Disneyfangirl23
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I wanted to work at Build a bear workshop lol
What career did you want when you were a kid?
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Artist. It's the first thing I can remember wanting to be. Somewhere along the line, I forgot about it or was dissuaded because it's not a lucrative career. However as I get older, I think there was more wisdom in my desire than I gave credit towards. So even if it's not my "career" per se, I am still trying to live life as an artist, whatever that means.
Captain Jigglypuff
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QVC host. From when I was 5-8, I would watch QVC all the time and started to role play being a host. I was even coming up with random item numbers. I even taught myself how to set the VCR clock just to tape different showings on the channel.
I wanted to be a doctor, more specifically a GP, and one of the silly reasons why was that I wanted one of those already inked stamp with my name on it so I could stamp the prescriptions...
But also I wanted to heal people.
But the auto-inked stamps were a nice bonus...
But also I wanted to heal people.
But the auto-inked stamps were a nice bonus...
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when i was like 4-5 years old, i wanted to become a doctor!! i even dressed up as a doctor for halloween. then i found out what you need to do as a doctor and i ditched that dream 
(i get really queasy around that kind of stuff)
a couple years later i decided i wanted to become a math teacher and i'm currently working towards that dream
(i get really queasy around that kind of stuff)a couple years later i decided i wanted to become a math teacher and i'm currently working towards that dream
QueenCobra
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That’s cool! I still watch QVC and every now and then. The cooking and furniture programs are my favorite.
Neb
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At first I wanted to be a fire fighter, but then I found out they have to go long periods of time away from home for work.
Then my obsession with space began and I wanted to be an astronaut. That dream died once I realized how difficult it is to become one. The fact I ended up not being the minimum height to be an astronaut bums me out sometimes.
Around 5th grade I wanted to become an author since I got interested in writing and was told I should become a writer by all of my teachers (even my high school ones said that). I lost interest in it for a long time since I had no story ideas until fairly recently. It’s a funny coincidence that I’m actually related to an author and never knew.
My fourth career idea was to be a YouTuber (just like everyone else). I was I told I had a nice narration voice, but I knew YouTube paid terribly and was a very oversaturated market.
Finally I spent several years wanting to be a translator for Japanese media. I kept trying to learn Japanese only to finally realize that my brain just doesn't process info on new languages very well and I didn’t enjoy the process.
Now I’m just desperate for any job that will keep me as long as it isn’t customer service related.
Then my obsession with space began and I wanted to be an astronaut. That dream died once I realized how difficult it is to become one. The fact I ended up not being the minimum height to be an astronaut bums me out sometimes.
Around 5th grade I wanted to become an author since I got interested in writing and was told I should become a writer by all of my teachers (even my high school ones said that). I lost interest in it for a long time since I had no story ideas until fairly recently. It’s a funny coincidence that I’m actually related to an author and never knew.
My fourth career idea was to be a YouTuber (just like everyone else). I was I told I had a nice narration voice, but I knew YouTube paid terribly and was a very oversaturated market.
Finally I spent several years wanting to be a translator for Japanese media. I kept trying to learn Japanese only to finally realize that my brain just doesn't process info on new languages very well and I didn’t enjoy the process.
Now I’m just desperate for any job that will keep me as long as it isn’t customer service related.
Autumn247
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I wanted to be a veterinarian. I have volunteered with rescue cats the past 4 years and that has been very fulfilling so I don’t need to become a veterinarian (couldn’t afford the schooling anyway or be able to manage it with my mental health difficulties)
lasagne_of_death
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There's been a lot of dream careers, but I never actually thought I'd become them, just thought it would be so cool to be them. The first one was a professional artist (lol definitely not happening), another was a singer (even more guaranteed to never become my job, unless I want people's ears to bleed), pilot, fireman, postman (mostly what I still would consider being), social worker, babysitter/creche worker, ballerina/tap dancer (we ask no questions about that one lol), shopkeeper, and author. Astronaut also passed my mind on multiple occasions as being the best job you could have. I also considered being a Garda when I was 12 but when I looked up the requirements I couldn't be bothered lmao. I think the one I thought most about as a kid though was being a doctor/scientist so I could find a cure for a terminal disease a loved one of mine has. It's sad to think about though, because I know even if I went into medicine I'm definitely not the brilliant mind who'll suddenly discover the cure for a life long problem, so I scrapped that dream too.
The most likely job I'll go into from my childhood dream jobs will be working in a supermarket or as a postman. My teachers do get annoyed by my "lack of ambition and motivation" but honestly I would be happy in those roles. I like the idea of a quiet and mundane life
The most likely job I'll go into from my childhood dream jobs will be working in a supermarket or as a postman. My teachers do get annoyed by my "lack of ambition and motivation" but honestly I would be happy in those roles. I like the idea of a quiet and mundane life
Ginny Potter
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When I was a kid in elementary. I wanted to be a princess. In middle and high school I wanted to be a teacher for the Deaf kids. Unfortunately, college isn't for me so I'm still trying to figure out what I wanna be
turntech555666
take the skin and peel it back
i dont see many kids aspire to be these, but from what i remember from my childhood, i wanted to be a social worker. even if we go past that, most career tests i took for a STEM class in highschool told me i should go into social work
ive had some teachers personally tell me i should go into that. i think they were only telling me this to make me feel better for being a kid in a pretty bad situation, but i still took it to heart.
nowadays i want to go into aviation. or forensic ballistic studies(or forensic firearm examination.) ive always been a bit of a gun and/or plane nut. i would rather walk across a mile of broken glass than join the military, so civvie work it is for me!
ive had some teachers personally tell me i should go into that. i think they were only telling me this to make me feel better for being a kid in a pretty bad situation, but i still took it to heart.
nowadays i want to go into aviation. or forensic ballistic studies(or forensic firearm examination.) ive always been a bit of a gun and/or plane nut. i would rather walk across a mile of broken glass than join the military, so civvie work it is for me!
Millysaurusrexjr
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When I was a kid I considered becoming a veterinarian, an artist, an animator (specifically an animator for the Powerpuff Girls), fashion designer, and... a mime. I remember asking my mom about mime school. Idk why I wanted to be a mime
Oh, also, when I was in middle school I wanted to be a web designer.. I probably should have stuck with that, I liked learning HTML and making pretty websites with ridiculous features
Oh, also, when I was in middle school I wanted to be a web designer.. I probably should have stuck with that, I liked learning HTML and making pretty websites with ridiculous features
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Who can say. I can't remember any careers that I wanted to do when I was a kid. But when I was in high school, I wanted to work in a library because I thought it would be nice to be surrounded by books all of the time.
Ginny Potter
💜Violetta Potter💜
I did the same thing in high school
