Discussion What did you want to become as a kid?

[DepressionsAHo]

For me, I've always wanted to be a famous Formula 1 driver. Bonus points if I die in a spectacular crash after winning a Grand Prix in the era before all the safety regulations made the sport boring to watch.

You know those people like on the old animal planet that filmed things like meerkat manor and such? That. That's what I wanted to do. Then I wanted to be like wolfman and live amongst wolves in the wild but I quickly realized me having periods and such wouldn't due in the wild. Still wanted to do it though. Didn't care about them.
It'd still be cool even today though.

 

[Predestinated]

I wanted to be a cop or a football (soccer) star as a kid. Now I'm in college but i want to be an astronaut lowkey

 

[yami9292]

I wanted to be an artist since I loved to draw and paint but I started to realize that I wasn't actually that creative haha oh well

 

[Hopeless_soul]

that I wasn't actually that creative haha oh well

That's relative! Do it. The more you gather info and the more you see and read, the more you develop your own ideas. There is no such thing as naturally being creative or not :) (at least in my opinion)

 

[yami9292]

That's relative! Do it. The more you gather info and the more you see and read, the more you develop your own ideas. There is no such thing as naturally being creative or not :) (at least in my opinion)

I guess but I did try and I'm good with ctb now haha plus I don't want to be an artist anymore but thank you for the encouragement, you're really sweet

 

[Hopeless_soul]

I guess but I did try and I'm good with ctb now haha plus I don't want to be an artist anymore but thank you for the encouragement, you're really sweet

Whatever you decide, really... But I was just saying... The whole world is open to you. It's almost impossible to get rid of being "creative"; of who are...You can leave it on purpose when you are feeling bad, but your mind will always think like that. And it's great. :) It's a gift, and I don't even believe in god or anything :)

 

[CoolGuy9]

I wanted to be a ninja turtle. Hasn't quite happened yet, and the future of this dream is looking increasingly bleak.

Don't worry. I'm sure that one day you can be a ninja turtle. Just practice sneaking around your friends and family to become a ninja. Not sure how to do the turtle part, but i'm sure you'll figure it out.
I remember saying that I wanted to be an inventor when I was about 5 years old. Never thought of what to invent. Then later I wanted to be a game developer. I still want that, but I fucked up my education and have no clue how to code.

 

[Final Escape]

I remember I originally wanted to be a veterinarian. But after poor little kid me found out that meant having to put down peoples pets I changed my mind. I wanted to be a hair stylist but never got to follow that dream.

Being a stylist sucked. I never saw my body go downhill so fast. The wear and tear on hands, elbows, back, carpal tunnel. Standing in place for long periods. It was hard as fuck. It's why I had to quit. Plus the repetition was enuf to make me want to blow my brains out lol!

 

[lemmeeleev]

An artist, that's all I've ever wanted to be, and still do. If I can't end up in the field, I might as well just ctb because I don't want some shitty job I hate but have to go to just to survive the rest of my life. I really don't like the idea of being a wage slave.

 

[Ruffian]

I always want to be a pastry chef, I want to make beautiful but edible art that taste great.

I did went to school for it but I dropped out because it made my depression and anxiety worst than it was before and I can't seem to bond with my ex-classmates.

At least I now know the basic of it. Maybe if life works out after all I'll make everyone here a beautiful cake :)

Do you have a nice kitchen? We live in a small apartment with the tiniest suck-ass kitchen ever. I used to love baking so much. I would make cakes a lot - I make very good chocolate & carrot cake. But I can't here - the kitchen's too small. It really made me happy. Can you do stuff at home? Do you need to be certified to do that?

 

[DrownedOctopus]

A writer. I was always writing stories and poems and such as a kid, and I still very much do. Maybe one day I'll feel something I write is worth someone reading.

 

[Nihil]

So badly wanted to be a chemical or a nuclear engineer, though looking back, probably chemical. Chemistry especially is/was one of my bigger fascinations in life. Wanted to work at a national laboratory, maybe get into nanotechnology, and who knows what. How I ended up in the business field unemployed, sacked with student debt, crippling depression and dysphoria, and near poverty is beyond me. I know I might sound crazy, but oh what I'd do to be able to take another class in chemistry or physics or calculus. I absolutely loved that stuff. Don't have much of a drive anymore though, depression saps me of most of my energy, and I've become a hermit. Maybe in another life, if that ever happens.

 

[marcusuk63]

I must be the only one who never had any goals or wanted to be anything ....... at least i have achieved that much , i am nothing

 

[Memento Mori]

snake scientist lol. can't find a better translation to english...zoologist? yeah, lets just say zoologist.

 

[WOODESITY]

I can't recall if I ever wanted to become anything

 

[Numbtopain97]

An actor

 

[Mr2005]

An ice cream man. If that didn't work out my fallback was an astronaut. I love how that works

 

[blanketyblk]

Professional violinist and to play in an orchestra, like my mum did. sadly just not good enough.

 

[Azazel]

As a kid, I wanted to be a cheese expert. I just really loved cheese and wanted to eat as much of it as possible and somehow make profit out of it.

 

[Conflicted Cat]

A firefighter, a police man, a vet... How things change.

 

[Tabbyql]

Wanted to be a vet, I managed to complete a year in college studying science. Then parents dragged me to other side of country. Where my anxiety and depression took over 100% and I didn't go any further. I'm still young enough to do it, but I would only fail my anxiety always wins.

 

[k75]

I really wanted to be a writer and a chef. Didn't work out... I stopped writing in high school, and while I became a pretty decent cook, I just did it for fun until depression stole it from me.

 

[Ko9]

Lighthouse keeper at the age of 9.

 

[Baskol1]

Many different things. Too many to list them all here.

 

[irrelevant_string]

An astronaut because I had an astronaut doll that I loved, then a game developer because I loved video games, then a vet because I loved dogs. Until recently a researcher in the field of AI and machine learning.
People always laughed at me and told me to grow up and be realistic, everyone except mom. She overestimates my intellect though.
Now? I want nothing. It's all gone, I have no goals and ambitions anymore.
Damn it, I should have studied to be a vet. I'd have access to Nembutal soon...

 

[Baskol1]

An astronaut because I had an astronaut doll that I loved, then a game developer because I loved video games, then a vet because I loved dogs. Until recently a researcher in the field of AI and machine learning.
People always laughed at me and told me to grow up and be realistic, everyone except mom. She overestimates my intellect though.
Now? I want nothing. It's all gone, I have no goals and ambitions anymore.
Damn it, I should have studied to be a vet. I'd have access to Nembutal soon...

Are you currently employed?

 

[irrelevant_string]

Are you currently employed?

No, I'm just a student. A useless and unemployable one.

 

[Baskol1]

No, I'm just a student. A useless and unemployable one.

are you sure?

 

[irrelevant_string]

are you sure?

As sure as I could possibly be on anything that crosses my mind.

 

[seekingoblivion]

I wanted to be an accountant (cause of dad) and a pastor (hahahahahaha!!!). Now I work in an accounting firm with the old man, which I don't particularly like, and I want nothing to do with any religion whatsoever. Honestly, I haven't wanted to be anything since I was about 15. I've just wanted to be non existent.