Reflections: What do you want to be when you grow up 90 Articles

by Lori Greenberg

In the fifth year of a job I held as a Student Assistance Counselor, in a small rural Vermont town, my position was cut. I found myself hurt, asking questions like; could have I done more? If I presented the administratio...read more

by Lindy Abrahams

When I was about nine I wanted to be a teacher. Having younger siblings I enjoyed the idea of telling them what to do. I enjoyed telling them to stand in a single straight line, to put their fingers on their lips. For some...read more

by Pamela Ashton

At the age of ten, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. I would be an editor. Not only an editor, but I would publish my own magazine. I spent hours on layouts and fictional magazine articles. There were a...read more

by Rob Fretz

No matter what job you might be in right now, is this the one you thought of as a child? Or is this a mere matter of coincidences that has somehow lead you hear from one job to another. For me, I can honestly say I am wo...read more

by Bob Duden

As I sit smack in the middle of middle age, fast approaching the precipice of old age, I can dream a little dream of a simpler time. I've long since thrown off the mantle of career, having joined the ranks of the retired....read more

by Tonia Cody

Do I pop my little girl's bubble? Do I tell her that her dream is not a possibility? I asked my two year old what she wanted to be when she grew up, and she answered, "a fire truck." I asked if she meant a fire pers...read more

by Yvette Durham

Sadly I am grown up and thus I am not privy to those boundless childhood fantasies and enchanting dreams. As children we are led by our intuition and our deepest desire when we beg the question; what do I want to be when...read more

by Debbie Eckardt

What do I want to be when I grow up? Will I ever grow up? I know when I was in second grade, I wanted to be a teacher. By the time I was in fifth grade, I became interested in emergency medical because of watching Emerg...read more

by Randy Vaughan

If I may, I'd like to take the easy way and respond with the entirety of Chapter 8 from my book titled "The Maniacal Laughter of the Damned: Why you can live and work in the real world without making a deal with the Devil"...read more

by Keen Johns

Like many of my young peers, as a child I wanted more than anything to be a dragon commander, that's right, a dragon commander. I wanted to be in control of one of these handsome majestic fire bellied beasts, to guide it...read more

by Areli Ibarra

I know what I'll become when I get older, I've known my real future job since I was six. A doctor, someone who will help save people and help them with their injuries. I've come a long way to make this job from a dream to ...read more

by Carolyn Varvel

What do you want to be when you grow up is usually a defining question we ask children and teenagers to get some sense of where they're at and what they think is important at this moment in time. But I think it is an appro...read more

by Cynthia J. Carvajal

'What do you want to be when you grow up?' Thinking back to my childhood, I can sincerely tell you I never once thought about what I would 'be' when I grew up. I guess I've always lived in the 'here and now'.. and didn't r...read more

by Rex Coker

I am forty eight years of age. Though much time has passed, I finally know what I want to be. It is simple and is something I am still working towards everyday of my mortal life. I wish to be an angle in heaven one day. On...read more

by Missy Allets

I have not exactly grown up yet, so to speak. I am older, yes, but am I any wiser? I grew up wanting to be a princess; to have a closet full of gorgeous gowns, a line of handsome suitors and, of course, to have a fairy ...read more

by Delbert Bryant

What do you want to be when you grow up? I do not believe I could count the number of times that I have heard that question asked during my lifetime. Even in recent years I have been known to ask myself that question. Well...read more

by Douglas Miles

Does our Job define us? Most people need to work, or should I say most people need to get paid for doing something but why is it that when we find ourselves out of work, we experience a disproportionate amount of worry?...read more

by Amy Huang

As an adult approaching her mid-life, I often reflect on the past and remember many promises I made to myself that have been lost along the way. And what I wanted to do when I grow up was one question I never succeeded in ...read more

by Joelle Feliz Javier

More often than not, the dreams that we once had when we were little children is so much different from the paths that we eventually take. However, some people manage to keep their childhood dreams and fulfill it. Some par...read more

by Nicole Dayton

Why I Want to Become a Music Therapist Music has always been a way for me to be accepted into the world. With most children, when they are growing up, they either participate in sports, activities, clubs, or even in g...read more