What did you want to be as a kid

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I'm actually am at university right now studying Geology

I never thought in terms of the future when I was a kid, I just wanted to stay the way I was for everything else to stay the same too.

i wanted to be a cat. a house cat specifically. even more specifically, a house cat living in a house in the woods and is able to go in and out of the house at whim, going on adventures and being independent, but then also being able to come home to loving friends and get cuddles and free food.

because that was obviously a fantasy, the first "real" thing i wanted to be was a biological researcher.

I wanted to be understood

I wanted to either have my own shop or be a race car driver. I also kind of wanted to be a teacher

I had a few ideas as a kid.

Working in some field that involves nuclear energy, a physicist, video game designer, a writer, an architect or city planner or working in a power station (I had a really weird obsession with power stations as a kid >.<).

an animated cartoon character.


i was pretty dumb.

I wanted to make animated films....

and lo and behold, I came to do just that.

however, my feelings towards my career choice are more ambiguous now.

When I was a kid, all I wanted to be was an adult.

That ain't no lie! I really had no ambition, otherwise!

In chronological order:

1) Veterinarian (I love animals and wanted to "save all of them" -- I was pretty idealistic)
2) Astronaut (on account of space being "cool" and all that)
3) Video game developer/programmer (around middle school after watching a ton of G4's "Icons" series)
4) Software engineer (more realistic version of the above)
5) Chemical engineer (I loved chemistry in middle and high school)
6) Biomedical engineer (chemistry + biology + math/physics = dream -- or so I thought)
7) Neurosurgeon (I was obsessed with the brain ever since I was a kid; it felt right for me)

I am working on my MS in Neuroscience right now, so I would say I am closer to my dream. Medical school still intimidates me, though, due to an ongoing fear of the MCAT and an undergraduate GPA at the low end of admission committee's recommendations.

Architect
Architecture Preservationist
Graphic Artist/Designer

All of which, were influenced by sitting with my father, viewing plans and having an intense desire to learn about building and design.

I wanted to be rescued.

I wanted to be an author and a paleontologist.

I changed my mind pretty often about what I wanted to be, but I do remember wanting to be an archaeologist for a long time. I also wanted to be a vet, a teacher, a spy, a journalist, a chef (that didn't last long) and an artist. I bought a toy microscope when I was about 11 and wanted to be a scientist.

I ended up studying art and art history, writing my dissertation on rock art and cave paintings.

And now I'm an apple farmer! Go figure.

Beats my brother, anyway, who wanted to be a tractor.

An alligator.

I was really pissed when I found out that wasn't actually possible.

I wanted to be:

- an astronaut
- a veterinarian
- a writer
- a documentary maker
- a scientist

All of these at the same time.