Comments on: What to be when you grow up

By: Hannah

Hannah — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:28:27 +0000

I will be sure to take a look thank you

By: Hannah

Hannah — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:27:55 +0000

I misread your name! @[F]oxymoron

By: Hannah

Hannah — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:27:17 +0000

@Floxymoron – I agree thought I’m 23, I plan on being alive at least till I’m 80 so why should I settle into one profession now and stay there!

I sure can’t imagine being a customer service assistant that long!

By: floreta

floreta — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:34:59 +0000

i’m 25 and still feel like i’m growing up/ don’t know what to be when i grow up. so i can relate. i guess my problem is that i don’t really feel PASSION or commitment to any ONE thing.. i have so many things i’m interested in! it’s not that i’m not a passionate person, it’s just that i have a hard time focusing on something or dedicating to one thing.. now i’ve been throwing around graduate school in the back of my head. i’m not good at action so i’ll probably just think about it and never do it..

i guess that’s why i’m a blogger too.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:19:32 +0000

Career thoughts have taken me to a lot of very different places over the years. First I knew I wanted to work with computers. That evolved into designing video games. I had a special college picked out for that. When I realized that I couldn’t stand the straight coding I moved onto software, only to realize that was more of the same thing. Then I decided that I’d give being a web designer a shot. Well here I am, finally happy with my choice. Whether or not I find a job will be the important part.

Sure I wanted to be a lawyer at one point, but that requires too much school. I also wanted to be a writer. However, that dream flew out the window when I quickly learned that being a writer wouldn’t provide the stable career I felt I needed. I briefly considered being an engineer for my father, since he’s an electrical engineer, but I just didn’t have a love for it. Threw that out too. In the end, I threw a lot of ideas out the window. There are so many things that I love to do, but can’t make a career out of them.

Hopefully I’ll be ok when I graduate, eventually. I need to make it out alive…

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:36:34 +0000

I’m beginning a master’s program in library science this fall because I love being surrounded by books. Still, part of me really wants to be the one writing those books and not just reading them. I hope someday I’ll be able to complete a novel and see it on the library shelves.

By: Amber @ 'Amber Alert'

Amber @ 'Amber Alert' — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:04:49 +0000

I wanted to be a vetrinarian, marine biologist and pop singer. At the age of 11 I realized that I would have to take lots of science courses (my worst subject) to be either of the first two and I couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket. I then decided I want to write. I’m now in journalism school and I’m majoring in public relations! I’m hoping to go into one of those two fields once I graduate!

By: phampants

phampants — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:40:59 +0000

I wrote this last month thanks to ClassyInPhilly

http://phampants.wordpress.com/2009/02/17/when-i-grow-up/

By: [F]oxymoron

[F]oxymoron — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:02:43 +0000

Oh, and I meant to tie this into the act of writing… Continually growing up (aka exploring, accepting, denouncing, reforming, etc.,) is wonderfully creative impetus for writing.

By: [F]oxymoron

[F]oxymoron — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:00:52 +0000

As far as I’m concerned… I’m still growing up.

“When I’m grown up” suggests finality, or worse, a clear path towards a predetermined end goal – whether this goal is good good for me, who knows?