I'm a little late jumping in but here goes...

For all those of you who wanted to be architects, feel free to take my job yup. That is my current occupation.

I always wanted to be an astronaut or pilot, something that involved flying. But I also wanted to be an artist, a mom, a writer, an illustrator, a teacher, a baker, and most of all, happy.

The funny thing is I only wanted to be an architect briefly on a whim at the end of highschool (which is when you apply to college...) I got in, six years of school, and voila - architect. Now I'm working on figuring out what I REALLY want to do when I "grow up" and I'm thinking of taking the leap to photography.

ballerina

Ooooh, I like your dream! I wonder if I can still be a mermaid ...

I wanted to be a pro soccer player. I starting playing when I was five but blew my knee out at the ripe old age of thirteen and although I had surgery and played again it was never the same. Also when I was about 7 I wanted to be a lighthouse keeper!

I wanted to be a news reporter.....just like Lois Lane! I guess in hopes of one day meeting Superman and getting to fly over the city night-lights with him. *sigh*

I did get a job as a journalist right out of college, and that's what led me to the realization that yes, I loved to tell the story, I just was meant to do it with pictures for a living, which can say so much more than words.

Its a good question!

When I was very little aI wanted to be a in Pediatrics as a DOC
But Never got to medical school.
Love what I do now...


Gloria

www.gloriamesa.com

For a while I wanted to be a teacher, and when I got into High School I wanted to do Animation... and ended up going to an art school and majoring in photography instead!

I always wanted to be in sports medicine or a physcial therapist.

Tall Dark Handsome with a sparkling witt










Funny how life doesn't always turn out like dreamed

for a while i wanted to be a maid.

during my kodak pocket camera days, i wanted to be a photographer....

then in high school, i wnated to be a test pilot for the air force - even went to davis monthan for career day.

BONO or a fireman

I wanted to be Jacque Cousteau...then a photographer for National Geographic..then a rock star, a professional Ultimate Player

In order... Ballerina, President, History Teacher, President, Owner of a restaurant, Lawyer, Prosecuting Attorney (got more specific!), JAG Attorney (I started out college on ROTC scholarship), President, Politician, Lobbyist, Philosophy and Law Professor, Lobbyist, Lawyer

Then I went to law school and became a lawyer...

Then I discovered photography... now I want to be a [full time] photographer when I grow up...

I love that it is never too late to change what you want to be! Or to make it happen!

Maybe next year I'll want to be something else...

In elementary school: be someone's girlfriend (hahaha!)
In middle school: a veterinarian
In high school: a scientist
In college years: an English teacher
After I became a mommy: a photographer

Hrmm..

Age 6, I wanted to be a Stunt Man. (still do, I love tossing cars around at speed).
9, a Photographer. My mother gave me my first camera. Yeah, I was gonna take pictures of rock stars.
14, I wanted to be a Automotive Designer
17, I wanted to be Videographer (did do that for a while)
20, Wanted to be a photographer.
32, Chasing my Dream to be a taker of Photos.

I wanted to be the 1st female NFL referee! Instead I referee my 5 kids!!

G-net

a singer, an actress, a novelist, a national geographic photographer and there was a long period of time when I wanted to live in the jungles of south america and just chill out.

Now I want to be a full time wedding photographer!

I wanted to be a MTV VJ (remember when they used to play videos...)
or a cowboy...

j

How funny, first post I see is the same answer I have! +1 for marine biologist!

-d

I wanted to become a lawyer .... wth was I thinking?!?!?!

Wanted to work on the dive boats "down island".... Maybe one day

from the time i was about 5 years old, whenever someone asked me what i wanted to be when i grew up.. i always said "A Mommy" -- i knew i'd be a teacher too, but the most important thing i ever wanted to be was a mommy... God has blessed me with giving me that gift. Motherhood is like living my dream - its the greatest job in the world!!!!!!!

(and now my poor son sees my camera come out and says 'No Mama!!!!!!' he's only 15 months old. hahahaha...

I wanted to be a pilot and an astronaut, or maybe an actress, lol, can't you see how those things go hand in hand?? I actually did entertain the idea of being a photographer as well, but it faded until recent years.

The funny part is that I always loved art of any sort. I always took extra art and science classes, but rarely did the idea of professional artist creep into my mind, even thought others suggested it.

I wanted to be a Top Gun pilot. When I was 2-3 years old.

My parents rented Top Gun I think in 1988? 1989? with Korean subtitles, and it was the best two hours of my life (I don't think they let me watch the Tom Cruise love scene though...)

Commercial Airline Pilot!!!

I want to be a teacher, a cowgirl...and probably more things!!

I wanted to be a Marine Biologist--I loved Dolphins and water as a kid and wanted to be around both...I still love water and actively swim ( and use to have the time and money to race sail boats , water ski, and kayak). Raising kids sure is expensive these days!

Bryce

I wanted to be a writer. (Always loved photography, but in my mind that wasn't something I could actually do for a profession.) Then my first year of college I hated every single English class I took and realized I couldn't handle another three years of it in order to write....i much prefer expressing myself through images.

A Fashion Photographer~

I wanted to travel the world and be completely independent... Just me, myself & I.... then I met a man and fell in love and instantly (seriously in 3 days) everything I had ever thought to be valuable changed. And we have been together 6 years now.

I NevEr wanted kids.... now I have two And they are the joy of my life...in fact I was a stay at home mom for 3 years! lol

I said I never wanted a studio cause I didn't want to be tied down.... now my passion is for children photography! and I dream of the perfect studio...

well at least I'm in the same field...right!

I feel blessed just to be following my heart!

When I was in elementary school, I used to dream about being a famous broadway musical actress...then I heard most of those people end up being waitresses and I changed my mind Heck I can drive down the road and fill out an application at Applebee's and do the same thing haha

I always wanted to be the guy at the circus with the candyfloss (fairy floss?) caravan...........



Hey - I was 6 alright - sugar was important to me back then!

I wanted to be a car designer or architect.

Then... in high school, i knew I wanted to be a photographer.



Now, I want to be a professional poker player or pro golfer.




but, I sill love my job and would never stop doing it.

I thought I wanted to be a doctor--but only because my dad convinced me that it would be a great choice--and you always want daddy to be proud...I was only about 7 maybe.

As I grew up I changed my mind to a Psychologist b/c it was still a doctor (PhD) and yet it dealt with analyzing people and helping them to figure out who they are......I even got a degree in Psych, but then realized that my true love has always been with art.

Photography gives me a way to incorporate my artistic side into my love of figuring people out. Plus life changed my plans when I feel in love with my husband and had 2 kids....I say follow your heart and keep your mind open...I really mostly just dreamed of being happy and I am, so I guess it doesn't matter how it happened.

When I was little I told my mom I wanted to be a "Strawberry Picker" in california like some migrants do. I thought it wonderful you got paid to pick and eat strawberries.

Then I wanted to be an astronaut and I was reallly smart with science and nerdy.

I was planning on becoming a Dentist the past couple of years and am an assistant right now, but it's just not for me so I want to do photography because it's what I know and love.

Seriously? What DIDN'T I dream of being? Here's everything I ever wanted to be at one point in my life (other than a photographer, of course!)

~An artist (as far as I know, this was the first thing I ever wanted to be.)
~A "waiteress" (I spelled it that way, too:))
~a vet. (I love animals)
~16-years old
~pro figure skater or tennis player
~astronomer
~ultrasonographer
~meterologist
~pastor
~pyschologist
~marriage counselor
(I love science, and social science!)
~creative director at an advertising agency
~a lawyer
~motivational speaker (I DID get voted Most School Spirit in high school...!:-D)
~a DJ (an on-air personality...not to be confused with "a David Jay!" Although some people
probably wouldn't mind being DJ! haha!)
~videographer
~illustrator for children's books
~business owner
~entreprenuer
~musician
~art teacher of some sort
~consultant (there's no way I know enough to be there yet, ha!)
~a mom
~fashion photographer
~writer


That's all I got for now! I'm sure I'll come up with more, since there is still time to dream!

You still have time! There's on old lady on some cable channel... the show is called "Sex Talk" or something like that... I watched it once for about 2 minutes and I couldn't take it! It was like my grandma telling me about sex!! Not ok!!!
But hey-- if she can do it, you can too-- at no matter what age! haha!

I wanted to be either a park ranger or veterinarian for the longest time. All the up until my senior year of high school. o.O

i wanted to be a pilot... ahem... a 'naval-aviator' as inspired by tom cruise.

really little...country music singer, lol!

pre-teen...astronaut, singer, public speaker (i did well in 4-H speeches, didn't quite understand that you had to do something to be one, lol)

high school...still singer, music therapist

college...music therapist, nurse, journalist, artist (potter, to be exact...I do still have a kiln my husband got me for my wedding present...no wheel yet, though), art teacher, child life specialist, wife, mommy

now I am...wife, mommy...artist (photographer)

worked out pretty well...I have no idea what I was thinking as an astronaut...I hate crazy rollercoasters and G-force!

I was one of those lucky kids that was never pressured into "being" something. That being said, I did everything artistic growing up (theater, illustration, pottery...you name it). I knew back then that art was something I would continue...photography made sense one day one my buddy said "its like drawing...only faster". He basically assured me that sense I liked figure drawing and shading etc. I would like photography...thanks Ariel...you the man. Wherever you are!

Peace,
Parris

I had big dreams... but I kept them all a secret because I was embarrassed by all of them!
Here they are in order:
Artist (like a painter in paris)
Astronaut
Rock Star
Fashion Model
Fashion Designer
Fashion Photographer
Simply Photographer

An architect…damn that fifth year of school. Also a drummer and for some stupid reason I chose the trumpet in band. Then I could've been a rockstar.

I'm so surprised that so many other girls wanted to be an astronaut. I thought I was the only one! I used to save my pennies hoping that I would have enough to go to Space Camp in Alabama at NASA training center. My parents encouraged my dreams, buying me telescopes, taking me to air shows, visiting NASA, etc....but then I got into junior high school & realized that I would never make it as an astronaut b/c I was terrible at math! Reality...the killer of dreams! lol.

Ha! I could have written that! I would have to add to the list:
pipe organ player for a professional baseball team
coffee shop owner
jewelry designer
gift shop owner
counselor

But for now I'm happy where I am. I never realized how schizophrenic my list was until now!

For some insane reason I wanted to be an orthodontist (I didn't even have an orthodontist growing up and now I cannot even stand going to the dentist).

then a cartoonist
a lawyer
engineer (went through several branches of that)
architect
city planner
landscape architect

somehow I graduated with a degree in printing...and now I'm in IT. But seems as though I have desires to be in photo...go figure.


Julie

I wanted to be a mom. Plain and simple, and now that I am with 3 children I love it. i just got done with a giggle session with my 10month old, and it makes me realize how much I love being a mom

I wanted to be one of those trainers that does the shows with Shamu at Sea World. You know, the girls that are standing on his nose and get shot like 50 feet in the air and then dive back into the pool....so fun.

I still do actually, so if anyone has a connection let me know

A giraffe.

I'm not kidding!

I wanted to be Wonder Woman