What did you want to be/do when you grew up?

[Pirouette]

I've always wanted to be a doctor since I was little, and now, I'm really into neurology and want to be a brain doctor. I find it really amazing how the brain works.

[ilikethisgame]

I wanted to be a 'pet shop lady' = a vet
I then realised I wasn't good at science particularly, so that was out of the window.

I then wanted to be a journalist for YEARS, I loved media and creative writing at school and had dreams of going to London for university to study it.

Sixth Form put me off media and because the fees went sky high, I wanted more of a challenge. I then picked Criminology and Sociology and went to a different part of England to study it. I wanted to be in the Police and now I have no idea!
God knows where I will be in the end...

[Rivière]

I wanted to be a research scientist.

[Bem]

I wanted to be an author.
I still want to be an author, though now I think I'll do something else (e.g. teaching or being a lawyer) and write in my spare time. At least, until my book becomes a bestseller, of course.
Yup.

[Not_here]

so many things...ice skater, astronaut, teacher, scientist, buddha, spy, detective, writer, artist, sociologist, therapist and the list goes on but I'm forgetting some Still don't know what I want to do :P

[Xurayesu]

At 1st grade I wanted to be a scientist, part-time author, later on I got my true calling and wanted to go into the field of computers/technology. Everything about it just fascinates me how artificial intelligence and automated systems work.

[redhuntinghat]

Doctor or a vet

[Sammichez]

I want to be an animator when I get older. I want to make a show with lots of creativity and a legit storyline.

[Lil]

I wanted to be a model when i was five, then when I was 10 i wanted to be a chef for many years. Now i have no idea what i want to be haha.

[Saoirse]

I've always wanted to be a soldier in the military but was always told I wouldn't be able to join due to my vision impairment. Now - I still want to be in the military (I got corrected vision late 2011) at the point where I can join combat with my corrected vision, but I also have the feeling of not wanting to 'see' again which interferes with that. I have researched and have not been officially diagnosed yet, but have the symptoms of visual agnosia.

[Muffin Cake]

Engineer/architect

[ChellyBean]

When I was little I always said I wanted to be a mom and have lots of kids and pets. Now I actually am going to have my first kid and I am really happy about it but I also want to be a baker/pastry artist.

[Azure.]

I've always wanted to be a teacher

[GirlyDino]

Originally Posted by Ngikhona

The title says it all.

I honestly didn't really have any aspirations as a child. I know all my friends would talk about how they wanted to be a rock star or musician, but I just figured I was a kid and never really thought about it.

I want to be a herpetologist!

[SilentBunny]

A cop when I was younger lol! But now a computer programmer as I have skill in that area, and also haven't found a computer problem I can't easily fix, so maybe a computer tech

[coolkid98]

I would like to be a paramedic

[blackheartedballerina]

when i was really little i wanted to be an entomologist. then a ballerina. now i'm not sure.

[Glitter]

I want to be an international tour guide. That way I can travel the entire world and meet new people every day!!

[Konohana Sakuya]

I have always wanted to be a fiction writer or perhaps an international tour guide. I want to inspire people with my writing, if I could.

[*Confidence<3*]

When I was younger, I had too many ambitions to count. Some of these included being a pizza chef, and a dancer despite never taking one class in my life. The one career choice that has most stuck with me though has been a teacher, but as high school came to an end, so did any ambition toward any career which brings us to now. No longer am I the girl overwhelmed with career possibilities, but rather underwhelmed!

[Corrupted]

I used to be into computer stuff at an early age, maybe 7-10 (it runs in the family), but any job in computer programming will be gone in the next 15 years. Nowadays, I'm looking at being some sort of specialized medical surgeon/doctor. I've also recently taken up an interest in nuclear engineering and various fields of chemistry. I still have plenty of things on the table for me.

[Twinge]

When I was little, I wanted to be everything possible, singer, nurse, actress, film director, model, fashion stylist, dog trainer, a vet, teacher, tv host, designer of all things, a composer or artist with all kinds of arts considered, a factory worker, assistant, secretary, computer hacker, spy, detective, philologist, animator, economist, baker, theologist, philosopher, illustrator, storyteller, psychologist, matchmaker etc etc. I had way too many. And it wasn't hard to dream of everything and live those dreams passionately as a child. For some reason as well, the older I got, my ambitions grew more irrational, about to reach the peak of all irrationality. Let's say I started thinking of jobs that don't exist on Earth. Yet.

The one job I also stuck to (for almost a year) was travelling agent, but that one got rejected by reality before I experimented with many other jobs in my head. During one point in my life, I didn't want to have a job but the dream of being a student for my entire life. Ironically after that, I wanted to own an organisation. Didn't stop there.

[Jordioa18]

A workless bachelor, yeah, I was THAT lazy!

[S3nDyrella]

I wanted to be a lawyer/legal advisor because of legally blonde, the movie haha
and now a few years later i'm studying Law and loving it <3

[Uhmsir]

When I was 7, I wanted to be a veterinarian.
When I was 9, I wanted to be a writer.
When I was 12, I wanted to be a musician.
When I was 14, I wanted to be dead.
Now, I am 15 and I still want to write!
Writing makes me feel like life is going to be okay.

[.:PrincessZelda:.]

I think I have replied to this thread back when I first joined TeenHelp, but everything hs changed so I am going to put a new answer here.

When I was little I wanted to be a veterinarian, but when I got into high school, I wanted to be musician or a chemist. When I got into college and declared my major as chemistry my freshman year, I really wanted to be a chemist. However, when I got to the spring semester of my sophomore year, I decided that chemistry was too difficult for me and changed my major to biology. Now when I graduate college, I am hoping to get a job where I am working with something that has something to do with the environment, conservation, and/or biotechnology.

[Matt_Davis]

Professional soccer player

[JyeScarecrow]

Age 2-5: Pilot
Age 6-10:Astronaut
Age 11-14:Scientist(couldn't specify at the time)
Age 15-now(and prolly forever... i hope, wll i really want it):Physicist

[Muffin Cake]

I still want to be a software developer or engineer of some sort.

[-Dreamer]

I wanted to be an actress. But then I thought that when your character died, you died too so I didn't like the idea of being an actress anymore. The mind of an 8 year old.

[Chai.]

Promise me you are not laughing when you read this.
When I was a kid my aspirations varied from Astronaut, doctor, veterinarian, model, actress, writer, taster in a chocolate factory, pet shop owner to garbage collector. (Don't ask. )

But I think for the last 5-6 years I have wanted to get into the finance/ banking sector and I am studying for it.

[Mikeeeybee]

I've always liked the idea of being a comedian/comedy writer. I started writing material at school and I read somewhere that if you tell people your goal you're more likely to achieve it so for about two years everyone who asked what I wanted to do after school was told 'comedian'. Unfortunately I haven't done anything to achieve it so whenever I talk to those people I hope they've forgotten about it

[Prometheia]

I remember the earliest thing I wanted to be was a paleontologist. After some time, probably about 5, was when I first became really interested in weather and climate, and decided I wanted to be a meteorologist (researcher, not on tv). About 8 years old, I decided I wanted to be an astronomer as well. I wanted to be a pilot for a brief period of time during 3rd grade because Charles Lindbergh was my hero at the time. I wanted to be a particle physicist in middle school.

Still considering going into meteorology, chemical oceanography, particle physics, or behavioral analysis. In general, it's always been my ambition to be a scientist. I've also thought about becoming a surgeon and specializing in either trauma or neurosurgery.

[Lesley_J]

i wanted to become a doctor )) but... i am a teacher what an irony))

[Celyn]

I seriously wanted to be a vet, then changed it to someone who specialises in dogs (does that career even exist??).

I have also wanted to be: an author, movie star, train driver, interior designer, wolf researcher.

For the last decade I have wanted to be a teacher (primary school) and still hope to accomplish that. But I am also developing a keen interest in psychology...

Oh and when I was 5, I wanted to be a dog

[Nickitty =^.^=]

For a few years I wanted to be a police officer. Then two days into my program I found out I didn't like it, and swapped into a General Arts and Science program, and now I'm starting to look for what I want to do.

[Most Likely]

I always dreamed of being a musician. Vocalist or bassist... I've given up on this however. Then I wanted to be a professional gamer, gave up on this as well. Right now I don't know anymore.

[CandleLights]

I always wanted to be a DOCTOR .

[Manjima]

at first i wanted to be an astronaut or a pilot then i realized i wasnt good with physics and i cant have a stable lifestyle as a pilot..then i wanted to be a biochemist but then i figured i dont want to give lectures and work in an academic setting...now im 16 and i finally made up my mind...i want to be a doctor... psychiatrist to be specific...i have three years until medical school in my country...its going to be a long journey but it will be so worth it..

[fallingstargirl]

When I was four I wanted to be a podiatrist (foot doctor) after one of them removed a piece of glass from my toe. Then I wanted to be a teacher, then a biologist, which went out the window now that I'm taking biology and it's easily my worst class. And now I want to be a journalist.