was really quite good, but I found out it was lumped in with Graphic Design when I looked at studying photography and I didnt fancy that. The parents told me I had to study a "proper" course for a "proper" job and they would only pay for me to go to college to study if that was the case....... So that was Business Studies and Secretarial Diploma course.

, I realised I am an organiser naturally and decided I would be a secretary/PA, and the rest is history really...

I love my job, and I am good at it so all's well that ends well
(but I still have an overwhelming urge to help every animal that I find and end up covered in rashes, sneezing etc for my trouble....:lol: :lol: :lol: )
 
I wanted to be a Professional surfer and live in Hawaii surfing the North shore!!!

But I ended up a scientist, my love for experimenting with different chemicals has crossed over into my career in this case!!:?
 
At the time I wanted to be a professional surfer and got pretty close to it as I grew up in California and got all the sponsorships and even came out in a few mags which I still have to this very day, but as time went on and I was just about 18 I decided to give it all up as I wanted to move back to Europe and unfortuantely there are hardly ever any waves where I live so I kind of just forgot about that. From 18 on I was clueless in what I wanted to do so I did all sorts of odd jobs everything from carpentry to IT, and finally just a few years ago I found what I truly like to do which is paint (not art kind, painting houses etc) and its what I'm still doing to this very day and I have nothing to complain about as I am my own boss and work the days/hours I want and earn a pretty decent wage, not to mention I get to take any holidays I want etc, so you could say the fringe benefits are amazing lol8)
 
I wanted to be a vet - but then didn't want to have to put animals to sleep or my arm up a cow!:twisted:

Then I wanted to be a pop star :oops: still do :oops:
 
professional footballer...........

could have turned pro but wouldn't have really made a career/living from it, so in that case my childhood ambition was actually.........

premiership footballer:?
 
Taffy Raver said:
I wanted to be a Professional surfer and live in Hawaii surfing the North shore!!!

But I ended up a scientist, my love for experimenting with different chemicals has crossed over into my career in this case!!:?
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Omg now that is a coincidence :D
 
I wanted to be a vet too... but sadly, science is not my thing!

So Ive become a pre-press/graphic designer instead.

Still good, but I would love to work with animals too.

x
 
Taffy Raver said:
Yeah creepy, you should have moved to Wales we get pretty decent waves here on the west coast but you need a wet suit!!
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Strangely enough and this is freaky, I actually lived in Cardiff for 3 months but wasn't surfing at the time as the water there is insanely cold and I heard even in a 6/4 steamer with booties, glooves, and hood its still freezing! I avoided even surfing in Santa Cruz when I lived back in Cali because I'm a wimp when it comes to cold cold water :D
 
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My my.. so many veteranarian wannabes around here! :lol:

I wanted to be a politician and become governor of the state of Virginia and then the first black president of the US of A.

Realized that wasn't happening and decided to be a psychiatrist.

Got sideswiped by biochemistry in university and switched to political science as a concentration with a view towards becoming an attorney.

Moved overseas during what was supposed to be a couple of gap years before going to graduate school for law and never went home!

Now I want to be a rock star when I grow up 8)
 
I think the cold thing is due to age I remember just running into the sea around me in just my Y-fronts when I was a little boy nowa days it takes me a while to build up the courage to dip my toes in the sea in Ibiza!!!

I still have my board and try to pop down when I have time and the waves are right, but due to the demands of work that doesnt happen that often these days
 
Buckley said:
Here´s one we made earlier:

http://www.spotlight-forums.com/showthread.php?t=19210&highlight=career

Perhaps we should all update. For me, it´s changed radically. I´ve sold out my business and am doing what I said I initially wanted to - journalism. I´m living in Ibiza doing some freelance writing for this very site. (This week I´m also running Sunday morning at WLS at Space for Mulletover, while the chaps who own the brand are away.8O8) )
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Wow, so you sold out!

TBH at the moment, i feel like doing the same :(

My job pays heaps but the stress is getting beyond comprehension.

Wishing now i'd stuck to architecture or writing computer/video games.

Idiot!

:lol:
 
Buckley said:
Here´s one we made earlier:

http://www.spotlight-forums.com/showthread.php?t=19210&highlight=career

Perhaps we should all update. For me, it´s changed radically. I´ve sold out my business and am doing what I said I initially wanted to - journalism. I´m living in Ibiza doing some freelance writing for this very site. (This week I´m also running Sunday morning at WLS at Space for Mulletover, while the chaps who own the brand are away.8O8) )
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OMG You are the one who got that job you jammy git! It would have been my dream job, if only I didnt have so much baggage to get rid of first!

Anyway my dream when I was young was to be a dancer... I danced from the ages of 4-14 until I discovered boys, smoking and alcohol :oops: Then when I was 20 I finally woke up from the slumber that was going out raving twice a week and realised my dream had passed me by :cry:

I'm now too old and out of practice to ever achieve that so I'll have to make do with my second love... writing :twisted:

As some of you can probably tell this post is a thinly disguised career advice thread for myself. I'm considering giving up accounts and moving into something a bit more creative.... but I'm scared 8O
 
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