what you wanted to be when you grew up

lillianfaire • 2 August 2023 at 6:15 PM

I wanted to be a Forest Ranger

musical_slytherclaw • 12 August 2023 at 3:51 PM

mine changed all the time, if there was a profession I probably wanted to be it at some point, especially the science-related ones. never thought I'd be doing what I'm doing now, hopefully it sticks! ^^;

provo7demons • 13 August 2023 at 7:20 AM

I wanted to be a pharmacist for a while when I was little!

aneese • 19 August 2023 at 9:04 AM

Veterinarian

thaesda • 25 August 2023 at 4:46 PM

It was always between ballerina or artist. I've been an amateur artist for years so there's that at least.

charlie818 • 18 October 2023 at 9:31 AM

alive

discordia • 19 November 2023 at 1:40 PM

I unironically wanted to be a Dalmatian, also to help firefighters. Child me was highly annoyed by everyone telling me no.

ticci-codi • 19 November 2023 at 1:53 PM

I wanted to be an astronaut for a while 😊

orizuru • 19 November 2023 at 3:37 PM

When I was younger, I wanted to be a singer! Although I must admit that I think my singing is best kept for shower concerts 🤭 That dream didn't last for long as I shifted to wanting to become an artist, or go down a creative route as a possible career!

poptarts • 19 November 2023 at 4:25 PM

When I was a young child, I wanted to be an artist and a veterinarian. (or if we are talking imaginary I wanted to be Spyro the dragon as a child lol)

glaphordesa • 5 May 2024 at 9:54 AM

A veterinarian lol.

corruptcreatures • 5 May 2024 at 5:42 PM

I've always known I wanted to work in the medical field somewhere! At the moment, I'm getting ready to go to uni for pre-vet

cinnamon_witch • 26 November 2024 at 4:37 PM

I remember seeing where I wrote Actor for this question when I was in like 1st grade, that dream died quickly. xD

w0lfhaley • 26 November 2024 at 6:51 PM

I always wanted to be a veterinarian :')

veritaspunk • 26 November 2024 at 8:04 PM

Like several others have said, I too wanted to be a vet when I was a little child, but I realized the messy side of it but as I got older realized that's essentially anything not just professional occupations. Still after more maturing I established my personal convictions and limits and being a vet just has/had too many "landmines" for my prerogative.

As I became an adolescent I did detour in agenda to forensic sciences but a lot of that was becoming "pop forensics" along with saturated and with unappealing factors and prospects ( as I estimated as a young teen) . I was discouraged by what the contemporary prospects required.

Silver lining is I never became a vet or involved in a forensics field but I didn't sacrifice my core ethos as a person striving to follow a more devout consciousness not jumbled and frayed with secular policy whims, even if what I "settled" on is a bit "under the table" by contemporary popularity like a homebirth is to a fully sanctioned hospital birth. 😋. .. but regardless we all continue to learn and pursue ourselves regardless of ideal or desire even if in the obscure proverbial subconscious.

ramblingyogi59 • 1 February 2025 at 3:23 AM

I've wanted to be a few things over the years but middle/ high school art teacher really stuck out the longest.

ambivalent • 1 February 2025 at 6:31 AM

I wanted to be an astronaut!

puchikofan9 • 1 February 2025 at 11:03 AM

i wanted to be an ornithologist or entomologist or an artist.. im definitely not smart enough to be a scientist but i did end up being a artist ..!

aloe • 1 February 2025 at 11:05 AM

I wanted to be a doctor, and now I'm an artist and I teach art! But...honestly, I'm thinking about going back to school for radiology. 😅

coolkaius • 5 December 2025 at 1:27 PM

I cringe so hard at what I wanted to be that it bears not repeating. I knew I wanted to be someone important and memorable. I still do, but in a much more humble way.

dagda • 6 December 2025 at 5:28 PM

I wanted to be a pirate for a long time.. like until I was around 10 years old or so haha
after that I was set on becoming either a freelance illustrator or video game artist, now as an adult I'm still really passionate about visual art but I'm not sure it's something I want to do as a job, I'm worried I'll lose the passion.
I'm currently studying music technology instead, though I'm considering starting up artist alleying at conventions on the side sometime in the near future. not quite what I was planning as a teen, but I feel like convention art will give me a lot more creative freedom compared to working in the industry.