What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
October 17, 2008 by Cherie Burbach
Filed under Parenting
How old were you when you knew what you wanted to do for a living?
On one hand, I think kids usually have an inkling early on in regards to what they “want to be when they grow up.” I knew I wanted to be a writer as soon as I could hold a pencil. Still, I was always told to go into something like banking because that’s more of a “real job.”
To that end, I would have benefited from some real career counseling. For example, while writers make little money and usually don’t have benefits, it doesn’t mean you can’t do it for a living. There are countless opportunities if you just know where to look. As an adult, I know this now. As a kid? Not so much.
It seems as if today schools and parents are more aware of career counseling than ever before. I caught this article about some Mankato area businesses working with educators to show kids what kind of careers they could go into. That’s a great thing, and can only open up the possibilities for them.
My question for you today is, how old were you when you knew what you wanted to do? And how did you decide?
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I didnt have any job goals that I can remember when young, unless you count motherhood
What a job thats been, fweeeeew!
I worked outside the home off and on, but it wasnt jobs I realy had in mind, those thought came later. Im not ashamed that I have been a mother and Homemaker, but I now often wish I would have went to college or trained for something.
blah! i still don’t know! hahaha
i just want to be more, with more money!
Count me in.
I was about ten years old and wanted to follow in my aunt’s footsteps.
When I was little I never thought about what I wanted to be…I just wanted to be a kid.
It’s never to early or late to check out and follow your dream. It’s just being open to all your options.
I am all grownup and I am exactly what I want to be
I’m 49 and still don’t know what I want to do for a living. It’s one of the reasons I never finished college. I love to work, though, and have been good at everything I’ve ever tried, so I think that’s enough for me.
I knew from the time I could pick up a crayon that I wanted to be an artist!
I’ve always wanted first and foremost to be a wife and mother. Some people think that is the bottom of the career goal….I think it’s at the top.
I’m in my 40’s and still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up! I have done everything from social work to coffee sales to law enforcement. *sigh* All that, and I went to school for business administration!
I still don’t know what I want to be.
In college I wanted to work with special needs children and I have been a teacher of the Deaf for 19 years now and I still enjoy it.
Enter me please, great blog
I always knew i would end up in the beauty industry i knew sisnce i was a kid i used to do my little sisters makeup with her friends i ended up being a hairdresser and i do enjoy the creativity of it i believe you can make anyone beautiful
I wanted to be a juvi probation officer,however early on in my education in criminal justice,I found forensics to be my thing!
I want to be Madonna
I never knew I’d become a SAHM
I always thought I would be a teacher. I “knew” at a pretty young age 4th or 5th grade. But it didn’t work out that way but I do love my job and I have “taught” lots of young people (my sons friends always came to me, my current secretary is my sons age and I feel like I have watched her blossom into an awesome young woman) so in a way I am “teaching” just in a different way.
I knew very early that I wanted to be a nurse. 26 years later, I love, love, love my career!
I wanted to be a nurse or veterinarian.