Did your dreams come true?
Do you go to work happy every day?
If anything was possible...what would you be?
Me:

Actor (or behind the scenes) in theater, movies or TV.
Dancer for Pilobolus or Cirque du Soleil
Roadie or back-up singer for musicians
Animal day-care; animal rescue or shelter; wildlife ranger...(not zoos)

RETIRED!!!!


Seriously,
I'm working toward my goal of being a Public Relations Director.
I adore the media (even during the times when others are disgusted by them) and our fixation by what they deliver to us - every single day.

I've also thought about wanting to be a nurse in a hospital nursery.
Every since having my youngest daugher I adore babies.

But what I'd really like the most is to be a stay at home mom.
I'd love to clean the house, do the laundry, make breakfast, lunch, and dinner - and get to spend SO much more time with my children, than I do now.
I have the utmost admiration for stay at home moms, and the greatest desire to become one.

Ciao!
Laurie

i dunno, i don't intend to grow up.

When I was a little younger I thought it would be really cool to dance on a tour. I have since changed my mind about how great that would be, in large part because I am so happy doing what I am doing now.
My current dreams for when I grow up:
Make a living teaching dance
Coach a highschool dance team and take them to competitions
Be a mom


(See that top dream? I am working on making that come true right now. It's exciting)

My job the past 15 years as a marketing research director is more interesting than most, I have a great boss and terrific people working for me, and it has paid for our three expensive children, our home, and the stuff that I really love to do.

I'm sometimes sorry I didn't become a biologist, but overall I have no major complaints!

my dream involves owning my own house and having my student loans paid off...

i do go to work happy every day. i feel like i make a small difference in the world by what i do.

what do i do, you ask?

why, i'm glad you asked!

i work for a place called CharityUSA that operates different websites that:

The Hunger Site funds food for the world's hungry.
The Breast Cancer Site funds mammograms for women in need.
The Child Health Site funds basic health services for children around the world.
The Literacy Site funds new books for children in need.
The Rainforest Site funds preservation of endangered rainforest habitat.
The Animal Rescue Site funds food for abandoned animals in shelters and sanctuaries.

i love my job, the people i work with, the city i work in.

and of course, i love my wife.

life is indeed good.

I want to own my own record/CD store like Rob Gordon.

Rich. When I grow up I want to be filthy, stinking rich. So rich that I can buy a little town, call it Annaville, and invite all my family and closest friends to live there fully supported, with only a few responsibilities.

Professional photographer. Looks like I might be on the way as things keep moving along! Woot!!

I wanted to be a doctor, and then an astronaut(sp?) on the Columbia. Well, my feet are bad, and...well, we all know what happened to Columbia. Some dreams just don't work out I guess.

1. My dreams are still being dreamt ... so, I believe my answer is YES! I should qualify this by saying I'm not sure I ever had "dreams" as far as "things I really really hope happen for me in my life" ... aside from being happy. As for a "professional dream," the only one I ever remember saying out loud was that I hoped to write a book someday -- and that's still one of my goals/dreams.

: )

2. Yes, I GO to work happy MOST days ... and if I find a note on my desk pointing out some mistake that was made the day before, then, generally, my happiness starts to fade. I try to stay upbeat and positive -- at least until the rest of my co-workers start rolling in around 8 a.m. (OK, so for about an hour every day, I am usually DELIRIOUSLY happy!)

3. I would be a Major League Baseball player ... after having switched careers from professional tennis sometime in my EARLY 20s (not long after winning Wimbledon) -- not because of injuries or anything, but because I suddenly realized I preferred team sports!

: )

A writer, a saint, or a rockstar. Or a combination of the three.


Patrik

so you wanna be bono?

Let's just say that I share some interests with the guy. His a bit too rich to count as a saint in my book. And Million Dollar Hotel really was quite avarage wasn't it?

Patrik

A stay at home mom with 4 kids and a hispanic pool boy.

When I grow up, I want to be Joshua!!! Truly, your life sounds lovely ... so rich, so meaningful, so full of love. Yes, life is very good indeed.

It's funny how your dreams change as "life happens" along the way.

I want to be healthy. Never in a million years did I think I'd be 43 and be pending the possibility of living the rest of my life on Social Security Disability. You never know when life is going to throw you a monkey wrench.

I want to be the wife of a healthy, pain-free man. Jeff has degenerative disc disease, which causes him to live in constant and sometimes staggering pain. Yet, he goes to work every single day, working a very physically-demanding job as a mechanic, working overtime when he can, never complaining that last year he became the soul breadwinner and has to work twice as hard now that I'm unable to. (However, a dream I had two years ago, of having a loving, generous, funny, thoughtful, hardworking husband and soulmate is no longer a dream. That one came true.)

I want to own a small place that belongs to us. Nothing fancy, just a place big enough so we can have both of Jeff's kids over at the same time (we live in a one-bedroom apartment now, so only one can stay over at a time, and has to sleep on the couch ); has enough land so that Jeff can have a garage where he can tinker with cars and the things he loves to do; enough land so that we can have a little bit of privacy and quietness; a porch where I can go outside and sit and maybe read, maybe care for a little garden area around the perimeters; a kitchen that I can move around in; a place large enough so that I can scrapbook ... if you have never done it, you need a large table area just for the cropping and layouts alone!!!; a place where I can actually invite people over, maybe even host a women's group from church or something (I don't get out very often, and it would be nice to be able to offer to have a group where I could meet some friends; it gets lonely at home all alone all day long); a place where I had room to PUT things. Oh, I could go on. Even a trailer would fulfill my dream. My only requirements are those I mentioned (I'm sure there are others, but you get the drift!)

I already have love; family, friends, God (and my kitties). The important things. When I grow up, I would like to discover a way for them to live forever, beyond the memories I'll have of them, but really LIVE FOREVER.

This is a nice thread. Thank you.

Peace & hope,
Joyce

Hey! That's great news! I don't hear that very often (could be to do with my age) and am happy to hear that somebody still has their head on straight about families and raisin' chillin's.

laurie, i want to be a stay at home mom, too! gotta be a mom first for that, though.

mostly, right now, my dream is to move to southern california, where my heart has *always* been (and now i added a new person to my must visit when in california list...*waves*...hi michael! you better start posting!).

and i want to work for child protection services or the department of children and families...whatever agency does that kind of thing when i do move. i know it will be absolutely heartwrenching to see the things sick people do to their children, but at least i know i will be making a difference in their lives.

i guess that was always my biggest thing...i always wanted to touch people's lives. at first, i wanted to do that with music, by performing. then i found music therapy, and that was wonderful. now, music has just sort of fallen into the background, and i just want to help people as much as i can.

and trudes, i do love my current job, but then i've only worked there for three weeks! the only job i've ever had that i didn't love was my telemarketing job (ick!), but i could justify it because i was calling people to ask them to volunteer/donate to charitable organizations.

Girl, you've been watching too much Desperate Housewives!


I would just like to be doing something that would pay me enough to live independently. Maybe that's a little ambitious for a person of 22, but it would be nice for my college degree to actually start paying off.

when i grow up, i want to have the power and humor of my great grandmother.

i hope to completely stop caring what other people think and live my life to the best of my ability.

i want to work for something meaningful rather than just to pay bills.

i want to dance in pubic, not be afraid to sing, and totally be ok with who i am blemishes and all.

i want to be able to write clearly as if i am the only one reading and learn to scream.

most of all, i want to love with abandon, cry without concern for who may be looking, give myself to another human being whom i can trust will not be a fvcker with my heart, and not try to hide my insanity from the watching world.

hopefully i am on my way there.

peace,
zayne

I have no idea what this means but it sounds like something that belongs in that other thread...

Patrik

aww....

i'm flattered.

teach collegiate level music theory. thrilling, i know...

happy, healthy and in love.

all i know is, not this.

well put.

When I grow up, I want to be Trent from Daria.

I wanna be the bodhrán player in a kick-A Celtic band. For real!

If that doesn't pan out, I'd be perfectly happy to be a stay-at-home mom with tons of kids running all over the perfect size house in the country. I'm not picky.

You've got real potential, Brandon!

(our daughter already achieved her goal of becoming Quinn)

I wanna be someone who quits asking what I wanna be.

We'll see.

But for now I'd like any job that I believed in. Never had one.

I wanna be a DJ! And own my own radion station where I can broadcast good music all day!

Right on.

One of the promises I made myself before entering grad school was that I wouldn't allow myself to be shackled to jobs specifically related to my degree(s). I'd still love to teach, and still plan on it. But I still love food service, and I'd totally dig being able to open my own little 10-table bistro.

Like Troy says, I've never found anything that I get truly excited (or even motivated) about. Whether I'm making a truckload of money (like with Blue Cross), or if I'm just doing something that seemed interesting but didn't pay me much (like working for a rare book shop), I always end up butting heads with the Man. And I know this is normal in some ways, but I'm just not like my parents, i.e., I can't just grin and bear it through 20 years simply b/c this is paying the bills. When I wake up every morning, and the first question to go through my head is, "How can I manage to not go into work today?" then it's time to hit the road.

I may be a transient gypsy 'til I'm 40, but I just can't let myself be smacked around like the French.

just keep believing in yourself! or in trent! or wait...which one are you again?

A cowboy.


The old dreams are still the best.

I really don't think I've ever wanted to be anything other than a rock star.

I've had little flings of things I'd like to accomplish, like ending the war or eliminating the designated hitter, but really, no...just...rock star.

Or guitar player for OTR. Seriously, Linford, how do I get an audition?

I guess the operative words in that qwestion are "grow up".

Why do I have to?

When I grow up...

I want to be younger than I am now.

I'd like to be really really old when I grow up.....

My dad was not so lucky.....

"never complain about growing old, some people are denied the privilege"