Are you doing what you dreamed of when you were a kid?

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As kids, I'm pretty sure everyone had either "normal" or crazy dreams about what we wanted to become/do when we grow up.

It's kinda rare to find someone who's had the same dream from childhood to adulthood, and is doing exactly what they dreamed of as a kid.

When I was kid, I used to watch a lot of action and martial arts films, so I really wanted to be a martial artist. It did inspire me to do martial arts, but because of other distractions, I never did accomplish too much in it apart from it being a major side hobby.

What about you? What was your childhood dream? Are you living your childhood dream now?
  • Profile picture of the author cj9253
    I always wanted to be an FBI Special Agent. Although I am not there yet I have been living my life to get there. All of my jobs have pertained to law enforcement (military, secuity,and surveillance) sence I have been out of school. I think I have settled though with my current job the pay is great especially for what I do!

    This is a great question!
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    • Profile picture of the author Li Weng
      Originally Posted by cj9253 View Post

      I always wanted to be an FBI Special Agent. Although I am not there yet I have been living my life to get there. All of my jobs have pertained to law enforcement (military, secuity,and surveillance) sence I have been out of school. I think I have settled though with my current job the pay is great especially for what I do!

      This is a great question!
      Special agent! Hope you get there.
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  • Profile picture of the author acreativetouch
    I wanted to be a doctor. Now at 47, I'm going to college to be a doctor of oriental medicine. I wanted to be a writer as well. Havn't been published yet, but I still do write.

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  • Profile picture of the author Mark Brian
    I wanted to become an architect as well as a rockstar. I ended up being a web developer and a drummer that played for a couple of small bands. So it's pretty close to my dreams I guess.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Originally Posted by Mark Brian View Post

      I wanted to become an architect as well as a rockstar. I ended up being a web developer and a drummer that played for a couple of small bands. So it's pretty close to my dreams I guess.
      We had the same dream sorta Mark.
      I started playing drums and other percussion instruments when I was 10.
      I played in local bands here and in Fl. till I was around 35.
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  • Profile picture of the author Elljay
    I wanted to be an actress and then realised that you have to actually act in order to achieve this, so that was a no go lol!!
    My dream now is to just be happy, for my family to be healthy and be financially secure (not much eh?)
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  • Profile picture of the author Harry Spencer
    as a kid I had several different dream jobs all were quite realistic, police when I was quite young then a gardener and when I left school a chef. I've not taken any of those jobs up as a career. But I did do gardening work in my local area when I was about 13 for a couple of summers and to be honest it was probably my best job. That might be because I was working for myself. Now my dream job would be working online so I guess the industry has changed but the dream of working for myself is still the same.

    Thanks for the post.

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  • Profile picture of the author derekwong28
    I wanted to become a doctor and I did become a doctor. However, taking care of patients was just not for me and I ended up doing laboratory medicine, namely virology. Working in the central laboratory in Hong Kong, I was right in the middle of the most threatening virus outbreaks in past 20 years, namely the H5N1 and SARS outbreaks.

    However, I am not doing IM full-time and enjoying every moment of it. If I could turn the clock back, there is no way I would have entered medicine in the first place.

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    • Profile picture of the author acreativetouch
      Originally Posted by derekwong28 View Post

      I wanted to become a doctor and I did become a doctor. However, taking care of patients was just not for me and I ended up doing laboratory medicine, namely virology. Working in the central laboratory in Hong Kong, I was right in the middle of the most threatening virus outbreaks in past 20 years, namely the H5N1 and SARS outbreaks.

      However, I am not doing IM full-time and enjoying every moment of it. If I could turn the clock back, there is no way I would have entered medicine in the first place.

      Derek
      I tried nursing....and quit when I saw an aborted baby who lived murdered by the docs. I felt then that the whole medical community was a scam to milk the patients, and went into graphic design. Went back into medicine because herbs/acupuncture helped me survive an illness that the docs gave up on--told me that I was terminal. I'm recovering and doing well. So, went back into medicine---TCM.

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  • Profile picture of the author jacktackett
    No - I figured I'd be dead by now.

    Truthfully, if I'd known I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself :-)

    but my dream back then was to be an astronaut....

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    • Profile picture of the author John Henderson
      Originally Posted by jacktackett View Post

      but my dream back then was to be an astronaut....
      Same here, Jack!

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  • Profile picture of the author Ron Kerr
    As a kid I wanted to grow up.

    Maybe it will happen one day.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Originally Posted by Ron Kerr View Post

      As a kid I wanted to grow up.

      Maybe it will happen one day.
      Good luck with that.
      I'm 55 and gave up trying to decide what I wanted to do when I grew up.
      I gave up when I figured out you had to grow up first.
      Haven't done it yet and don't think I will any time soon.
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  • Profile picture of the author Loren Woirhaye
    no. I wanted to be a film director.

    I've settled for being a writer... and a business writer at that... ugh.
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    • Profile picture of the author yuri12
      Am I the only one who thought about being a fireman? Unfortunately, the pyromaniac in me wasn't good enough for the dream. Hahaha!

      I also wanted to be a rockstar and I wanted to bang the drums but my father wouldn't want to buy me a set. Instead, he made me play the piano and my aunt who used to be the dean of music in a university was teaching me during the weekends. It even went to the point that I participated in a recital. Now I'm in a different field in business but loving the music in the clubs may it be hip-hop, rock, or dance.
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      • Profile picture of the author ThomM
        Originally Posted by yuri12 View Post

        Am I the only one who thought about being a fireman? Unfortunately, the pyromaniac in me wasn't good enough for the dream. Hahaha!

        I also wanted to be a rockstar and I wanted to bang the drums but my father wouldn't want to buy me a set. Instead, he made me play the piano and my aunt who used to be the dean of music in a university was teaching me during the weekends. It even went to the point that I participated in a recital. Now I'm in a different field in business but loving the music in the clubs may it be hip-hop, rock, or dance.
        Yuri you do know the piano is considered a percussion instrument right?
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  • Profile picture of the author Frank Ayres
    I wanted to Join the army, and i never did in the end
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  • Profile picture of the author traffic know how
    childhood dream was simple and achieveable.
    World domination....now that's worth going for.
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  • Profile picture of the author mivasisa
    Yes , I am. Since my childhood i had always dreamed of working for an ad agency or a firm. I was so infatuated with the creativity in this field that my only dream i wanted to take forward was to work in such a kind of place. And luckily i did what i want. Did my majors in Marketing and then joined an Ad agency and since then life is a roller coaster... some ups, some downs but overall a journey of a lifetime which i ma living right now
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  • Profile picture of the author mbealmear
    I wanted to be an actress when I was little. Unfortunately I did realize that meant auditioning in front of TONS of people. I am definately not one that likes to have "all eyes on me". I was tooooo shy for it!
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