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There were two things I remember wanting to be. One was a dancer. I told my mom at three that I was going to dance on the stage and make people happy. My ballet and modern lessons continued until college. I have no stats for how happy I've made anyone, but on a stage, I have indeed danced.
The other was a scientist. I went so far as to secure an area of our garage and create a lab. I had boxes and boxes of "samples" labeled and organized. I think I even had a lab coat and specific rules of play when friends came over.
I don't recall actually performing an actual science, but I had fun. Until chemistry class. I was better talking about the wonders of science than researching and understanding it. Which is probably why I wound up doing as much fundraising as I have for science based non-profits and state entities.
What did you want to be when you were little?

I had a rather odd childhood where everything interested me in some form or fashion. In the end, when someone asked me what I wanted to be, I said a Jack-of-all-Trades. Among my trades were dentist, doctor, teacher, pro wrestler, crypt keeper, fireman, director, author, artist, photographer, professional tree-climber, chef, and many more... No rules to these games, but when my skills needed testing that is what my brother was for.

First, I wanted to be a professional baseball player. For the California Angels.

Then, I wanted to be indian Jones or an archaeologist.

Then, thanks to Lee majors, I wanted to be a stuntman.

A scientist. Specifically, a Mad Scientist. (Still do.)

up until late high school, i wanted to be a spy. then i realized t's not like it was in the OSS anymore. In middle school I wanted to be a marketing researcher- I was really fascinated by the influence of color and shapes on purchasing decisions, and I wanted to write jingles. When I was younger I wanted to be a writer or an actress.

I always wanted to be an astronaut when I was growing up - spaceflight still captures my imagination and makes me smile.

astronaut or a writer or a paleontologist. One of these is probably not going to happen now.

When I was very little, a waitress or a dancer. I used to draw crude pictures of myself waiting tables.
Then later, mostly an artist. I wasn't sure of the different types at that time, I just knew I wanted to do good art. In addition, an actor, but one with modest, humble, and attainable goals.

I'm not really much of anything yet, not in the professional work sense...so I still feel like a lot is open to me.

I had an eloquent long message and then my internet connection got lost and with it went my post. Oh well.

Short answer: Architect and Soldier....not mutually exlusive occupations in the heart of a young boy.

-mike

for years and years I wanted to be an archaeologist until I attended a lecture and this guy was going on and on about how exciting a discovery it was that phoenicians started growing chickpeas centuries before was anyone else had guessed and I thought who in the fuck are these goddamn people

Roy Janik wrote:astronaut or a writer or a paleontologist.

DUDE. Astronaut and paleontologist. Me too. Totally. And actually, I still think that I'll drop everything and go on a dig some day. Some day.

When I was really young, I wanted to be a scientist ("because I can wear jeans under my lab coat and no one will know...")

In high school I wanted to be a special effects artist. I still geek out over that shit and know way too much about how movie effects used to be done.

Now I don't know what I want to be when I grow up.

kbadr wrote: In high school I wanted to be a special effects artist. I still geek out over that shit and know way too much about how movie effects used to be done.

Really? One of my jobs is FX makeup!

In the 7th grade I decided I wanted to invent artificial photosynthesis. I was also really into theoretical physics. That carried me to my Freshman year of college, where I had a close to full ride due to my interest in physics.

Then I realized I wasn't that great at math. But I really loved doing research, which drove me to a life of history.

Work with animals! Soooooooooooo soft and I love them!!