Did you grow up to be what you wanted to be as a child

Growing up I always aspired to be an actress/singer. My goal was to be on Broadway. I studied performing arts all through high school and I got a degree in this in college. I have been on many auditions and I did make a living for a while. I wanted to continue pursuing this dream. When I was a junior in college I landed a summer stock job. Singing and dancing in a show that performed six times, sixes time a week. This lasted three months (of the summer) I developed vocal nodules. The Dr. Told me that they would go but come back if ever irritated again. (they come and go now) When I got back from this job over the summer my dad actually sat me down and told me that I better change my major to something that I can definatley make a living off of. I hesitated at first but listen to my father. It was then I enrolled as an elementary ed. major and became a teacher. I like it but i feel like something is missing. My passion!!!!

Have any of you felt this way about what you are doing now??? Are you doing what you aspired to do as a child/young adult??

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Re: Did you grow up to be what you wanted to be as a child

As a child i wanted to be a judge
BUT when i read my first Psych book in HS...I was hooked. And yes i stayed in that field ever since

Although i wish i had pursued forensic psych

Re: Did you grow up to be what you wanted to be as a child

Absolutely I taught myself to play the flute at the age of 4, and SWORE to everyone I would be a musician, and I am

Re: Did you grow up to be what you wanted to be as a child

nope... not even close.
as a little kid, i wanted to be a Pediatrician and an Opera singer. Seeing as i sound like a cat in heat when i sing- the opera thing wasnt for me Im back in school for nursing, so i guess thats close to a pediatricians work, but at a different level. Its not my passion though, But i am passionate about it (if that makes sense)

when i was in college though, is when i realized that i really wanted to do something like Saturday night live (acting for, or writing for a show like that). i love goofing off, and making people laugh, but i dont know that stand up comedy would fit me. I still sometimes think that i'm going to be 'discovered' for like a TV show or something- But, seeing as how i don't pursue that in anyway, i guess its just a daydream

Re: Did you grow up to be what you wanted to be as a child

Posted by prncssrachel

Absolutely I taught myself to play the flute at the age of 4, and SWORE to everyone I would be a musician, and I am

Message edited 1/1/2006 8:41:32 PM.

Re: Did you grow up to be what you wanted to be as a child

My "All About Me" book in kindergarten reads "I want to be a truck driver." I drive a Pathfinder - I guess that's close enough. I don't have a chimp though - that was pretty much part of the BJ & the Bear phase I went through.

Re: Did you grow up to be what you wanted to be as a child

Posted by nancygrace

Posted by prncssrachel

Absolutely I taught myself to play the flute at the age of 4, and SWORE to everyone I would be a musician, and I am

thats great!!! where/who do u play for?

Re: Did you grow up to be what you wanted to be as a child

I always wanted to be an archeologist, but Im a teacher now

Re: Did you grow up to be what you wanted to be as a child

I wanted to be a teacher...and I did that for a little while..but am now exploring more of the business and finance field!

Re: Did you grow up to be what you wanted to be as a child

When I was really young, I wanted to be a singer or broadway actress - then multiple people told me that I couldn't sing at all!

My 8th grade year book says that I want to be a child psychologist, and I'm currently getting my psyd in school-clinical child psych!

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I wanted to be a veterinarian...but I realized that I'm allergic to cats and long haired animals. I became a teacher instead.

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Nope.....I found a whole bunch of things recently from elementary school. I had written I wanted to be an astronaut, a teacher and a Mother. None of those yet......
I think its great if someone had a childs dream and made it reality....

Re: Did you grow up to be what you wanted to be as a child

no but i am working on it

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I don't remember if I had wanted to be something specific early on....but at 14 announced to my Dad I'd be a Funeral Director! And I am!

Re: Did you grow up to be what you wanted to be as a child

In HS I wanted to become a lawyer. And then in college I decided I was going to be a newscaster. Unfortunately I'm not either of those things, but I'm still convinced I would be great at them.

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As a child I always wanted to be a teacher. My sister and I used to play school when were little and actually make up tests for our imaginary class-lol

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NO. I wanted to be a cashier at Waldbaums. I took a step down and decided to teach instead

Re: Did you grow up to be what you wanted to be as a child

I always wanted to be a lawyer and now I am one.

Re: Did you grow up to be what you wanted to be as a child

After seeing LA Law I wanted to be a trial lawyer, and I am. Although there are way more trials on TV than in real life.

Re: Did you grow up to be what you wanted to be as a child

in grade school I wanted to be a stay at home mom, in high school I wanted to be a vet, in college I wanted to go to law school, now I work in social services, and I want to be a wife and a mother--funny how we revert back....

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I wanted to be a writer or a vet growing up, and started college as a veterinary science major. Hated dissecting cats, and hate blood, so I opted to work in education instead.

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I wanted to be

a ballerina

an advertising exec "like Angela Bower"

a psychologist or social worker

but most of all I wanted to be a radio news producer!

I am holding out that it will happen one day when I live somewhere thats not as competitive.

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I wanted to be an interior designer when I was in elementary school. I used to collect all the paint and blind samples they gave out at stores and saved them in a binder (I'm such a nerd). I'm a speech-langauge pathologist now but decorating my house and HGTV are like crack to me!