I knew I wanted to go into the Military Service, and then become a Police Officer, but that didn't happen. . However, Writer was also there, since the beginning... so at least that is still there.
Not sure fully why, but deep down I always had a warrior spirit, sadly my body never matched that spirit. But at least my brain is pretty damn good at story telling.
Exactly what I am. I have always loved languages, growing up in a bilingual family, living in upstate NY on the very border of Canada, tons of French speaking Quebecois neighbors. My parents didn't think interpreter was a real job since they were both familiar with family members serving as casual, impromptu, non-professional interpreters. I joined the USAF, graduated from the DLIFLC, worked as a Russian/English military interpreter, and still work in the field today as a Spanish/English interpreter and translator for the USDOJ.
I wanted to be a writer from a pretty young age. But I also wanted to be an actor, an astronaut, and an archaeologist. Not sure why they're all things that start with A ...
I wanted to be a chef since I was a kid and planned to attend Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. Unfortunately, I graduated high school at 16, which in the US gives your parents full control over your future education, unless you become an emancipated minor. My dad was a sexist who felt paying for education for women was a waste of money "because you're just going to get married or pregnant anyway" so I had to scramble to come up with my own plan for an education, and Le Cordon Bleu was out. I eventually found and achieved a different dream job, but I was one extremely angry teenager for a while.
Now that is funny all things starting with A haha Actually is pretending so he or she is neither here or there. An archeologist is on earth and astronaut in space. I guess you could not pinned it better. You have literally covered everything.
I always wanted to travel and explore. I thought about working on a ship or an airline but didn't decide on a profession to do that until I read How to Travel and Get Paid for It. That's when I went into nursing. And it was an excellent choice. I traveled all over the world.
What does it matter, I still ended up doing none of those things. Not good enough for any of them. Though I had wanted to write since I was 10 or so, and that kinda worked out.
We are all in the same boat haha. I wanted to be few things but the way education plans out it does not prepare you nor entitles you for what you really want to be. I blame it on education. Still I am interested to know what you wanted to be.
No, she singed a contract for a specified amount of months or weeks with a hospital, and then moved somewhere else, and did the same thing.
The idea was you could get nursing jobs all over the world (you still can) and at first that's what I had in mind. But it turned out to be better to work in the US then quit, travel and come back to get a new job. Because one can get a job in nursing almost anywhere at any time, one can quit any job and get a new one when you get back.
That's another option, you get assignments for a certain number of months, but those are not always the best places to travel to. I wanted to travel to Colorado, so I just went and got a job, lived in Steamboat Springs. Lake Tahoe, Bellingham, Seattle... same thing. I'd pick a place then move there. You could always get a job somewhere.
I wanted to work with horses. Then I started working with horses in high school and realized... I don't want to work with horses. I want to ride horses, and hang out with horses, on my schedule and on days with nice weather. I don't want to actually work with them, as a job. So that was a good lesson to learn!
I wanted to be a doctor, because doctors made money. Which was a terrible choice, because (1) I've always hated all forms of biology, (2) I am remarkably squeamish, and (3) I do not work well with patients. I honestly have no idea what I was thinking. Now I want to garden, write books, play Dungeons and Dragons, lift weights, adopts dogs, and work a nice boring office job.
I wanted to be a vet. My parents said i did not waiver (waver?) on this. This was what i said all up until.................college.
When I was asked at 15 what I wanted to do as a career, I didn't actually have an answer, because I hadn't even thought about it! I thought about Fashion Design, Counselling, and Animal Care. The closest I got to any of those was : Starting a GNVQ in Health and Social Care, which I dropped out of after 2-3 weeks, and completing an NVQ Level 2 in Retail. As a result, retail is the only field I have ever worked in and I'm not even very keen on it.
When I was younger, I really wanted to be a teacher. I'm still actually considering going back to school part time and becoming a teacher. I've always been good at explaining things in a way people can understand, I've been told I'm great with kids, and I was also always told that I would be a phenomenal teacher. My mother actually encouraged it, but I was fearful in college that I wouldn't be able to make enough to survive as a teacher. Now that I have more perspective on how frugal I actually am, I'm thinking I could make the transition with minimal lifestyle changes.
I am a teacher and have worked in education for a fair bit. I don't teach anymore. I think you can just about make a living. It is however extremely hard work so good luck to you if that is what you want to do. What subject were you thinking of teaching?
When I initially thought about it, I was thinking somewhere around fourth or fifth grade. Middle schoolers and high schoolers are too angsty and hormone-fueled, and any younger would probably drive me up a wall!
